fri 15 aug 2025 21:00 hrs
This time, a special episode of our sister program Acoustic Moods
Ton Maas talks with Beth Custer and features her music, part 1
She’s not easily categorized: American (bass) clarinetist, composer, singer, and bandleader Beth Custer.
Beth Custer (Photo: Federico Cusigch)
Based in San Francisco, she’s been making the Bay Area unsafe for years, usually performing with friends and colleagues. She moves with equal ease in jazz circles as she does among trip-hoppers and dance enthusiasts who feed on ethno-trance beats. But 20s retro music and funk are also popular stylistic devices. In addition to her independent work, she frequently composes for theater, film, and dance.
With Ton Maas , she discusses the ins and outs of all these different projects.
1. Train Song
2. The Lips That Kissed The Paper
2. The Lips That Kissed The Paper
3. In The Broken Fields Where I Lie
4. Carnyville
5. Phagocyte
6. Purdy Lily Don’t Die
4. Carnyville
5. Phagocyte
6. Purdy Lily Don’t Die
7. In The Broken Fields Where I Lie
9. Head Light
10. Obsidian Hooligan
11. Le Pendu
11. Le Pendu
12. Red Helicopters
The final part of this two-part series will air on August 29, 2025.
Highlighted photo:: Beth Custer (bethcuster.com)
