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From Taylor Swift to Bon Iver, Aaron Dessner Finds Meaning in Musical Community
Episode 237
On August 27th Big Red Machine, the joint musical project of Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner - artists known for their work as Bon Iver and in the ro…
4 years, 6 months ago
Modern Classics: Carina Del Valle Schorske on Cat Power's "Manhattan"
Episode 236
Recently the hosts of Switched on Pop kept seeing the same byline next to their favorite pieces of music writing. A moving profile of Bad Bunny? Ther…
4 years, 7 months ago
The Joy of Music Festivals
Episode 235
For the past two weeks, our series on summer music festivals has uncovered the interplay of festival fashion and music and examined festival subcultu…
4 years, 7 months ago
The Beauty and Horror of Insane Clown Posse's Summer Festival
Episode 234
The Gathering of the Juggalos is the music festival centered around the rap duo Insane Clown Posse. Their songs are hyper-violent and profane; their …
4 years, 7 months ago
Summer Festivals: How Coachella co-opted the Woodstock look
Episode 233
The co-hosts of The Cut, Jazmin Aguilera and B.A. Parker, think deeply and incisively about fashion. For this special episode of Switched on Pop — th…
4 years, 7 months ago
Modern Classics: Mark Ronson on Ginuwine's "Pony"
Episode 232
Mark Ronson has a CV too long to list here. Suffice to say he’s a musician who’s worked with everyone from Amy Winehouse to Lady Gaga to Dua Lipa, ha…
4 years, 8 months ago
Summer Hits: Jack Antonoff on Bleacher’s “Stop Making This Hurt”
Episode 231
We’ve been wanting to speak with Jack Antonoff since we started Switched On Pop back in 2014. We've had countless hours of conversation sound tracked…
4 years, 8 months ago
Modern Classics: Yola on Childish Gambino’s “Redbone” and the Longevity of Soul
Episode 230
In this installment of Modern Classics we speak to the amazing four-time Grammy Nominee musician, singer and songwriter Yola about her new record, St…
4 years, 8 months ago
L’Rain asks “what have you done to change?” (live at JBL)
Episode 229
L’Rain is the musical persona of the singer and multi-instrumentalist Taja Cheek. Her new album Fatigue begins with a lyrical quandary: “what have yo…
4 years, 8 months ago
Summer Hits: City Girls - Twerkulator (with Kyra Gaunt
Episode 228
One of the songs we anticipate playing on repeat this summer is “Twerkulator” by Miami rap duo City Girls. It’s a track with enough sonic energy to p…
4 years, 8 months ago