It’s vampires and dangerous love when we talk with Natasha Khan of Bat for Lashes. She talks about the vampyric and film imagery behind her latest album, Lost Girls.
We talk to Big Ears Music Festival founder Ashley Capps about 2020’s collection of over 100 artists including Terry Riley, Patti Smith, and especially, artists you’ve never heard before.
Hawaii’s Taimane takes the ukulele and brings uncanny virtuosity and melody to it If you think the ukulele is a novelty instrument for Luaus, then you need to hear Taimane live on Echoes.
Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders has released Valve Bone Woe, an album that reveals a jazzier side, that also has a bit of atmospheric ambience about it. We’ll also hear from Kitaro and Brian Eno.
On a Slow Flow Echoes it’s new music by Bruce Cockburn. The singer-songwriter has a new album of solo acoustic guitar pieces. We’ll also hear new electronic music by Nigel Mulaney.
We go inside the music of Tycho with Scott Hansen and singer Saint-Sinner. They talk about their collaboration, Weather, which takes Tycho’s music into a dream pop direction.
Pianist Peter Kater just won his second Grammy. He’s known for sweetly romantic music, but he has another side with a dark childhood and beginning as a hitch-hiking itinerant musician.
Guitarist David Helpling takes us into the runic and oceanic influences of his January CD of the Month, Rune. He talks about ambient guitar, the ocean and ancient runes.