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Composer and pianist Gabriel Kahane's work combines classical art song and pop. He plays tunes from his latest song cycle - a travel diary of sorts - written while riding the rails. (episode)
The bluesy-twang and punk-leaning string band Devil Makes Three taps into anguish, freedom, and rule-breaking. They play music from their brand-new record, Chains Are Broken, in-studio. (episode)
DeVotchKa's grand, pop-leaning, cinematic indie rock is full of swells and turns. The band plays songs from their first album in seven years, "This Night Falls Forever," in-studio. (episode)
Italian pianist, composer, and musical alchemist Ludovico Einaudi performs his music on our piano, in-studio. (episode)
Dance to the sounds of Spanglish Fly's brasstastic mix of Latin dance-funk and soul as they lead the Boogaloo revival, playing tunes from their latest, "Ay Que Boogaloo!," in-studio. (episode)
Brazilian musician Ava Rocha is a leading figure in post-Tropicalia and is blazing ahead inventing electro-, funk-, and samba-packed Brazilian pop. She plays new songs in-studio. (episode)
Hear the Belgian-born guitarist/songwriter Trixie Whitley in bluesy songs live from the Greene Space, joined by guitarist Marc Ribot. From the New York Guitar Festival 2017. (episode)
Fantastic Negrito fuses punk-funk into blues and soul. His latest record, "Please Don't Be Dead," is the sound of survival as music. He joins us to play some of these tunes, in-studio. (episode)
English singer-songwriter and folk-rocker Mike Rosenberg, a.k.a. Passenger, joins us to play new songs from his forthcoming record, "Runaway," in-studio. (episode)