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Week of April 29: This week – musical returns for Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen, and Stormzy. Plus new music by The Oddysy and Chuck D, Kelly Moran, and The Mystery Lights. (article)
Andrew Bird engages with both beauty and terror and goes into the depths of the intimacy between adversaries on his latest, cheekily titled 'My Finest Work Yet'. He joins us in-studio. (episode)
Avital Meets Avital in chamber-jazz from two virtuoso players, mandolinist Avi Avital and oud/bassist, Omer Avital (no relation). Their quartet performs original works, in-studio. (episode)
The NYC-based orchestral collective, The Knights, perform a new work by Syrian clarinetist and composer Kinan Azmeh and a not-so-new work by Vivaldi, in-studio. (episode)
Week of April 22: This week, Bach at Notre Dame, Cate Le Bon in Slovakia, and Madonna in Medellin. Plus Australia's Little May. (article)
Hear unusually-sourced music by the electronic duo Matmos made entirely from plastics: a police riot shield, silicone gel breast implants and synthetic human fat. They perform in-studio. (episode)
Writer, actor, political activist, rebel-country troubadour Steve Earle is also a fan of great Texas songwriters Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark. He plays tunes by Guy Clark in-studio. (episode)
This week, hear immigrant songs from T-Bone Burnett and Sinkane, plus Ellen Reid wins the Pulitzer Prize winner for Music, and Aretha Franklin's Special Citation. (article)
The Brooklyn-based band Savoir Adore crafts dancey, lush electro-pop songs intent on dispensing magic and dreams. They'll join us in-studio for an intimate stripped-down set. (episode)
Week of April 8: This week, a premiere from a South African legend, a “country music” kerfuffle continues, The National keep busy, and new psychedelic music from Shana Cleveland. (article)