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Best of Soundcheck: Guitarricadelafuente, Donnie McCaslin
Episode 309
Blackstar was David Bowie’s last record, a musical farewell, and it featured the sax player Donny McCaslin. In fact, Bowie ended up using Donny McCas…
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Ever-Shifting Guitarist Wendy Eisenberg Dares With Homegrown and Poetic Songs, In-Studio
Episode 310
Wendy Eisenberg is a Brooklyn-based guitarist, improviser, and songwriter who uses guitar, pedals, the tenor banjo, the computer, the synthesizer and…
2 days, 21 hours ago
Everlast Dishes Out Gritty Humanity in Blues-Rock Style, In-Studio
Episode 308
The artist known as Everlast was the lead rapper in the group House of Pain, whose single “Jump Around” remains one of hip hop’s most familiar songs.…
5 days, 21 hours ago
Best of Soundcheck: Annahstasia, Patrick Wolf
Episode 307
It’s common for songwriting artists to process their emotions through composing music. LA-based folk singer Annahstasia spent many years crafting her…
1 week ago
Norwegian Chord Progression Artist Sondre Lerche Sings Acrobatic Melodies, In-Studio
Episode 306
Norwegian singer-songwriter Sondre Lerche defines himself as a “chord progression artist”: “You establish a pattern, and then of course, you have to …
1 week, 2 days ago
Indie Rock Band Shearwater Performs Cerebral Songs with Laurie Anderson, In-Studio
Episode 305
Shearwater is the project of singer, songwriter, and ornithologist, Jonathan Meiburg, who recently took a trip to the Antarctica to study the “the bi…
1 week, 5 days ago
Best of Soundcheck: Sofia Rei, Mike Doughty
Episode 304
Folk music is known to be the music of the people, but it can sound vastly different from region to region. There are also songs that take inspiratio…
2 weeks ago
Recording Artist and Actor Saul Williams Speaks Contemplative Words, In-Studio
Episode 303
Saul Williams is many things. A poet, a musician, an actor, and a writer, embodying multiple forms of art in his existence. He’s the preacher in the …
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Quiet Reflection in Acoustic Songs by Daughter of Swords (Archives)
Episode 302
North Carolina singer and guitarist Alex Sauser-Monnig records under the name Daughter of Swords, in which they "combine the eerie sound of old Appal…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Best of Soundcheck: Paris Paloma, Cautious Clay
Episode 301
Some musicians make ambitious records that dig into the depths of meaning behind art, mythology, time, or life itself. Two of those musicians are the…
3 weeks ago