Novelist Wendall Berry had a peculiar way of unpacking his views on the world. Berry’s gift was crafting stories that meandered through topics he experienced and would explored throughout his life. Philosophy, education, religion, farming and the environment often co-existed within poems, essays or any one of his novels. For readers this intellectual goldmine meant entertaining numerous ideas while surfing the analytical orbits of this elite critical thinker.
Spend anytime with flautist Jame Baum’s music and you’d think she was a Berry devote. Compositions float atop fascinating intellectual frameworks, alternative instrumentation, spoken word poetry and genres not traditionally associated with Jazz. Songs can include trap doors, hidden panels or sharp left turns that are all part of the circumference to Baum’s unique creative curiosity.
