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STEFA* Reconsiders Origin Stories and Channels Their Ancestors
Episode 70
The artist STEFA* is a classically-trained vocalist who combines punk, experimental rage-pop, loops, and somatic jazz as they channel their ancestors…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Musical Ambition and Sharp Wit of Songwriter John Grant
Episode 69
Although he’s based in Iceland, singer/songwriter John Grant is American, and his experience growing up gay in a conservative religious family in Col…
2 years, 2 months ago
From the 2024 New York Guitar Festival: Marc Ribot and Leyla McCalla
Episode 68
The duo of Marc Ribot, the New York guitarist, and Leyla McCalla, the New Orleans cellist and banjo player, may seem unlikely at first. Ribot is know…
2 years, 2 months ago
Pulsing, Percussive, Layered Minimalism By Akusmi, In-Studio
Episode 67
Akusmi is the name of the recent project by the French-born London-based producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Pascal Bideau. His work blends…
2 years, 2 months ago
Deep and Fiery Cuban Mambo, Salsa, and Soul by Orquesta Akokán, In-Studio
Episode 66
The vintage sounds and energy of Cuban dance music of the mid-20th century live on in the music of Orquesta Akokán, a group of Cuban and American mus…
2 years, 2 months ago
Road-Tested Songs by Sō Percussion and Caroline Shaw, In-Studio
Episode 65
Sample collaborative music by Pulitzer Prize-winning vocalist/composer Caroline Shaw and the versatile quartet Sō Percussion from their latest releas…
2 years, 2 months ago
Bandleader and Timbalero Ivan Llanes Brings the Dance Moves, In-Studio
Episode 64
Cuban singer, percussionist, and bandleader Ivan Llanes is now based here in New York, and on his debut LP, called La Vida Misma, you hear a reflecti…
2 years, 2 months ago
Marissa Nadler Sharpens Her Elegant and Eerie Dream-Folk (Archives)
Episode 63
Boston-based Marissa Nadler writes intimate, sweeping dreamy and eerie songs, that shimmer with gothic melancholy. On her 2018 record, For My Crimes,…
2 years, 2 months ago
Indie/Prog-Leaning Post-Punk Band English Teacher, In-Studio
Episode 62
The band called English Teacher is from the northern English city of Leeds, although as their debut LP This Could Be Texas suggests, one place is ver…
2 years, 2 months ago
Guitarist and Composer Paolo Angeli, An Innovator Like No Other
Episode 61
Composer, guitarist, and instrument builder Paolo Angeli is from the Italian island of Sardinia, and his instrument began as a chiterra sarda, a larg…
2 years, 3 months ago