The Natalie Brett Podcast
By: carolsawyer
Language: en
Categories: Arts, Visual, Music, Interviews
This podcast uses the LP ’Natalie Brett Quartet: Standards’, as a point of departure for a series of wide ranging conversations about music composition, creative process, improvisation, and interdisciplinary collaboration. The Natalie Brett Podcast is a collaboration between Carol Sawyer, Megan Tran, and Stevan Oostenbrug, and is created and recorded on the unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and Stó:lō nations, in Vancouver, BC, Canada. This project grew out of the Internship Program at the School for Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University, and we are very grateful fo...
Episodes
Episode 3: Mood Indigo
Jan 07, 2026In this episode, Carol, Megan, and Stevan invite bassist Clyde Reed to discuss Mood Indigo, Track 5 of the Natalie Brett Quartet LP. A conversation ensues about improvisation and community, performance mindsets, and playing improvised music as a group. Carol relates how she, Clyde, Kenton Loewen, and Lisa Cay Miller formed the Natalie Brett Quartet. Clyde shares his philosophy about making great music.
Duration: 00:33:10Episode 2: Good Morning Heartache
Dec 03, 2025In this episode, the song Good Morning Heartache, which is Track 4 of the Natalie Brett Quartet LP, leads Megan, Stevan and Carol into a lively conversation. Carol situates the recording as part of her larger visual art project, The Natalie Brettschneider Archive. A wide-ranging conversation ensues about the ubiquity of music everywhere and other topics. Carol talks about the making of the NBQ record in collaboration with musicians Kenton Loewen, Lisa Cay Miller, and Clyde Reed.
Duration: 00:48:18Episode 1: Cuando Vuelva a tu Lado
Sep 12, 2025In this episode about Cuando Vuelva a tu Lado, track 3 of the Natalie Brett Quartet LP, Carol Sawyer, Stevan Oostenbrug and Megan Tran talk about how the idea for the LP grew out of a visual art project. A wide-ranging conversation touching on child prodigies, improvisation, learning from mistakes, eccentricity, and the desire to create in general ensues. The NBQ LP was produced in a collaboration with musicians Kenton Loewen, Lisa Cay Miller, and Clyde Reed. It is available on Bandcamp.
Duration: 00:51:06