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Brazilian pianist and composer Amaro Freitas offers futuristic and avant "decolonized" jazz, preparing the piano and incorporating polyrhythms in both of his hands. He plays in-studio. (episode)
Songwriter and bandleader Fantastic Negrito “hides behind the flashy jacket” and turns his trauma into art, playing some of his fiery blues-stomp-and-roll music for everyone, in-studio. (episode)
This week, a dispatch from Legoland by Pharrell Williams, old-timey New England from Sam Amidon, and cosmic jazzer Sun Ra gets the blues. Also, Sharon Van Etten and Anna Butterss. (article)
Hermanos Gutierrez is a duo of Swiss-based brothers who make instrumentals with fingerpicked riffs and spacious reverb-drenched guitars. They play live from National Sawdust. (episode)
French instrumentalist and composer Loup Barrow is one the few players of the Cristal Baschet - a rare and delicate glass organ with an otherworldly sound. Barrow performs in-studio. (episode)
An LP from American singer-songwriter Joy Oladokun; a single by Belgian-Egyptian singer and songwriter Tamino. Also, new music from multi-disciplinary artist Samora Pinderhughes. (article)
Scottish composer Erland Cooper writes ambient classical works that celebrate nature. He and and his ensemble play music from Carve The Runes And Be Content With Silence, in-studio. (episode)
Heavy MakeUp is singer Edie Brickell and brass & electronic musicians CJ Camerieri and Trever Hagen. They combine voice, synths, drum machines, and brass to make up new songs, in-studio. (episode)
This week, new music from Charli XCX, Jelly Roll, Erick The Architect, Daughter of Swords, and the Shovel Dance Collective. (article)
The Norwegian sextet Kaizers Orchestra combines rock, opera, Balkan music, and a kind of punk cabaret with Faustian bargaining and heavy drinking to great effect. They play live. (episode)