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The late funk and R&B singer Charles Bradley recorded for Daptone Records (Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Budos Band.) He joined us live to sing tunes from his first LP, back in 2011. (episode)
Week of April 27: This week, a PPP (Pan-American Party Premiere) from the band LADAMA, the return of Jonsi of Sigur Ros, and an old protest song for a new time from Billy Porter. (article)
Lean and urgent like the best of the early punk rock bands, Brooklyn's Parquet Courts (sometimes Parkay Quarts) makes short rides in a fast machine. Here's their in-studio from 2013. (episode)
Russian-born, New York-raised singer and pianist Regina Spektor packs surprises (and charm and wit) into her songs. She plays in-studio, from a 2012 session. (episode)
Week of April 20: This week, many (happy?) returns! Comeback music from Fiona Apple, Alex Winston, and The Airborne Toxic Event. (article)
Pianist, composer, and bandleader Jon Batiste comes from a New Orleans music family, and he does it all: jazz, funk, R&B, and classical. Batiste and Stay Human played in-studio in 2011. (episode)
Possessed of the greatest patterned shirt collection in all of folk-alt-psych-pop-dom, the singer-songwriter-guitarist Robyn Hitchcock visited Soundcheck in 2006 with the Venus 3. (episode)
This week, responses to isolation from Twenty One Pilots, Laura Marling, and Surfer Blood; also composer Molly Joyce uses disability as a creative tool and a West African dance party. (article)
Revisit an explosive performance by the late, great soul singer Sharon Jones with her band, the Dap Kings, from The Greene Space, celebrating their 2010 record, "I Learned the Hard Way." (episode)
Revisit a performance from the post-punk art rock band band Art Brut. They'd just released the 2009 album "Art Brut Vs Satan." (episode)