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This week, veteran songwriter Jim Keller returns, and new recordings by Bombino and Xixa take us to the deserts of West Africa and the American Southwest, respectively. Plus, Tori Amos. (article)
Puerto Rican band ÌFÉ, headed by Otura Mun, blends electronics with Afro-Cuban folklore and Yoruban religious music. Performing remotely, ÌFÉ celebrates the ancestors for the podcast. (episode)
David Johansen, one of rock’s most influential singers, as his lounge-lizard alter-ego Buster Poindexter, performed a Soundcheck session from WNYC's Greene Space. (Archives, 2015.) (episode)
This week, nostalgia for psychedelic Turkish pop, a wide-angle view of the Black experience in The Grey Land by Joseph C. Phillips Jr, and a gothic polka about a haunted house. (article)
The Hamiltones, a Grammy-Nominated vocal trio, combines sweet falsetto croons with vintage-sounding production for their soul sounds. They perform intimate tunes from North Carolina. (episode)
Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds uses new and vintage technology on his latest album of lyrical electro-chamber music, 'some kind of peace.' He performs remotely from Reykjavík. (episode)
This week, more is more: Loyle Carner + Madlib, Aya Nakamura + Stormzy, and Chilly Gonzalez + Jarvis Cocker + Feist. Plus, Matt Bauer + Brittain Ashford (Prairie Empire), and more. (article)
Multi-instrumentalist Joachim Cooder plays re-worked traditional tunes of Uncle Dave Macon for the electric mbira in duo versions with his dad, Ry Cooder, remotely from California. (episode)
Welsh guitarist Gwenifer Raymond tells tales without words with her aggressive fingerpicking - adapting “American Primitive” style for "old weird Wales." She plays for us from Brighton. (episode)
This week, Dom La Nena’s song out of time; new music from Icelanders Olafur Arnalds and Björk; and a kora surprise from Ballaké Sissoko. Plus, Scottish singer-songwriter James Yorkston. (article)