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Week of Oct. 30: This week, A Cuban/Jamaican collaboration, The Go! Team, Rhye, and a weird wish from Morrissey. (article)
The roots-reggae band SOJA believes that music should speak for people & uplift them. They'll spread their positivity with tunes from the latest, Poetry In Motion, live in-studio. (episode)
Norwegian band Barokksolistene is trying to drag classical music down to the level of folk musicians fiddling in a pub. Cheers to that! Hear Baroque drinking songs played in-studio. (episode)
Week of Oct. 23: This week, Big K.R.I.T., Japanese Breakfast, and Pretty Lights. Plus, a surprise new Superchunk song! (article)
Inventive string quartet Brooklyn Rider wrestles chaos & cosmic order (via lens of John Cage & J.S. Bach) in newly-written works on "Spontaneous Symbols." Hear a preview in-studio. (episode)
Vintage Trouble is a powerfully fun time of old-school soul, southern rhythm & blues, sizzling dance moves, & catchy, crunchy guitar-driven rockenroll. They play an unplugged set for us. (episode)
Week of Oct. 16: This week, a final recording from Sharon Jones, Robert Plant's trancey new record, and Erykah Badu curates Fela Kuti. (article)
Trumpeter, composer, & collaborator Keyon Harrold was the sound behind Don Cheadle's Miles Davis in "Miles Ahead." He joins us to play tunes from his latest, "The Mugician", in-studio. (episode)
Southern rockers Drive-By Truckers play music from their record "American Band," some of their most compelling and urgent music to date, in a stripped-down setting, in the studio. (episode)
This week, the soul of Johnny Cash in music from soul singer Brian Owens, and dispatches from Mar-A-Lago and Albania. (article)