Jedd Beaudoin
Strange Currency Host | Into Music Podcast HostJedd Beaudoin is host and producer of the syndicated music show Strange Currency, which he launched in 2008. In addition to that role, he serves as an arts reporter for the station, primarily covering music with occasional explorations of books and theatre. More recently, he launched the podcast Into Music, which examines musical mentorship and creative approaches to the composition, recording and performance of songs. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Wichita State University where he has also taught in the Department of English and College of Fine Arts. As a freelance writer, he spent years acquiring bylines in a variety of publications including No Depression, PopMatters, and Keyboard.
He enjoys heavy metal concerts and record hunting.
Jedd can be reached by email at beaudoin@kmuw.org.
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With music from Gustav Holst, Edward Elgar, Jessie Montgomery and Sergei Prokofiev, the show has been described as the intersection of NPR’s “Science Friday” and an orchestra concert. -
Veteran New York City trio returns with EP that examines the history and nature of whiteness while a double LP about what it means to be an outsider approaches completion. -
A 2024 box set demonstrated that there was still interest in Boys Life, nearly 30 years after the Kansas City, Missouri group disbanded. A new EP demonstrates that the quartet is more vital and thoughtful than ever. -
Joanne Shaw Taylor began playing blues music as a teenager but she says that finding her voice in that genre as a writer and a singer has presented a series of challenges. -
Musician Joe Walsh was 20 months old when his father died in 1949 while flying a Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star, America's first operational jet fighter. Walsh has founded an organization called VetsAid that helps military veterans and families. -
San Francisco band blends progressive and folk styles with pop across a deeply imaginative LP. -
A new box set from Hüsker Dü explores 1985, a time during which the Minnesota trio seemed unstoppable. We'll also hear classics from Ten Years After, Joe Walsh, and new music from emo innovators Boys Life. -
Creativity is not necessarily a constant, nor is the means one uses to express their creativity. In this conversation, singer-songwriter Andrew Spencer Goldman (Fulton Lights) discusses how he's grappled with these realities. -
Musician Sarah McQuaid is currently on tour, performing a wide range of venues. She says that supporting live music might be more important now than ever before. -
Known for his work with Ruffians, Seán Griffin is also an experienced solo artist with plenty of thoughts about the state of the world and a sense of humor that helps carry him through.
