
Zoh Amba
Jazz musician and composer
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Jul 23, 2026
Experimental Jazz Artist Zoh Amba Presents Their Brand of Gritty Folk-Rock Music, In-Studio
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11:47
John SchaeferHOST
It's two more live performances from Zoe Amba and the band here in the studio.

Zoh AmbaGUEST
I see you on the shore Dreaming of so much more A life you think you could only see in the sunshine I see you on the shore Dreaming of so much more A life you think you could only see in the sunshine With the kids back home Got in a fight last night with God Caught in shambles Lay on me Sick of feeling Wanting to die Looking for you In all the shakes of this life Looking for you And looking, looking, looking Woke in a panic That wouldn't let me up Pinned up against the wall Ran out to the neighbor's flowerbeds.
11 MINS LATER
Zoh Amba
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27:22Zoh AmbaGUEST
Well, when I was playing the saxophone, which I kind of just look at as, like, devotional music.
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27:32Zoh AmbaGUEST
I just looked at it as not free jazz or anything like that, but I think it was really tough.
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27:36Zoh AmbaGUEST
It was getting written about and I used to read everything and I honestly wanted to die in my hotel room every night.
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Ep. #1098: Zoh Amba
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24:39Zoh AmbaGUEST
And I really think, you know, I say, you know, "If I lived here and I didn't discover music, and somebody said, 'Here's a pill that'll take all your pain away or get closer to God,' I'd fucking take 10." You know what I'm saying? So, like, I'm not trying to put anything above or below or anything, I'm just saying what it is.
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24:54Zoh AmbaGUEST
But, um, I think, you know, my mother was one of those souls that some, for some, some reason got caught up in that.
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25:01Zoh AmbaGUEST
And she said, you know, "Once when you're an addict, you're an addict your whole life," you know? And it's, like, something that I never could understand.
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25:07Zoh AmbaGUEST
And being, like, not her, but witnessing and still being, like, I don't know, like a ripple of like, you know, the, to stone dropping in the ripple, like you're still affected by these things and y- and as a child, you have a right to be affected.
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25:18Zoh AmbaGUEST
And, and all these children that might listen to this, you have a right to feel every single thing you should feel inside of it and period.
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25:25Zoh AmbaGUEST
But still, you know, I think I got to this age where, you know, I'm like reaching mid-20s, you know, and I'm like, "Fuck, like, I can't fix it.
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