Dave's Lounge

Once in a while, your inspiration needs a bit of a kick-start. When that happens with this podcast, I usually start going back through older shows and playing songs I… Read More Dave’s Lounge #270: Something Old, Something New

Last weekend, I finally got to meet Artemis in person. She and Daniel Berkman came to Durham as part of their Room For Living US Tour. Robert Fischer, a longtime… Read More Dave’s Lounge #269

Every year on the weekend after Labor Day, many of my friends and I converge on Virginia Beach for the annual Blues on the Beach festival. We spend our days… Read More Dave’s Lounge #268: As Summer Slips Away

It’s a crazy week here at the lounge, as I prep for two out-of-town trips over the next two weekends, including my annual pilgrimage to Virginia Beach for Dirt Cheap Blues, where I’ll be DJing for the fourth consecutive year. … Continue reading →

Cut through the noise of your everyday craziness with a bit of calm from the lounge this week, as we spotlight the new Bust Free 13 compilation from our pals at Cold Busted, showcase a new artist on the Sine … Continue reading →

This week, we’ve got new releases from a bunch of our favorite labels — Soulection, Tru Thoughts, Tyranno Lounge, Cold Busted, and more! Plus, subscribers to the Dave’s Lounge Premium Podcast get not one, but two bonus tracks from a … Continue reading →

You wanted to hear it, so I played it for you. This week’s playlist features requests from listeners spread out across our lonely little planet, all of whom wanted to hear me play these songs again. Hope y’all enjoy them. … Continue reading →

This week, we re-introduce Anji Bee’s classic track "Love Me Leave Me" with a brand new recorded version that chills the song out even more than the first time. Anji is hard at work on her new album, and she … Continue reading →

This week’s playlist features a couple of tracks from the new Tyranno Lounge Records compilation, Diamonds and Pearls Lounge 5th Anniversary, and a neat new track from Australian record label Uncomfortable Beats and its new compilation, Heliosphere. You’ll be hearing … Continue reading →

This week’s playlist takes us through multiple countries, with artists from Russia, Ukraine, Slovakia, Germany, France, England, and the U.S.A. sharing their music with us. (Come to think of it, if you took out the U.S., that would be a … Continue reading →