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Inuk folk-pop singer and songwriter, Elisapie draws from and takes pride in her Inuit and First Nations origins. She’ll play songs from “The Ballad of the Runaway Girl” in-studio. (episode)
Week of March 25: This week, an ambient Breeder, electronic Editors, cosmic Sharkmuffin, and the fuzzed-out Tuareg guitar of Saharan rocker Mdou Moctar. (article)
The Jordanian/Palestinian band 47SOUL plays "Shamstep" - a mix of dubstep, hip-hop and electro-Arabic dabke in a smart dance party of celebration and political awareness, in-studio. (episode)
The soul legend Lee Fields performs tender and funky tunes imbued with warmth, wisdom, and kindness from his new record, "It Rains Love", in-studio. (episode)
This week, (almost) all roads lead to Africa with Angelique Kidjo’s Celia Cruz tribute, Dexter Story's Ethiopop-influenced music, Carlos Santana with Buika, and Malawi's Lazarus. (article)
Singer, writer, pianist, and activist Amanda Palmer performs intimate, depressing, dark, sad songs from her forthcoming “five hanky” record, "There Will Be No Intermission." (episode)
Songs by composer and producer Emily Wells inhabit the spaces between art-pop and neoclassical chamber music. Wells and the Metropolis Ensemble perform new music in-studio. (episode)
New York-based drummer and composer, Allison Miller, and her band Boom Tic Boom play some cavorting chamber-jazz in-studio from "Glitter Wolf", which marks their 10th anniversary. (episode)
Week of March 11: This week, new songs by The Hold Steady and The National, a new Kishi Bashi record, and a Neil Young classic in a new setting. (article)
Nashville-based singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet Adia Victoria crafts Southern Gothic pop deeply rooted in the blues. She performs new songs from her record, “Silences”, in-studio. (episode)