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Ten years ago today, the New York Philharmonic and John Schaefer landed in North Korea. With the Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea having just concluded, John revisits Pyongyang... (article)
Week of Feb. 26: This week, Janelle Monae and the Skull Eclipses release preview tracks, a Meklit remix premiere, and a musical trip to Cuba. (article)
The Australian artist, Wally de Backer, also known as pop-star Gotye, also tinkers with unusual instruments. He'll play the rare 1940s French proto-synth, the Ondioline, live in studio. (episode)
New Zealand artist Marlon Williams has a seductively haunting honey-smooth voice. Following his recent split from musician Aldous Harding, his latest songs make beauty from heartbreak. (episode)
This week, new music from Beach House to Beijing, Rafiq Bhatia and Punjab Tronix, plus a new Courtney Barnett record is coming. (article)
North Carolina-rooted songwriter Rhiannon Giddens and Kentucky-rooted songwriter Dirk Powell combine banjos, fiddles, and piercing songs to explore a lost time in history. (episode)
Somewhere on the spectrum of art music and prog rock, is the Philadelphia-based band Palm. They'll gaily trip through fun, smart, and weird pop experiments in studio. (episode)
Week of Feb. 12: This week, Sons Of Kemet hail the queen (but not THAT Queen), Rev. Shawn Amos hails Bowie, and a Rap/R&B supergroup, August Greene, hails optimism. (article)
Norwegian band Wardruna combine old and historical instruments: lyres and goat horns, instruments from nature: stones, bones and trees, along with Nordic poetry and runes, in studio. (episode)
Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson, who died Feb. 9, aged 48, was the rare experimental musician whose work crossed over to the general public. John Schaefer looks back on his legacy. (article)