Makaya McCraven is a drummer, composer, and producer whose innovative work draws a creative through-line between generations of seemingly disparate avant-garde movements. He tells Joe about: being raised by musician parents; why he initially resisted pursuing music as a profession; the difference between the "oral musical tradition" in which he was raised and the academic approach he was presented with in college; the decision to start creating work as a bandleader; parenting; and learning when to say yes to collaborative offers.
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173: John "J.R." Robinson (Rufus, Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Daft Punk, etc.)
172: Pete Moffett (Government Issue, Wool, Burning Airlines, Second Letter, etc.)
171: Dave Elitch (Antemasque, Justin Timberlake, M83, Killer Be Killed)
BNS: Ezra Miller
170: Brian Blade (Fellowship, Wayne Shorter, Joni Mitchell, etc.)
169: Brad Wilk (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Prophets of Rage)
168: Michael Shrieve (Santana, Go, Solo Artist)
167: Live from KEXP, Seattle
166: Karriem Riggins (Ray Brown, Hank Jones, J Dilla, Common)
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165: Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees, Barrett Martin Group, Mad Season, REM)
164: Adrienne Davies (Earth)
163: Atom Willard (Against Me!, Rocket from the Crypt, Angels and Airwaves, The Offspring)
162: Ralph Johnson (Earth Wind & Fire)
161: Dan Bailey (Father John Misty)
160: Adam Carson (AFI)
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159: Joey Castillo (Wasted Youth, Sugartooth, QotSA, Eagles of Death Metal, Zakk Sabbath)
158: Stephanie Luke AKA Rusty Coathanger (The Coathangers)
157: Orpheo McCord (The Magnetic Zeros, Cass McCombs, The Fall)
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