The Riff Podcast
By Noah Levy & Rob Janicke
The Riff PodcastJun 16, 2021
This Grammy-Winning Pianist Is A Punk In Disguise
Two-time Grammy-winning pianist Peter Kater is a punk in disguise. While his music surpasses any sort of genre (topping multiple charts on Amazon of the like), Peter makes art for himself and all decisions around it. No one tells him what to do.
This is the story of Peter Kater. He's more than a pianist, he's an artist of our lifetimes.
Like listening to Peter's interview? Why don't you listen to his music? Find him on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, and his website.
The Riff is the most active music community and publication on Medium, the world's largest site for blogging. Want to read our work? Read The Riff today. Want to read from Noah and Rob? Read their work on Medium (their profiles are hyperlinked to their names).
Who Deserves Credit For What?
Keith Higgons, a big music fan and writer on The Riff, sat down with us to discuss his career as a writer and deeply philosophical issues in the arts. Should session musicians get credit for their work and ideas? Does the same go for other artistic media? Like most episodes, this is a "thinking person's" listen.
The Riff is the most active music community and publication on Medium, the world's largest site for blogging. Want to read our work? Read The Riff today. Want to read from Keith, Noah, and Rob? Read their work on Medium (their profiles are hyperlinked to their names).
We're Converting Her Into One Of Us
What happens when a non-music fan joins a music podcast? You get this episode.
Aimée Gramblin doesn't dislike music, per se, but she isn't as diehard as we are. Will she be converted into one of us by the end of the show? Listen to find out!
The Riff is the most active music community and publication on Medium, the world's largest site for blogging. Want to read our work? Read The Riff today. Want to read from Aimée, Noah, and Rob? Read their work on Medium (their profiles are hyperlinked to their names).
He Has Secrets He's Dying To Tell Us
The man, myth, and legend Terry Barr talks to us about life, liberty, and the pursuit of music. We could've recorded this podcast for twice the amount of time, but, alas, short attention spans...Terry's also the host of the American Crisis Playlist, the longest column at The Riff. Be sure to buy Terry's book here, Secrets I'm Dying to Tell You.
The Riff is the most active music community and publication on Medium, the world's largest site for blogging. Want to read our work? Read The Riff today. Want to read from Terry, Noah, and Rob? Read their work on Medium (their profiles are hyperlinked to their names).
Defending My Musical Tastes To The Death
In today's episode, we are joined in a philosophical discussion with If Ever You're Listening (minus togas and tobacco pipes) on retraining our ears to new music, how we define genres through our corrupted musical lenses, and more.
The Riff is the most active music community and publication on Medium, the world's largest site for blogging. Want to read our work? Read The Riff today. Want to read from If Ever You're Listening, Noah, and Rob? Read their work on Medium (their profiles are hyperlinked to their names).
This Was New York City's Music Scene In the 80s (Pilot)
Welcome to The Riff Podcast! This is our first episode, recorded via Skype as we are the punk of podcasts, according to us. We're hosted by Noah Levy, the founder of The Riff and Rob Janicke, an editor of The Riff and co-founder of record label SoundEvolution Music.
On today's show, Noah interviewed co-host Rob on what it was like to grow up in a magical time for music: New York in the 80s. Of course, we got to discuss more interesting things. There's only one way to find out...listen now!
The Riff is the most active music community and publication on Medium, the world's largest site for blogging. Want to read our work? Read The Riff today. Want to read from Noah and Rob? Read their work on Medium (their profiles are hyperlinked to their names).