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Best of 2018, Part 2: Cuban band Orquesta Akokán, South African choir Ladysmith Black Mambazo, My Brightest Diamond, saxman Joshua Redman and Brooklyn Rider, and Blaze Foley's music. (episode)
Vocalist and beatboxer Matisyahu brings his deeply personal and spiritual blend of reggae, rap, and jam to the studio. He and his band perform songs from their latest, 'Undercurrent'. (episode)
Listen to our favorites from 2018: Norse ritual band Wardruna, Chicago-based OHMME, trance-dance-jazzers Sons of Kemet, Americana duo Anna & Elizabeth, and qawwali music by Junun. (episode)
Icelandic-based American singer/songwriter John Grant crafts anguished, lush ballads and spacey, bewitching, electro-pop. He performs at our Steinway - without electronics, in-studio. (episode)
Sister act Larkin Poe plays roots-infused southern heritage-steeped rockenroll, with a helping of both gut bucket and Delta blues from their latest record "Venom and Faith," in-studio. (episode)
Singer/songwriter Laura Gibson creates sharp story-songs leaning towards folk music, but with unexpected arrangements. She and her band perform tunes from 'Goners,' in-studio. (episode)
The American experimental quartet Algiers makes postpunk-gospel-kraut-y-motown-rocking ferocious resistance music to channel frustration in these turbulent times. They play in-studio. (episode)
Composer/pianist/producer Kelly Moran modifies and expands our piano into a percussive orchestra of metallic wonder. She'll play works from her latest “Ultraviolet,” in-studio. (episode)
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the incoming Music Director of the Metropolitan Opera, outlines his plans to welcome more folks to the opera and to make sure that routine does not become the norm. (episode)