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Dutch pianist and composer Joep Beving makes music stripped to its bare essentials, representing a quest for essence and beauty. He plays his down-tuned piano, in-studio. (episode)
Week of Feb. 24: This week, a crisis response from Amanda Palmer, a warning from Lanterns On The Lake, a reassurance from Dan Deacon, and arresting, slinky, demonic funk from Yves Tumor. (article)
Puerto Rican singer-songwriter iLe (aka PG-13, or Ileana Cabra Joglar) plays songs drawing on timeless boleros, folk music, and protest anthems from her latest, 'Almadura', in-studio. (episode)
Cuban composer and pianist Omar Sosa and Cuban violinist-vocalist Yilian Cañizares mix Afro-Cuban roots, Western classical music, and jazz together for their AGUAS Trio in-studio. (episode)
Bonny Light Horseman are singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson, and Josh Kaufman. The band sings ancient love songs of timeless humanity and heartbreak, in-studio. (episode)
Week of Feb. 17: This week, the return of sister act CocoRosie, new music by Canadian Indigenous band Digawolf , and a sci-fi requiem for humanity by the late Jóhann Jóhannsson. (article)
Brooklyn-based Afrobeat band Antibalas have explored all kinds of funk, Afro-Cuban music, and extra-planetary cosmic jazz. They play music from their latest, Fu Chronicles, in-studio. (episode)
This week, echoes of Gil Scott Heron, Michael Jackson, and Gang Of Four in new music by Makaya McCraven, Lil Nas X, and Shopping. Plus, new videos by Anna Meredith, and Pantha du Prince. (article)
With a big sonic palette that acknowledges the darkness but also offers reassurance and togetherness, acoustic band The Lone Bellow plays new songs from Half Moon Light, in-studio. (episode)
The Grahams, a Nashville-based indie rock duo, plays guitar-led songs about the desert, heartbreak, rust, and nostalgia, from their 2020 record ‘Kids Like Us,’ in-studio. (episode)