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The New York band Crumb creates playful and brooding swirls of sounds, somewhere at a crossroads of psychedelia, pop, jazz, and rock. They play music from 2024's 'AMAMA', in-studio. (episode)
American pianist and educator Christopher O’Riley has spent his career gleefully ignoring musical boundaries and playing everything from J.S. Bach to Radiohead. He plays Bach in-studio. (episode)
Mehrnam Rastegari is a composer and New York-based master of the kamancheh, the Persian spike fiddle. She leads a traditional Persian band in original music and older songs, in-studio. (episode)
Guitarist, composer, and teacher Benjamin Verdery seems to know everybody who’s ever picked up the instrument. He plays pieces from his collection called 'Some Towns and Cities'. (episode)
Composer Christopher Rountree, conductor of the LA-based new music ensemble Wild Up, leads an electro-chamber group in his latest work "3 BPM", an open score like a map or a game. (episode)
Brooklyn native Bette Smith reconnects with her Memphis and Mississippi roots, marrying gospel fervor with soul moxie. She plays new songs from her latest, "Goodthing", in-studio. (episode)
Instrumental trio LA LOM (The Los Angeles League of Musicians) blends the sounds of twangy surf guitar, romantic boleros, Peruvian Chicha, and 60’s soul ballads. They play in-studio. (episode)
L.A. singer Angélica Garcia draws on Latin pop and electronic music, and writes mostly in Spanish about spirituality and especially the feminine spirit. She plays new music in-studio. (episode)
The California-raised, Ireland-based songwriter Cinder Well weaves together traditional folk, ambient drone, and doom metal's space in one dark and trancey tapestry. She plays in-studio. (episode)