This is the first acoustic recording of laser impacts on a rock target on Mars from March 2, 2021, the 12th sol (Martian day) from Perseverance’s SuperCam instrument. The sounds of 30 impacts are heard, some slightly louder than others. Variations in the intensity of the zapping sounds will provide information on the physical structure of the targets, such as its relative hardness or the presence of weathering coatings. The target, Máaz (“Mars” in Navajo), was about 10 feet (3.1 m) away.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/CNRS/ISAE-Supaero

First Acoustic Recording of Laser Shots on Mars

It’s a truism that jazz has roots in Africa, but compared with other forms of Black American music, it doesn’t have a large audience there. Just the same, African musicians have long been smitten with jazz, and have always found inventive ways to incorporate jazz elements into their sounds. On this program we meet young artists forging new paths in Afro-Jazz: Etuk Ubong from Nigeria, Awale Jant Band from Senegal by way of London, Afrikan Protokol form Burkina Faso by way of Belgium. It’s a freewheeling musical joyride. Produced by Banning Eyre.

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New Moves In African Jazz

Spending an hour over Zoom chatting with Renée Baker about her more than two thousand musical compositions and perhaps almost as many paintings was inspirational as well as motivational. Renée does not let anything deter her and while her music is extremely wide ranging and gleefully embraces freedom of expression, her daily schedule is precise and meticulous. You can read a full transcript of this podcast as well as she some of her paintings and scores as well as an excerpt from one of the hundreds of silent films for which she created new music over at NewMusicBox: https://newmusicusa.org/nmbx/renee-baker-nothings-gonna-stop-you-from-creating/

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For this WexCast, we listen in on a phone call between classical pianist and composer Karen Walwyn, cellist Timothy Holley, and drummer, composer, and Wexner Center Artist Residency Award recipient Mark Lomax II. As part of the curating work Lomax has been doing for the Wex this spring, he's bringing Holley and Walwyn to Columbus on Sunday, April 7 for a performance of contemporary classical works by a roster of African-American composers that includes Lomax. More information about the show is available at wexarts.org. (Image: Karen Walwyn, courtesy of the artist)

Mark Lomax with Timothy Holley & Karen Walwyn

400: An Afrikan Epic is a 12-album cycle composed by Dr. Mark Lomax that explores pre-colonial Afrika, the Ma’afa (the 400 years between 1619 and 2019), and Afro-futurism, a vision of community strength and unity in the next 400 years. Each movement represents chronological abstractions of the Afrikan experience; past, present, and future. This compilation follows the 400’s three-movement macro structure, with five to ten minute excerpts from 10 of the 12 albums, including the following:

Alkebulan: The Beginning of Us 
“Tiriba” (from The First Ankhcestor, performed by Mark Lomax, II & Ngoma Lungundu)
“The Pale Fox” (from Song of the Dogon, performed by Mark Lomax Quartet)
“Oshun” (from Dance of the Orishas, performed by Mark Lomax Quartet) 
Ma’afa: Great Tragedy 
“V. Day 90” (from Ma’afa, performed by Mark Lomax Trio and The Urban Art Ensemble)
“Ida B. Wells” (from Four Women, performed by cello quartet Ucelli)
“Blues In August” (from Blues in August, performed by Mark Lomax Trio and The Urban Art Ensemble)

Afro-Futurism: The Return to Uhuru 
“Transcendence” (from Tales of the Black Experience, performed by the Mark Lomax Quartet)
“Tree of Life” (from Ankh & The Tree of Life, performed by the Mark Lomax Trio)
“Spirits IV” (from Spirits of the Egungun, performed by the Ogun Meji Duo)
“Ma’at” (from Afrika United, performed by Mark Lomax, II)

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Mark Lomax drops by the studio to discuss his incredible career as a Jazz Musician.

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The layering of trauma that has come with the global pandemic, economic hardships, continued racial oppression, and social unrest have triggered many who are safely sheltering in place. Dr. Mark and Ruth Lomax explore how this impacts Black women and how understanding the intersectional way identity is created and performed helps us engage each other in a more human way.

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