“En Plein Air” is the latest single from Sven Wunder via Piano Piano Records. It's the first from his new LP, Natura Morta, which is due for release in June of this year . . .
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Presenting Heaven on Earth, a four-hour (!) Kevin Ayers megamix by David Mittleman of Observations of Deviance, a weekly "all-vinyl, freeform program that harkens back to the early days of underground FM radio . . .
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Simone Schmidt of Fiver discusses their activism and musical work with groups like One Hundred Dollars, The Highest Order, and Atlantic School of Spontaneous Composition, which celebrates and expands on the outlaw country visions of artists like Willie Nelson, Gene Clark, and Johnny Paycheck . . .
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Skylab. Via satellite, transmitting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays. Get lifted.
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A vinyl-only 13 track survey of blues, gospel and folk traditions recorded throughout the south, Hospitality shines a light on Furry Lewis, Robert Nighthawk, Othar Turner, the Pettis Sisters and host of others. Recorded by George Mitchell, the vibey set spans 1962 through the mid-eighties, and feels like you're in the next room...if it were a Merigold, Mississippi juke . . .
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This week on Transmissions, Warren Defever of Third Man Records and His Name Is Alive joins us for a loose ramble about decades in the record making business, his lack of adherence to genre, and what it's felt like to revisit the tapes he made in the '80s . . .
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Known for their handmade instruments and avant-pop approach, Brooklyn duo Buke & Gase join forces with NYC rhythm ensemble So Percussion for A Record Of, which documents their difficult to classify sounds melded together . . .
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Nashville's Styrofoam Winos self-titled debut jumps from dusky ballads to easy-going boogies. In his Bandcamp blurb, Simon Joyner compares the Winos to Yo La Tengo, and he's on the money: it's a warm and welcoming record . . .
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Andrew Bird and Jimbo Mathus go way back. They joined us for a long, freewheeling conversation about their traditional music roots and their new collaborative album These 13, an ode to the Mississippi Delta and country blues . . .
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David Nance knows his way around a cover, having previously recorded and released reimagined versions of Lou Reed’s Berlin, the Stones’ Goat’s Head Soup, Doug Sahm And Band, and Beatles For Sale—all of which disappeared faster than you can say NO RETURNS ON THE MERCHANDISE. Now he gives Bonnie Raitt and Mindy McCreedy the treatment. Better get these while they're hot . . .
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Sonic cartographer Bobby Lee expands the map of his improvisational soundscapes on Origin Myths, his new album and follow-up to last year’s Shakedown in Slabtown. Recorded straight to four track with no subsequent tampering, the album embraces what label Tompkins Square describes as “The Bob Ross school of philosophy … imperfections allowed to stand; knowing that nothing is ever truly finished . . .
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Inspired by visits to Ottawa's National Gallery, Nick Schofield's Glass Gallery draws from the influence of geometric painting and kankyō ongaku to create a deep, meditative listen that lingers long after it finishes . . .
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With Spelling, Sam Prekop of The Sea and the Cake has created a 25-minute epic of calming fuzz and analog comfort, full of deep, tonal bass lines, laser-like jolts, rhythmic fuzz, and plenty of wind and water-inspired fade-ins and fade-outs . . .
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RIP Bunny Wailer. RIP U-Roy. Via satellite, transmitting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays.
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Amanda Petrusich is the author of Do Not Sell at Any Price and a critic at The New Yorker. She joined us from her place in upstate New York to discuss balancing comfort listening and new sounds, Bob Dylan’s Christian era, Harry Smith, musical mysticism, and much more . . .
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