Recital of songs from a new musical that uses New Orleans jazz and contemporary hip-hop to tell the story of women seeking liberation in a 1929 Storyville brothel. Gritty, funny, funky, defiant, and uplifting. Book and lyrics by Katharine McNair,…

World premiere readings of a new musical that uses New Orleans jazz and contemporary hip-hop to tell the story of women seeking liberation in a 1929 Storyville brothel. Gritty, funny, funky, defiant, and uplifting. Book and lyrics by Katharine…

Today’s podcast and original music are all about misdirection, public attention, and mega-distraction—and the intentional manipulations of all three.Thanks so much for listening,Michael(Noise #203 by Michael Gallant. Copyright 2026 Gallant Music LLC.…

AMERICAN GRACE, a novel and original music by Michael GallantPROLOGUE Adelaide stood five stories above Harlem. She watched as light emanating from a lone streetlamp shattered through the curved glass of her binoculars and quieted into pinpoint…

Today’s podcast and original music are all about the recent Scientific American article: Can Digital Ghosts Help Us Heal? (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-ai-griefbots-help-us-heal/) Thanks so much for listening,Michael(Noise #202 by…

Subscribe to the Current Dissonance newsletter at currentdissonance.comABOUT CURRENT DISSONANCECurrent Dissonance takes current events out of our eyes and into our ears. Whenever I can, I compose and record a new piece of music in reaction to a…

Subscribe to the Current Dissonance newsletter at currentdissonance.comABOUT CURRENT DISSONANCECurrent Dissonance takes current events out of our eyes and into our ears. Whenever I can, I compose and record a new piece of music in reaction to a…

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After three months of Current Dissonance silence, I’m thrilled to be back with a new Noise. Thanks so much for being here.I recorded Noise #199 as a reaction to the murky storytelling around America’s bombing of Iranian nuclear…

"Closer" by Nine Inch NailsArranged and performed by Michael Gallant Video/performance/arrangement Copyright 2025 Gallant Music LLC. All Rights Reserved.Sign up for free new music sent to your inbox every week at…

Original music by Michael Gallant reacting to the leak of secret American military plans via Signal.https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/25/signal-cybersecurity-trump-war-planning-00246881This is a video from the Current Dissonance newsletter.…

Original music by Michael Gallant reacting to the stunned silence of many Americans, and a path towards reanimation.https://www.currentdissonance.com/p/noise-197-paralyzed-by-a-paper-tigerThis is a video from the Current Dissonance newsletter.…

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Original music by Michael Gallant reacting to cruelty and incompetence in the name of…

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