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Columbian band Bomba Estéreo explores their South American roots, mixing up cumbia, vallenato, & champeta with club & dub dance beats on their latest, "Ayo." Bomba Estéreo join us live. (episode)
The trailblazing synth-pop band, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - OMD, is in the midst of a revival, with a brand new record due in September. OMD joins us live in the studio. (episode)
From a New York Guitar Festival show at The Greene Space, hear Margaret Glaspy's grunge-torch-rock songs & Julian Lage's guitar-playing which, although jazz-ish, hits on "cowboy chords." (episode)
The turbo-charged New York band Gogol Bordello get wild with the riotous magic of Eastern European-rooted gypsy punk in the studio, anticipating their latest record, "Seekers & Finders." (episode)
Chicago-based soul singer Zeshan B looks to the classic Stax Records sound, with Memphis horns & all, yet he also wields a harmonium, & sings in Urdu & Punjabi. He joins us live. (episode)
Philly bar rockers Low Cut Connie, led by pianist Adam Weiner, join us in the studio to play some bluesy rockenroll. (episode)
Folk artist Sam Amidon experiments with Appalachian music, improvisation, congas, sax, & beats on his latest solo record 'The Following Mountain.' He'll play some these songs live. (episode)
The rebel-country troubadour Steve Earle ranges from guitar growl & snarled songpoetry, to front porch balladry on his latest, "So You Wanna Be An Outlaw." He joins us in the studio. (episode)
Offa Rex is English singer-songwriter Olivia Chaney & The Decemberists. Chaney and Decemberists' frontman Colin Meloy rock us through this love letter to folk music, live in the studio. (episode)