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Guitarist Glenn Jones is an inventive and evocative fingerpicking player of the folk-based “American primitive” style. He plays a solo set for the 2022 New York Guitar Festival. (episode)
Hear new music from The National, the return of swamp-pop legend Tommy McLain, and a promising soul debut by Danielle Ponder. Plus, 'Birdman' composer and drummer Antonio Sanchez. (article)
Austin-based band Balmorhea, in their 6-piece formation, conjure spacious instrumental Americana soundscapes in the studio. (From the Archives, 2017.) (episode)
From the 2022 New York Guitar Festival, listen to the cosmic country of guitarist, composer, and collaborator William Tyler, recorded live in The Greene Space. (episode)
Lee Fields gets sentimental; the Mountain Goats get vengeful; Matthew E White & Lonnie Holley get angry; and experimental folk band Heilung sings the oldest song in the world. (Maybe.) (article)
Somewhere on the spectrum of art music and prog rock, is the Philadelphia-based band Palm. They'll gaily trip through fun, smart, and weird pop experiments in-studio. (episode)
Week of Aug. 15: This week, Danger Mouse & Black Thought collaborate, finally; also, First Aid Kit hit the dance floor and Sylvan Esso goes glitchy. (article)
Marta Pereira da Costa is a master player of the teardrop-shaped, double-strung guitarra Portuguesa. She and pianist Alexandre Diniz perform live for the 2022 New York Guitar Festival. (episode)
Media Fellows Clarinetist Lara Mitofsky Neuss and Saxophonist Paige Gullifer met saxophonist Dylan Ward at the 2022 Bang on a Can Music Summer Festival and bonded over single reeds. (article)
Hear Thai drums, electronics, jazz harmonies and singable Swedish pop startlingly combined in music by Sirintip and her band, who play some of these songs in-studio. (episode)