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This week, a subversive murder ballad from Marissa Nadler, an answer song to all those internet cat videos from Caribou, and the loss of Jamaican music legend, Lee "Scratch" Perry. (article)
Tabla master Zakir Hussain and sitar virtuoso Niladri Kumar, along with peerless jazzer Eric Harland, make musical magic and mayhem in-studio, (From the Archives, 2019.) (episode)
Cinematic punk band Pom Pom Squad, led by singer/songwriter Mia Berrin, samples musical styles and eras, and cheekily takes on queering the ideal of the cheerleader. They play remotely. (episode)
A celebration of old-school soul from the Apollo Theater, Parquet Courts' ode to crowded city streets, new age pop from Lorde, and a creeptastic film score by Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe. (article)
Watch the endlessly exuberant electronic musician Dan Deacon perform songs from his 2015 album, 'Gliss Riffer,' in-studio. (From the Archives.) (episode)
Composer and producer Rachika Nayar uses electric guitar as a sound source to create loops, which are then mutilated, arranged, and transformed into larger works. She performs remotely. (episode)
This week, musical returns for Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Big Thief, and Aluna. Plus, new music by harpist Brandee Younger, shoegazers Yeah Baby, and NY garage rockers Loose Buttons. (article)
The singer-songwriter Aoife O’Donovan ties together elements of pop, folk, and bluegrass in a cohesive, emotive package. She plays in-studio magic for this 2016 session. (Archives.) (episode)
The Mexican pop star Natalia Lafourcade plays a special acoustic session in-studio, on the heels of her 2015 Grammy-winning record Hasta la Raíz - "Down to the Roots." (Archives, 2016.) (episode)
Hear the all-star rock band Publicist UK perform songs off their debut album 'Forgive Yourself,' from the Archives, 2015. (episode)