Opus 180

​Garrett and Scott wrap up the year discussing the Met Opera's budget woes, call-out of a Black opera singer coined as "the op", and music by Mongo Santamaría, Counting Crows, Black Thought & Danger Mouse, and more. Special guest Vijay Iyer joins in the third movement.
Support for TRILLOQUY comes from Salastina. 

Playlist
·      Paul Williams – “Ain’t No Hole in the Washtub”
·      perf. Scatman Crothers and Redd Foxx – “All of Me” 
·      Sean O’Louighlin – “Imani” 
·      Paul Moravec – “The Shining” 
·      perf. Babatunde Akinboboye – Nigerian National Anthem 
·      Mongo Santamaria – “Afro Blue”
·      Counting Crows – “Long December” 
·      Vijay Iyer – “Optimism” 
·      Vijay Iyer – “Human Archipelago” 
·      Danger Mouse & Black Thought – “Identical Deaths” 

More

• Vijay Iyer
• “Human Archipelago”
• Pandemic Woes Lead Met Opera to Tap Endowment and Embrace New Work
• Babatunde Akinboboye Calls Out Morris Robinson