In this clip from The Tonearm Podcast, Maria Schneider explains the double meaning behind the title "American Crow"—the bird, whose communal mourning rituals and collective noisiness she finds uncomfortably human, and the act of crowing itself, which she connects to the collapse of listening in contemporary public life.

Don't miss the full conversation on the latest episode of our podcast: https://podcast.thetonearm.com/maria-schneider-composing-in-the-age-of-curated-rage-american-crow/

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