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Pearla, the Brooklyn-based artist Nicole Rodriguez, makes off-kilter folk-pop that mixes reality and the surreal. She and her band play weird and wonderful new songs in-studio. (episode)
Grammy-winning trumpeter and sports broadcaster Nabaté Isles seeks to bring the groove and movement back to jazz, to get people to dance. He and his band play new songs in-studio. (episode)
The contemporary silent film 'Electric Appalachia' was created by Eric Dawson for guitarist William Tyler and harpist Mary Lattimore. Hear their collaborative score, recorded remotely. (episode)
The Australian artist, Wally de Backer, aka pop-star Gotye, also tinkers with unusual instruments. He'll play the rare 1940s French proto-synth, the Ondioline, in-studio. (Archives.) (episode)
Brooklyn via San Juan band Balún identifies as "transnational." Hear DIY tropical electronica "DreamBow," something like reggaeton roots meet shoegaze pop, in-studio. (Archives, 2018.) (episode)
Irish multi-instrumentalist Anna Mieke's songs conjure expansive places and moving through those places- touching on death, dreaming, memory, and family. She and her band play in-studio. (episode)
The rapper Oddisee considers ambition and other big ideas of home, race, and family on the 2023 album 'To What End'. He and the live band, Good Compny, play in-studio. (episode)
New York-based UNI and The Urchins brings a glam rock sensibility to the band’s artful mix of psychedelia and post punk. They play catchy, dance-y, sometimes cheeky songs in-studio. (episode)