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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)
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)
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)
Hear Thai drums, electronics, jazz harmonies and singable Swedish pop startlingly combined in music by Sirintip and her band, who play some of these songs in-studio. (episode)
Watch some straight-up rock 'n' roll that looks to the blues giants from the decidedly un-noodley Big Head Todd and the Monsters, the unofficial state band of Colorado, live in studio. (episode)
Singer-songwriter John Paul White (Ex-Civil Wars) brings his dark, lyrical songs of heartbreak to the studio, from his most recent solo record of elegant Americana, "Beulah." (episode)