Pitchfork Special Coverage: Amber Mark + Jay Som + Amen Dunes

While Chicago was slogging through it’s first heat wave of 2019, Features interviewers Ari Mejia and Jessi D braved the extreme weather conditions to interview Amber Mark, Jay Som, and Amen Dunes at Pitchfork Music Festival. This program consists of excerpts from each interview.

Produced by Robert Patterson

Listen here for the full-length interview with Amber Mark.

Listen here for the full-length interview with Jay Som.

Listen here for the full-length interview with Amen Dunes.

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Amen Dunes Interview

At this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival, CHIRP Features interviewer Jessi D met up with frontman Damon McMahon to dig into the revelatory emotional warfare that is Amen Dunes. They talk about Freedom, making music, and a recent statement Damon made to the press about a previous misinformed “call-out” in 2014.

Produced by Amanda Roscoe Mayo

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Jay Som Interview

Features interviewer Jessi D caught up with Jay Som on a very windy first day of Pitchfork Music Festival to chat about music as a creative outlet, her much anticipated release Anak Ko, how that name came about, and how touring with other Asian-American female musicians changed her life.

Produced by Eugene Cabanban

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Amber Mark Interview

Assistant Features Director Ari Mejia spoke with Amber Mark at this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival. They dove into her identity as an artist and how place informs music, plus Amber gave a hot take on her recent global tour.

Produced by Brian Szpak

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