NPR music critic & correspondent Ann Powers talks Kate Bush, The Roches, Kurt Weill, X, Stevie Wonder & more!

Episode playlist

1. When I'm Calling You - Nelson Eddie & Jeanette MacDonald

2. Maybe Tomorrow - The Jackson 5

3. Witchy Woman - Eagles

4. Bob Is A Robot - Red Dress

5. Playing With A Different Sex - Au Pairs

6. Never Forever - Kate Bush

7. Out of Control - Mr. Epp And The Calculations

8. Sat In Your Lap - Kate Bush

9. Jill Of All Trades - The Roches

10. Hammond Song - The Roches

11. Lost In The Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill

12. The World's A Mess, It's In My Kiss - X

13. Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer - Stevie Wonder

14. You Can Make It If You Try - Sly & The Family Stone

15. Efficiency - Konradsen

Jazz trumpeter Ingrid Jensen (Artemis) talks Jaco Pastorius, Prince, Shirley Horn, Joe Jackson, Woody Shaw & more!

'Artemis' NPR Tiny Desk concert

Songs

“Three Views of a Secret” — Jaco Pastorius

“Adore” — Prince

“Seventh Avenue” — Woody Shaw / composed by Victor Lewis

“A Time for Love” — performed by Shirley Horn

“Breaking Us in Two” — Joe Jackson

“Hyperactive!” — Thomas Dolby

“Night Train” — Oscar Peterson

Albums

Ballads — Freddie Hubbard

Stepping Stones — Woody Shaw

Civil Disobedience — Ingrid’s recording with Victor Lewis

Gnu High — Kenny Wheeler

Singer/songwriter Dar Williams talks Judy Collins, Paul Simon, Suzanne Vega, Patrick Hernandez, The Bee Gees, Rick Springfield & more!

EPISODE PLAYLIST

1. Hooked On A Feeling - B.J. Thomas

2. Kiss Me Kate

4. To Life - Fiddler On The Roof

5. Tea For The Tillerman - Yusuf/Cat Stevens

6. Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones

7. Whales & Nightingales - Judy Collins

8. Benedictus - Simon & Garfunkel

9. David's Album - Joan Baez

10. Born To Be Alive - Patrick Hernandez

11. YMCA - Village People

12. New York Mining Disaster 1941 - Bee Gees

13. The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan

14. 99.9 F - Suzanne Vega

15. I Think We're Alone Now - Tommy James & The Shondells

16. Here, There And Everywhere - The Beatles

17. Endless Love - Lionel Richie & Diana Ross

18. Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield

19. Against All Odds - Phil Collins

20. FM Radio - Dar Williams

21. Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players

Grammy & Juno award winning singer/songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk talks Sinead O'Connor, Sting, Billy Joel, Gordon Lightfoot, Liberace & more!

EPISODE PLAYLIST

1. Evie Tornquist

2. Last Day Of Our Acquaintance - Sinead O'Connor

3. Russians - Sting

4. Allentown - Billy Joel

5. Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot

6. Jumpin' Jive - Joe Jackson

7. Take It To The Limit - The Eagles

NASA / JPL engineer Dr. Swati Mohan (Mars Perseverance rover) talks Hindi lullaby Hawa Dheere Se Aana, Les Miserables, Taylor Swift, Ernie, The Greatest Showman & more!

* The views and opinions expressed by Dr. Mohan are her own and have not been reviewed or approved by NASA. 

1. Hawa Dheere Se Aana - Geeta Dutt

2. Empty Chairs And Empty Tables - Les Miserables

3. The Man - Taylor Swift

4. I Don't Want To Love On The Moon - Ernie, Sesame Street

5. This Is Me - The Greatest Showman

Movie minitaruist Caroline McFarlane-Watts talks The Doors, Salif Keita, Jethro Tull, Talking Heads, Bad Company & more!

1. Teddy Bear's Picnic - Henry Hall

2. The Doors - The Doors

3. Cono - Salif Keita

4. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers Movie Soundtrack

5. Life Is A Long Song - Jethro Tull

6. Remain In The Light - Talking Heads

7. Two Socks - Dances With Wolves Soundtrack

8. Polovtsian Dance - Alexander Borodin (Prince Igor)

9. The Model - Kraftwerk

10. Wild Fire Woman - Bad Company

Drummer Justin Brown (Thundercat, Ambrose Akinmusire) talks Art Blakey, Mint Condition, Miles Davis, Tony Williams & more!!

EPISODE PLAYLIST

1. ⁠⁠Caravan - Art Blakey

2. Definition Of A Band - Mint Condition

3. Black Radio - Robert Glasper Experiment

4. Nefertiti - Miles Davis Quintet

5. Ego - Tony Williams

6. Oysters - Meshell Ndegeocello

7. Esperanto - Sean Jones

8. Betcha By Golly, Wow - The Stylistics

9. Lady - D'Angelo

10. I Found My Smile Again - D'Angelo

11. Workinonit - J Dilla

12 Sailin' On - Bad Brains

Actor Lennon Parham (Somebody Somewhere, Minx, Veep) talks Indigo Girls, Chess, Prince, James Ingram, Everything But The Girl & more!!

EPISODE PLAYLIST

1. ⁠Prince of Darkness - Indigo Girls

2. Someone In The Dark - Michael Jackson

3. I've Got A Crush On You - Linda Ronstadt

4. Terrace Duet - Chess

5. Nobody's Side - Chess

6. Gett Off - Prince

7. Any Time Any Place - Janet

8. She Just Wants To Dance - Keb' Mo'

9. Somewhere Out There - Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram

10. Missing - Everything But the Girl

11. Weak - SMV

12. Whatever You Say - Martina McBride

13. Broken Wing - Martina McBride

14. Waiting For My Dearie - Brigadoon

James Beard finalist author of “Mother Grains” and baker/owner of Friends & Family restaurant in Los Angeles, the wonderful Roxana Jullapat talks The Cure, Cafe Tacvba, Nick Cave, Juan Luis Guerra and more!

EPISODE PLAYLIST

1. Las Flores - Cafe Tacvba

2. Wish - The Cure

3. Drinking In L.A. - Bran Van 3000

4. Vikingur Olafsson

5. A Pedir Su Mano - Juan Luis Guerra

6. When The Pawn... - Fiona Apple

7. Into My Arms - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

8. ⁠Three White Horses⁠ - Andrew Bird

Vampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio talks Depeche Mode, Underworld, The Pharcyde, Junior Boys, Public Enemy, La Femme d'argent & more!

EPISODE PLAYLIST

1. ​ Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
2. ​ Basket Case - Green Day
3. ​ Bawitdaba - Kid Rock
4. ​ Stranger Than Fiction - Bad Religion
5. ​ Illmatic - Nas
6. ​ It Was Written - Nas
7. ​ Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
8. ​ Enjoy The Silence - Depceche Mode
9. ​ Born Slippy - Underworld
10. ​ Air - La femme d'argent
11. ​ Sexy Boy - La femme d'argent
12. ​ Passin' Me By - The Pharcyde
13. ​ In The Morning - Junior Boys
14. ​ FM - Junior Boys
15. ​ Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy
16. ​ Funky Drummer - James Brown