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The guaranteed good-time swinging big band, Squirrel Nut Zippers, have returned to form after a long 17 years. They play some brand new tunes from "Beasts of Burgundy" in the studio. (episode)
Week of March 26: This week, Angelique Kidjo interprets Talking Heads; Bach meets Jookin’; and an ancient Celtic mystery revealed in a wheel of cheese. (article)
Take a little trip around the Caribbean with Dominican folk pop revivalist, the Grammy-Winning singer-songwriter Vicente García, now based in Bogota, Colombia. He plays in-studio. (episode)
Week of March 19: This week, musical reactions to a troubled world from Pussy Riot, Roger Waters, and Yo La Tengo. Plus new videos from Tinariwen and Courtney Barnett. (article)
The great South African choir Ladysmith Black Mambazo are a global phenomenon. They return to our studios to perform their uplifting vocal harmonies and signature dance moves. (episode)
With fiddles, banjo, and cheerful melodies, The Oh Hellos are an entire ecstatic folk-rock party. They'll mobilize their musical forces and play their latest autumnal songs in studio. (episode)
This week, a pair of musical returns: Sade (after 8 years) and Squirrel Nut Zippers (after 18), along with new music from Simian Mobile Disco, David Byrne and Jon Hopkins. (article)
With influences as far-ranging as traditional ranchera, jazz, opera, and cumbia, the Minnesota and Oaxaca-raised Mexican singer/folklorist Lila Downs performs in-studio with Ana Tijoux. (episode)
Detroit-bred rapper and producer Black Milk crafts beats and builds songs from some of the most unlikely sources. Hear some from his latest, "Fever," in-studio. (episode)
Week of March 5: This week, a moving Oscar performance, Malian rock from Sidi Touré, London producer kwes, and Brooklyn punk from Bodega. (article)