Don't Assume: Focus on Diamanda Galás

This is a radio edit of the Don’t Assume podcast series which was broadcast on podcast platforms in 2024. For this edit music has been added that directly reflects or relates to the conversation.

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In this lively conversation, Zakia and Diamanda travel across the expanse of Diamanda’s wide ranging career, discussing everything from her collaboration with John Paul Jones, the influence of her strict father, her mistrust of the term “avant-garde” and her love of forensic TV shows.

TRACKLIST

Diamanda Galás
Εξελο?υμε (Deliver Me)

Diamanda Galás
O Death

Marika Papagika
Galata Manes

Fats Waller And His Rhythm
Your Feet's Too Big

Art Tatum
Ain't Misbehavin'

Ornette Coleman
What Reason Could I Give

Diamanda Galás
All The Way

Jim French With Diamánda Galás And Henry Kaiser
Looks Could Kill

Diamanda Galas
Cris D'Aveugle Blind Man's Cry

Diamanda Galas
Do You Take This Man?

The Supremes
My World Is Empty Without You

Diamanda Galás
Schrei 27

Diamanda Galas
Baby's Insane

Diamanda Galás
Judgement Day

Diamanda Galás
Insane Asylum

The Chet Baker Quartet, Russ Freeman
The Thrill Is Gone

S.P.K.
Genetic Transmission

Diamanda Galás
Vena Cava 8

Diamanda Galás
La Llorona (Live)