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Haitian-American composer Nathalie Joachim and Spektral Quartet play Joachim's joyous folklore-infused electro-chamber music using Haitian women's voices, flute, and strings, in-studio. (episode)
This week, Kanye goes gospel; Dessa goes orchestral; and a 60s hit by Burt Bacharach returns courtesy of El Perro del Mar. Plus, experimental Zen meets Cretan folk from Xylouris White. (article)
The English folk-punk rocker Frank Turner presents solo versions of some of his latest songs about overlooked historical figures – many of whom happen to women. He joins us in-studio. (episode)
British guitar band Bombay Bicycle Club joins us in the studio to play songs from their new record coming in 2020, 'Everything Else Has Gone Wrong.' (episode)
Week of Oct. 21: This week, music inspired by film noir, telenovelas, and Moroccan trance – but first, a word of thanks to the New York Public Radio and New Sounds community. (article)
Puerto Rican singer and activist Ani Cordero takes on government corruption, feminism, and Hurricane Maria's devastation on her latest, 'El Machete.' She and her band play in-studio. (episode)
Queercore pioneers Team Dresch harness the roar of punk, combine it with vulnerable sweetness, and deliver it with precise musicality. Now back on "active duty", they play in-studio. (episode)
The Good Ones are a band Rwandan genocide survivors who make acoustic folk songs. With intricate harmonies and unique instruments, the band performs their latest music, in-studio. (episode)
Week of Oct. 14: This week, new music from Devonté Hynes (Blood Orange) for Third Coast Percussion, Manchester's elbow, and Lucy Dacus makes “In The Air Tonight” eerie and dark. (article)
With a sound both old and new, Austin-based band Black Pumas brings their skillful combination of folky strum, sticky funk, dusty psych, and old soul to an in-studio session. (episode)