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Composer and modular synth experimenter Qasim Naqvi (who is the drummer of Dawn of Midi) plays some of his suite "Teenages" – a non-soundtrack work for DIY synth, in-studio. (episode)
Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela perform technical feats of wonder, somehow combining flamenco, classical, and thrash metal together in jaw-dropping originals, in-studio. (episode)
With his heavy horn section, electric backing vocals and a crack band, Nick Waterhouse serves up a neo-noir concoction of modern rhythm and blues with surf-rock, in-studio. (episode)
Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Heather Woods Broderick writes about being unsettled and moving closer to peace on her latest, “Invitation”. She plays some of those songs in-studio. (episode)
Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi, plus bassist Jason Sypher, explore migrations of people and instruments, performing songs from the brand new "there is no Other", in-studio. (episode)
The Eels singer/songwriter Mark Oliver Everett has drawn on the tragedy in his life and counters it with wry humor. “E” joins us in-studio to play stripped-down songs and tell tales. (episode)
German-Canadian-English singer/songwriter Alice Merton crafts dance-pop tunes with punchy-funk basslines, swirling synths and guitars. She plays songs from her debut, MINT, in-studio. (episode)
New York-based indie pop trio AJR mixes sibling harmonies, electronic music, strings, and jangly riffs into their sunny sound. They play songs from their latest, Neotheater, in-studio. (episode)
Hear tropical psych-rock from Combo Chimbita, a quartet based in New York City by way of Colombia. They bring their future-funk-trancey-cumbia dance party to play in-studio. (episode)