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For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Lea Bertucci on the show. We jump right in – no time for a proper intro! From Lea’s selection criteria for this show, her love of Mexico City, The Tonebook Volume 2, we chat about where you go when it all starts with Sade, Dee […]
For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Six Organs of Admittance aka Ben Chasny on the show. We talked a bit about his new album, “Time is Glass,” the recording process behind it, then we dive headfirst into the fire. We talked about how aliens would love The Carpenters, early music memories […]
For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Emil Amos on the show! We went way off script and got into all sorts of rabbit holes because Emil is such a good storyteller, but this was such a good time. After a lengthy discussion about tape music and trading in the 90s, Emil […]
For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite JLIN on the show. Her new album, “Akoma,” is something else! After overcoming some technical difficulties and talking about working with the Arkansas Pine Bluff marching band, we get into it about Luther Vandross’s velvet voice, the places Earth, Wind, and Fire take you to, […]
For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite claire rousay on the show! When I was developing this show last year, claire was one of the people I knew I wanted to have as a guest. With her excellent new album, “sentiment,” out on April 19 via Thrill Jockey, it was the perfect […]
For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Rosali on the show. Her new album, “Bite Down,” is out on March 22 via Merge and it’s absolutely wonderful. We talked a bit about that and its iconic cover before digging into the all-time greatness of Funkadelic, Ween’s sweeter side, Bob Seger raging, all […]
For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Matana Roberts on the show. This one was so much fun. Matana was at the airport waiting to fly out to Montreal, and something about the background airport noise adds to the vibrant mood. We dig into a lot of things like when we might […]
For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite MIZU on the show. Her new album, “Forest Scenes,” is such an immersive and emotional listening experience. After talking a bit about that, MIZU gives me a crash course in classical music as well as chatting about the fun of soccer mom music, John Cage’s […]
For this episode of Songs of Our Lives, I invite Ka Baird on the show. Their latest album, “Bearings: Soundtracks for the Bardos,” is something else. For all of the great music Ka’s made over the last 2+ decades, this one really stands out. After that, we try to figure out what it was about […]