Comments for Musicians on the Record: Matisyahu

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This piece belongs to the series "Musicians on the Record"

Produced by Tracey Tanenbaum/WXPN

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Summary: Matisyahu performs reggae and hip-hop. He's also a Hasidic Jew. As a teenager, Matis found spiritual sustenance in an album by the jam band Phish.
 

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Review of Musicians on the Record: Matisyahu

This piece is interesting to listen to, but a bit confusing. The mix is beautiful, a blending of first person recollections and reminiscence, but my confusion came as the featured musician, a young hassidic jew who is a reggae musician talks about his musical inspiration from the band Phish. Is the music in the background by Phish? Or is it the music of Phish by the young musician? This is not made clear in this presentation, and I'm not enough of a "Phishhead" to know.

I like this format of narrationless music features, but the onus is on the producer to craft a more focused story.