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Fiery guitarist/songwriter Benjamin Booker's ecstatic, gritty, and soulful sounds channel punk rock & vintage soul, gospel and blues. He plays in-studio. (From the Archives, 2017.) (episode)
Guitarist Gary Lucas has played with Captain Beefheart, written hit songs with Jeff Buckley, and covered 1930s Chinese pop to classical music. Lucas plays music from his 40-year career. (episode)
Singer/songwriter Anais Mitchell might be best known for her take on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, Hadestown. In 2012, she played songs from 'Young Man in America,' in-studio. (episode)
With a sound both old and new, Austin-based band Black Pumas shows off their skillful combination of folky strum, sticky funk, dusty psych, and old soul, in studio. (2019 Archives) (episode)
Lake Street Dive brings the retro 70’s pop with R&B groove, combining light with dark in a crafty way. The full band, “a geeky bunch”, plays songs from their new album, ‘Obviously’. (episode)
North Carolina-based Sanya N’Kanta has written songs about race and immigration, but his new EP is about the simple pleasures of family and home. He and the full band play remotely. (episode)
Singer/guitarist Elise Okusami records as Oceanator, writing churning, chuggy songs with a shot of punkass and inviting warmth. Oceanator plays remotely from Maryland for the podcast. (episode)
Pianist and songwriter Elizabeth Ziman, (aka Elizabeth And The Catapult), grapples with connection and existence on a new album, sincerely, e. She performs songs from her living room. (episode)
The band LNZNDRF (The National and Beirut members) explores the driving, motoric rhythms of krautrock and electronica, playing music from their latest, live from four different cities. (episode)