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Week of Jan. 29: This week, the Grammys return to New York; Bettye Lavette Covers Dylan; Chris Thile’s New Gig. (article)
New York-based band The Shacks bring their early-rock and vintage soul tinged psychedelic, timeless, dreamy pop in-studio. (episode)
The band Umphrey’s McGee spans a wide range of rock, prog, & pop, at times veering into jazz and/or improvisation by way of Zappa-inspired hand signals. They'll perform live in-studio. (episode)
South African trumpeter, singer and composer Hugh Masekela, one of the most effective ambassadors for his country in the rest of the world died today, Jan. 23, 2018. (article)
This week, a new sound for The Decemberists, and for Allman Brown; plus dark, gothic music from the north, and dystopian synth-pop. (article)
We welcome back the Southwestern band Calexico, who perform mariachi and cumbia-laced songs for the end times from their latest record, "The Thread That Keeps Us." (episode)
The Liverpool-born trio The Wombats play catchy, guitar-saturated pop with riffs on twisted love songs, or detail-rich bad choices, in-studio. (episode)
Week of Jan. 15: This week, a Cloud Cult premiere, a new song by Jack White, and Meshell Ndegeocello’s moving tribute to Prince. (article)
String quintet Sybarite5 join John Schaefer in-studio to perform new chamber works, written just for them, from their crowd-funded new record, "Outliers." (episode)
With Baroque pop, Nina Simone, & Brian Eno as touchstones, hear the dreamlike minimalist folk music by Richmond duo Lean Year, in-studio. (episode)