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Brazilian pianist and composer Amaro Freitas offers futuristic and avant "decolonized" jazz, preparing the piano and incorporating polyrhythms in both of his hands. He plays in-studio. (episode)
Songwriter and bandleader Fantastic Negrito “hides behind the flashy jacket” and turns his trauma into art, playing some of his fiery blues-stomp-and-roll music for everyone, in-studio. (episode)
Hermanos Gutierrez is a duo of Swiss-based brothers who make instrumentals with fingerpicked riffs and spacious reverb-drenched guitars. They play live from National Sawdust. (episode)
French instrumentalist and composer Loup Barrow is one the few players of the Cristal Baschet - a rare and delicate glass organ with an otherworldly sound. Barrow performs in-studio. (episode)
Scottish composer Erland Cooper writes ambient classical works that celebrate nature. He and and his ensemble play music from Carve The Runes Then Be Content With Silence, in-studio. (episode)
Heavy MakeUp is singer Edie Brickell and brass & electronic musicians CJ Camerieri and Trever Hagen. They combine voice, synths, drum machines, and brass to make up new songs, in-studio. (episode)
The Norwegian sextet Kaizers Orchestra combines rock, opera, Balkan music, and a kind of punk cabaret with Faustian bargaining and heavy drinking to great effect. They play live. (episode)
My Brightest Diamond is the project led by singer, multi-instrumentalist, and composer Shara Nova. She plays new songs from her raw and defiant album "Fight The Real Terror", in-studio. (episode)
Geordie Greep (guitarist/vocalist of black midi) has a new solo debut album that shocks and delights. He and his band play this pop with blues, jazz-rock and Brazilian twists, in-studio. (episode)