Untrained Singers and Lined-Out Gospel
This week: Lambchop, Guest Bartender Deborah Toyota, Azar Lawrence, GB, Riviera Gaz, and Martin Bisi. Plus, French trombonist Christiane Bopp never misses an outsider art exhibition.
When an Obsession Gets Out of Hand
This week: The Odyssey Cult, Concepción Huerta, Wild Gods, Josh Mason, Takashi Murakami, and Azar Lawrence. Plus, Ethan Miller sticks around to explain what a lightning storm has to do with rock music.
A Tolerance for the Unplanned
This week: Terri Lyne Carrington, David Norland, sachi's mirror, Jason Calhoun, Jolly Mare, and Josh Mason. Plus, Toronto art-folk songwriter Avi Engel has four resident boars.
The Room We Kept for Ourselves
This week: hackedepicciotto, Sophie Wellington, Chris Molanphy, Bondo, arc rae, and Terri Lyne Carrington. Plus, Joseph Branciforte built greyfade a streaming app so he could stop explaining why greyfade wasn't on streaming apps.
Built on Borrowed Sound
This week: Danalogue, Curió Curió, M. Geddes Gengras, Myth Math, St. Silva, and Chris Molanphy. Plus, Dave De Rose of Agile Experiments finished a record with an Athenian bus ticket.
Harmonies We Sing to Ourselves
This week: Suzanne Ciani, Steven Hall of Nirosta Steel, Shana Falana, Nolan Hildebrand, Mixol, and Danalogue. Plus, Philadelphia's Tyler Pursel wants his record to sound like a tree with a computer inside of it.
A Record of What Remains
This week: Steven Bernstein, Hen Ogledd, Scrimshire, Cento Threeo, Katsumasa Kusunose on jazz kissa, and Suzanne Ciani. Plus, Detroit's Chloe Drallos made a sad bastard album for single girls.
From the Middle of the Square
This week: Alden Hellmuth, Wild Up, Diles que no me maten, Matt Hinton, and sundayclub, with Steven Bernstein on the podcast. Plus, the once-anonymous Vorhex Angel put ice in their beer and dream of Finland.
The Politics of Touring
This week: Félicia Atkinson, Dave Douglas, Robert Margouleff, Alden Hellmuth, Chinese American Bear, and the combination of Bill Nace and David Watson. Plus, Chilean experimental duo Lorena Álvarez and Alejandro Palacios know kung fu.
Dave Douglas — The Sacred and the Unfinished
On 'Transcend,' his second record with the GIFTS quintet, Dave Douglas reflects on Ellington's Sacred Concerts, the slab paintings of Jack Whitten, and the moment Booker Little broke the dam for a generation of trumpeter-composers.
The Limits of Technique
This week: Ora Cogan, Dave Douglas, Eliana Glass, Chik White, Myra Lee, and some remotely funny games. Also, Golems of the Red Planet are hanging ten, Masada style.
Civil Service, Protest Songs, and the Private World of Ora Cogan
On the heels of her Sacred Bones debut 'Hard Hearted Woman,' Ora Cogan reflects on the Fairy Creek blockades, somatic practice, the whitewashing of folk music, and what it means to write a trans rights song that doesn't scream.