Adrian Anantawan joins host Raina Douris

At Berklee College of Music, the Music Inclusion Ensemble is empowering young musicians with disabilities. For World Cafe’s Sense of Place Boston series, hear a conversation with co-founder Adrian Anantawan, in which he talks about how the ensemble unites disabled and non-disabled musicians. Plus, the world-class violinist, born without a right hand, shares how his own experience has shaped his philosophy as a musician and an activist.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist

Kathleen Edwards “Asking For Flowers” Asking For Flowers

Adrian Anantawan “Yellow” WC Recording

Adrian Anantawan “Symphony” WC Recording

Adele “Make You Feel My Love” WC Recording Darlingside “White Horses” Birds Say

Aoife O’Donovan “Phoenix” Age of Apathy

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones “Lochs of Dread” Live Art

Ellis Paul “Paris In A Day” A Carnival of Voices

The J. Geils Band “Homework” The J. Geils Band

Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn “Over The Divide” WC Recording

Michigander “Giving Up” Michigander

Alt-J “Left Hand Free” This Is All Yours

Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Burning” Cool It Down

Sam Fender “People Watching” People Watching

The Flaming Lips “Do You Realize??” Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

Hour Two
The Clash “Brand New Cadillac” London Calling

Neil Young “Walk On” On The Beach

The Cure “A Fragile Thing” Songs of A Lost World

Paris Paloma “labour” Cacophony

Bonnie Raitt “Something To Talk About” Luck Of The Draw

David Gray “Plus & Minus” Dear Life

Waxahatchee “Never Been Wrong” WC Recording

Dawes “Someone Else’s Cafe / Doomscrollers Tries To Relax” WC Recording

The New Pornographers “My Rights Versus Yours” WC Recording

The New Pornographers “War On The East Coast” WC Recording

jasmine.4.t “You Are The Morning” You Are The Morning

R.E.M. “Nightswimming” Automatic For The People

Tunde Adebimpe “Magnetic” single

The Smiths “Bigmouth Strikes Again” The Queen Is Dead

Vampire Weekend “Classical” Only God Was Above Us