Moore's new podcast, Active Listening, is a filmed program blending music and conversation, and is designed to be an intimate listening experience about history and discovery. Much like his written work, this new show invites artists across disciplines — musicians, writers, actors and other visionaries — to share the sounds that shape them, as Moore dives deep into their creative practices, inspirations and personal journeys. Here, Moore and Guidry will play Julius Eastman’s radical music and discuss its profound impact on Guidry’s life, artistry, and career.
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ABOUT MAKEMAKE
makemake debuts this year as National Sawdust’s annual festival inviting artists to imagine futures - making, remixing, rethinking.
Named after the dwarf planet that reshaped how we define a world, and the Rapa Nui creator deity of fertility - makemake is about generating new forms: of art, of access, of community.This is a festival that celebrates imagination, and the radical invitation to ratify accessibility by design, not as an afterthought. This is a festival that centers the belief that care is crucial, and that equity is essential. This is a festival for everyone, but especially for those who want to shape what comes next. Expect immersive performances, evolving technologies, ecstatic raves, late night conversations, and unexpected collisions between artists, technologists, activists, and communities. Rooted in disability-led design and imagination, this is a space where access is a creative engine reshaping how we gather, sense, and move together. Through a lens of tech optimism, we explore how emerging tools can expand agency, deepen connection, and unlock new forms of expression. Expect spaces designed for care, curiosity, and connection. Expect to move, to question, to co-create.
Your ticket to Marcus J. Moore's Active Listening with Joy Guidry includes entry to Ecstatica feat. Joy Guidry.
ABOUT MARCUS J. MOORE
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Marcus J. Moore is a critically-acclaimed author, curator and music journalist whose work dissects the emotional and political undercurrents of Black artistry. With a voice that merges academic rigor, lived experience and deep listening, Moore has spent two decades documenting the intersections of jazz, hip-hop, soul and experimental music, tracing how those sounds shape identity and community. His writing has appeared in various publications, including The New York Times, NPR, Pitchfork, The Washington Post, TIME, The Nation and The Atlantic, where he has cultivated a reputation for essays that combine reporting, criticism, personal connection and history. His first two biographies — The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America and High and Rising: A Book About De La Soul — were named to Rolling Stone's lists of Best Music Books of 2020 and 2024.
ABOUT JOY GUIDRY
Joy Guidry is a bassoonist, versatile improviser, performance artist, and composer of experimental, daring new works that embody a deep love of storytelling; Joy’s music channels her inner child in honor of her ancestors and predecessors. Joy was born in Houston, Texas, into a creative family that has shaped who she is today.
Joy is the founder of Jaid Records, which is a record label that focuses on experimental ambient music, free jazz. Jaid Records was founded in October of 2024, and currently has released her third album Titled Five Prayers.
Joy has presented her original work at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Park Avenue Armory, Kraftwerk, Whitney Museum for American Art, Hauser & Wirth, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Cafe Oto, The Kitchen, Redcat, among many other venues. She has been commissioned by The National Sawdust, JACK Quartet, Gaudeamus Festival, and the I&I Foundation. Joy has been featured in festivals like Berlin Atonal, La Biennale di Venezia, Making Time, London jazz Festival, Banlieues Bleues festival, A'Larme Festival, Cologne Jazz Week, Dripping Festival, , and many more. Joy Guidry is the winner of the 2021 Berlin Prize for Young Artists. She is currently playing on a Heckel Bassoon number 6101.
ABOUT JULIE SHAPIRO
Julie Shapiro, the executive producer of Active Listening, is a career listener, audio maker, and creative instigator. She previously served as Executive Producer with PRX’s Radiotopia and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Creative Audio Unit. She helped create the critically-acclaimed Ear Hustle podcast and co-founded the Third Coast International Audio Festival, among other influential audio projects. Julie is currently a Visiting Artist in Residence with Harvard’s ArtLab, serves on the Board of Directors for AIR (Association of Independents in Radio) and is executive producing My Brother David, a narrative podcast about pancreatic cancer. Alongside all of this, she continues to champion new forms of listening, participation, and global audio culture through Audio Flux, a home for short-form audio and bold storytelling.
ABOUT ROWHOME PRODUCTIONS
Rowhome Productions is an award-winning audio production agency creating podcasts, documentaries, and museum audio tours. We help cultural institutions, nonprofits, and companies bring their stories to life. Founded by veteran producers Alex Lewis and John Myers, Rowhome is based in Philadelphia, PA.