Brad Turner
Brad Turner is a digital editor at Colorado Public Radio. He hosts Centennial Sounds, a podcast about contemporary classical music featuring exclusive performances and conversations with composers. Brad oversees digital content for CPR Classical and CPR's OpenAir, and contributes music and arts coverage to CPR News.
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Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons mix driving beats and sunny psychedelia, creating what feels like a hyperactive take on The Beatles' "Penny Lane."
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Researchers thought the rounded stones found in the desert — clearly shaped by human hands — were used to grind nuts or seeds. But archaeologist Marilyn Martorano says they are actually lithophones.
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In this video premiere, Jonah Sirota's viola parts orbit one another restlessly, fueled by improvisation, melancholy and a vibrating set of austere images.
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Watch percussionist Doug Perkins power through a sizzling new piece, enhanced with a little aluminum wrap.
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Hear the emerging artist channel his Persian heritage in music that meditates on loss while mixing Eastern and Western traditions. -
Hear the group's subtle makeover of "Madeira River," a rippling portrait of one of the Amazon's grandest tributaries. -
Hear a new piece by Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry that pulsates in time to the heartbeats of the musicians who play it.
