The PAUSE -- Podcast of the New Creative South

Ritual of Wine (S3E10)

Born in Slovenia into a family devoted to crystal glass making, Maja Roy is now a Knoxville sommelier and wine travel guide who leads a creative ritual of wine appreciation and engagement. Through a transformational experience with biodynamic viticulture, she walks us through her studio kitchen and into her story.

All Good Things Come Round Circle Modern (S3E9)

Angela Hill is a choreographer, dancer, social worker, somatic therapist, and she also is the current president of Circle Modern Dance of Knoxville. In this conversation, Angela roots her leadership in the core values of community, inclusivity, and healing following a brief story of the ritual of life and death by Ira Orchin, a frequent contributor to the podcast.

Confusion is a Way into Awareness (S3E8)

Shakti Ma Michelle, creatress of Shakti Buffalo yoga, wants us to wake up to our creative nature. She relays her personal story as a yoga teacher today who spent many years as an artist in the theater of the absurd in New York City. While Larry Bilker shares his response to the interview with Cat Maguire on human-machine interactions, Noah Frere recaps his experience at the recent Big Ears Festival.

Emergency Exit Only (S3E7)

Not for the machines, definitely for us. Leading proponent of creative sovereignty, Cat Maguire shares her story as a dancer, choreographer, educator, and movement analyst working at the forefront of human-movement-machine interactions. As a creative counterpoint, Sarah Ledbetter shares a story of her vision of where humans and machines play together.

Big Ears Voices (S3E6)

Big Ears was big this year, but Ari found the small niches of music that he fell for. From Gwenifer Raymond's self-taught guitar virtuosity, Deantoni Park's Technoself tracks, Small Medium Large (SML)'s triumphant new jazz sound, Cecile McLorin Salvant's sumptuous new-torch songs, Orcutt Shelley Miller's rocking jams, Miriam Elhajli's poignant songs and chants, Kishi Bashi's pop violin tunes, Cleo Reed's stirring soul songs, and Wu Fei's technical bravado on the guzheng, this episode will help you attune to the magic of Big Ears Festival.