#hearpitch

By Hilary Brueck

When I turn on music podcasts, it's usually to discover new sounds, hear some different artists and maybe listen to some acoustic renditions of old favorite tunes.

So when Alex Kapelman and Whitney Jones, producers of “Pitch” podcast had me listen to their show, I was expecting to hear about the sounds and the rhythms of music.

But what I noticed and admired right off the bat about Pitch was how the duo talks about the stories behind music: they're not just listening to music, they're digging into long lost loves and voter registration issues!

It's all part of a bigger exploration of the connection between music and the people living around it, a concept called “music ecology,” or bringing the human experience into the story of music.