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Brooklyn singer-songwriter Kendra Morris draws on 60s pop, 70s funk, timeless soul sounds, and R&B on her latest record I Am What I’m Waiting For. She and her band play in-studio. (episode)
This week, Prince through the looking glass, Mon Laferte’s trip-hop bolero, and a posthumous stunner from trumpeter jaimie branch. Plus new discodelica from Say She She, and more. (article)
Argentine vocalist Sofia Rei and Peruvian bassist Jorge Roeder are both Brooklyn-based. They combine quietly thrilling textures and dramatic melodies as they play originals in-studio. (episode)
Cellist and composer MIZU (fka Issei Herr) creates expansive waves of sound through processing and layering her instrument. She plays music from her debut 'Distant Intervals', in-studio. (episode)
This week: Dolly Parton, rock star; Polo G’s moving ballad; and Amore Muere’s dark debut. Plus, ambient pop by Vines (Cassie Wieland) and Afropop-leaning music by Black Market Brass. (article)
Junun is India-based Israeli composer Shye Ben Tzur, a group of Indian musicians called The Rajasthan Express, and Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood. They play in-studio (Archives). (episode)
New York-based collective Too Sad For The Public takes on American roots music – folk ballads, fiddle tunes, early blues, New Orleans second line grooves - and plays in-studio. (episode)
The high-energy Congolese dance band known as Jupiter & Okwess, led by Jupiter Bokondji, mixes funk and Afropop with samba, New Orleans, and soul influences. They play in-studio. (episode)
This week, musical surprises: Sparklehorse's utterly guitar squall-a-riffic Robyn Hitchcock cover; Tuareg musician Bombino unplugged; and Blonde Redhead returns with a new record. (article)
Brazilian guitarist and songwriter Sessa performs minimalist-leaning songs with touches of tropicalia and free jazz, at the 2023 New York Guitar Festival in the Greene Space. (episode)