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The two American sisters of CocoRosie reconnected in Paris after years apart. Hear their strange, beguiling stew of blues, hip hop, pop, and electronic music, from this 2015 in-studio. (episode)
New York-based Californian jazz singer Gregory Porter and his band perform songs of love and protest from his debut album, Water, in-studio. (From the Archives, 2011.) (episode)
Brit-folk legend Richard Thompson plays songs in his signature dark, stark and earnest style, with satisfying and curious depth from 'Still,' in-studio. (From the Archives.) (episode)
The fiddle-playing singer/songwriter Carrie Rodriguez from Austin, Texas plays tunes partially inspired by her ancestry from her 2016 record, 'Lola,' in-studio. (From the archives.) (episode)
The virtuosic electric bassist Thundercat has worked with Erykah Badu, Snoop Dogg, Flying Lotus and Suicidal Tendencies. Thundercat plays his own music in-studio. (Aired in 2013.) (episode)
Composer and pianist Bruce Hornsby touches on everything from string-enhanced pop to twelve-tone rows on his 2020 record, Non-Secure Connection. He plays some of these tunes remotely. (episode)
Kentucky-based S.G. Goodman writes songs that deal with the hard lives and hard truths of the rural south. She plays some tunes remotely from her home for this Soundcheck Podcast. (episode)
Gauzy textures and loops — and a new range — from the composer, vocalist, and collaborator, Julianna Barwick, who performs in-studio. (From the Archives, 2016.) (episode)
Pianist Leon Fleisher was a musician who was genuinely famous beyond classical music circles. Celebrate an American original in a special memorial edition of the Soundcheck podcast. (episode)
The high-flying, Mercury Prize-winning artist Benjamin Clementine performs soul-shaking songs at the piano in this 2016 in-studio session from the archives. (episode)