Pearl Charles :: Magic Mirror

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Los Angeles singer-songwriter Pearl Charles makes Californian country music that at once recalls the burnt orange horizon of a Mojave sunset and the navy tint of the Pacific Ocean. Charles' previous efforts have also pulled from the sounds of the '60s and '70s, but while they drew from the agitated sensibilities of garage and surf rock, her second full length Magic Mirror puts an outlaw spin on nocturnal disco, sounding something like the Band producing ABBA . . .

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Gary Lucas :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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With a new career-spanning collection in tow, guitarist Gary Lucas joins us for a discussion about his work with Captain Beefheart, Jeff Buckley on his Grace album, and teaming up with Arthur Russell and...Vin Diesel . . .

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Alogte Oho and his Sounds of Joy :: Allema Timba

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Here’s a delightfully offbeat slice of highlife that’s been on steady repeat lately. Alogte Oho – a popular singer of Frafra gospel from Ghana – and his Sounds of Joy ensemble released Mam Yinne Wa a year or so back via the Berlin-based Philophon label . . .

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Bob Frank :: Within a Few Degrees

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Bob Frank popped up in the early 1970s with a beautifully downbeat LP of finely rendered downer folk for Vanguard Records. And then, he dropped from view almost entirely. But a small coterie of admirers (such as legendary producer Jim Dickinson) kept the flame alive, leading to a low-key early 2000s comeback. Frank passed away recently, but his legacy has been bolstered considerably by the newly released Within a Few Degrees . . .

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Gwenifer Raymond :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Gwenifer Raymond is a virtuoso guitar player, born in Wales but extraordinarily adept in the American Primitive tradition, which she learned from Stefan Grossman tab books, John Hurt records and a guitar teacher who introduced her to John Fahey. Her latest album, Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain, is steeped in folk and blues, but imbued with a bit of Welsh folkloric strangeness, which she distinguishes from other UK traditions for its violence and its dark humor . . .

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The Aquarium Drunkard Show: SIRIUS/XMU (7pm PST, Channel 35)

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Via satellite, transmitting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays.

34.1090° N, 118.2334° W . . .

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Transmissions :: Nels Cline

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Nels Cline joins us as we kick off the new season of our weekly Transmissions podcast. The guitarist and bandleader discusses his new album, Share the Wealth, long history, early days working in record stores, and how joining Wilco changed his life . . .

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Between and Beyond :: Japan’s Mutant Pop Underground

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Over the past five years, Light in the Attic have offered wanderlusting listeners a series of primers with reissue compilations featuring music not yet released officially outside of Japan.

The label’s latest collection is called Somewhere Between. Subtitled Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan 1980–1988, this compilation attempts to connect the dots between various fringe figures operating outside of the country’s monolithic commercial music industry . . .

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Buck Meek :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Big Thief guitarist Buck Meek sets out on his own with Two Saviors, an album filled with songs he calls “little prayers and visions from within the constant flux of pain, healing, and discovery . . .

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Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard :: January 2021

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Freeform transmissions from Radio Free Aquarium Drunkard on dublab. Airing as a four-hour block every third Sunday of the month, RFAD features regular shows, friends, and collaborators. The January broadcast features a special guest set by Matthew E. White and the Spacebomb house band join us for Fever Dreams. Tune in via dublab Sunday, January 17 from 4-8 PM Pacific . . .

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Daniel Lanois :: Power

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With the Heavy Sun Orchestra in tow, Daniel Lanois's "Power" rattles with dubby intensity. It's the latest taste of his forthcoming album of psychedelic gospel, Heavy Sun, pairing synth bass bombast with the straining gospel vocals of organist and minister Johnny Shepherd . . .

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John Surman :: Upon Reflection (ECM)

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Here's something to get lost in, the hypnotic world of British reedman John Surman, courtesy of his 1979 ECM effort, Upon Reflection. Recorded in Oslo, with production helmed by Manfred Eicher, the recording finds Surman in widescreen form experimenting with sequencers and synthesizers in addition to his duties working bass clarinet and baritone/soprano saxophone . . .

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The Ibrahim Khalil Shihab Quintet :: Spring

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Recorded in the late 1960s by Cape Town pianist Ibrahim Khalil Shihab and his group, Spring calls to mind Atlantic-era Coltrane at its breeziest, with saxophonist Winston ‘Mankunku’ Ngozi fluttering above the steady, sunny backing. Though it has to be said that this collection of musicians could get heavy if need be; check out the masterfully moody vibe they bring to "Birds," a ten-minute homage to Trane's "Spiritual . . .

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The Aquarium Drunkard Show: SIRIUS/XMU (7pm PST, Channel 35)

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Via satellite, transmitting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays.

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James Yorkston :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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Songwriter James Yorkston answers questions from Aquarium Drunkard, Simon Raymonde of the Cocteau Twins and crime novelist Ian Rankin, concerning his spontaneous new folk rock album The Wide, Wide River, and beyond . . .

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