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New York-based UNI and The Urchins brings a glam rock sensibility to the band’s artful mix of psychedelia and post punk. They play catchy, dance-y, sometimes cheeky songs in-studio. (episode)
This week, Kimbra’s art-pop, slowthai’s rap-punk, and more multi-hyphenate music from Kenya composer/sound artist Nyokabi Kariuki and guitarist/songwriter Robyn Hitchcock. (article)
Gogol Bordello are punks who maintain community while bringing catharsis. Kyiv-born ringleader, Eugene Hütz, is a tireless advocate for Ukrainian solidarity. The band plays in-studio. (episode)
New Zealand pop star Kimbra plays within the confines of pop music, bending and skewing and tone painting, according to her needs. She plays new songs from 'A Reckoning', in-studio. (episode)
This week, returns for The National, Oddisee, and Ryuichi Sakamoto. Plus, new pop gems from boygenius (Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker) and Fenne Lily. (article)
Meridian Brothers, founded by musician Eblis Álvarez, fuses a love of classic salsa with cumbia, vallenato, spacey psychedelia, and wacky samples for a playful dance party, in-studio. (episode)
The duo of Rachael & Vilray draws on, and in their own sly way, extends the Great American Songbook tradition, guitar-jazz style. They play their new, old-sounding songs in-studio. (episode)
Charleston-based Ranky Tanky combines original rhythms of Gullah (the Sea Island people of the coastal southeastern states) and ring shouts, with soul, jazz, and praise, in-studio. (episode)
This week, time-traveling songs by Vicky Tafoya and Rachael & Vilray; and big questions in music by Marcus Strickland and Katie Melua. (article)
Sax player, bandleader, and producer Marcus Strickland's group Twi-Life inhabits an Afro-futuristic space at the crossroads of Hip Hop, Soul, and Jazz. The band plays in-studio. (episode)