Femme Fm

Host Shaya Ishaq and Guest Host Carmella Farahbakhsh look critically at western Classical music through the experiences of second gen Canadians. Carmella talks about the tension between "a love for their violin and a deep rage and heartbreak about not having access to my traditional cultural music." Shaya speaks with multi-instrumentalist Nick Dourado(Budi, Century Egg, Special Costello)about the Black classical tradition and the role improvisation has in disrupting and subverting western classical music. Carmella speaks with their sibling, Isaiah Farahbakhsh--a classically trained cellist and the host of 'With Strings' on CFRU 93.3 FM (Wednesdays @6pm)-- about their experiences navigating very white, upperclass, classical music scenes, and shares some jazz history. ~Femme FM twitter gal~ Lianne Xiao reflects on her time as a budding pianist, and her relationship with her mother. ~*~*~*~ Bios ~*~*~*~ Isaiah Farahbakhsh is a mixed race Iranian jazz musician and theoretical ecologist-in-training, studying a