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This week, Robert Ham is joined by Eric Isaacson, the founder of Mississippi Records, to talk about his time working with beloved singer-songwriter Michael Hurley who passed away recently at age 83, and Tracii Guns, the longtime leader of sleaze rock paragons L.A. Guns.

This week, Robert Ham is joined by Wolfgang Flür, a former member of Kraftwerk with a new solo album out this week, and Wolfgang Seidel, a musician and author whose book Krautrock Eruption: An Alternative History of German Underground in the 60s and 70s is out this month in a new English translation. 

On this week's show, Robert Ham is joined by theremin virtuoso Hekla to learn more about her new album Turnar, and the brilliant multi-instrumentalist and producer Adrian Younge who discusses his new tropicalia-inspired album Something About April III. 

On this week's show, Robert Ham speaks with Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock, the authors of the new book Lollapalooza: The Uncensored History of Alternative Rock's Wildest Festival. 

This week, host Robert Ham welcomes Steve Smith, the bassist and founding member of pop-punk icons The Vapors, to talk about the group's new album Wasp In A Jar, and Ebonie Smith, the esteemed audio engineer and producer who founded Gender Amplified, a nonprofit that supports women and gender-expansive artists in the music industry. 

This week, Robert Ham speaks with Don Leisure and Kev Tame, two of the minds behind Tyrchu Sain, an album celebrating 55 years of Welsh pop music released on Sain Records, and Kristin Daelyn, a singer-songwriter responsible for the stunning new album Beyond The Break.

This week, Robert Ham speaks with Janine Rainforth, former leader of post-punk ensemble Maximum Joy, about her first ever solo album Soul Retrieval, and Eva Arijdis Fuentes chats about her new documentary Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus.

This week, Robert speaks to Liz Pelly about her damning new book Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, and U.K. singer-songwriter Vashti Bunyan whose comeback album Lookaftering was just re-released for its 20th anniversary.

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This week, Robert spends the full episode with James Brandon Lewis, the prolific jazz saxophonist whose new album Apple Cores is out today via Anti- Records. 

On this week's show, Robert Ham is joined by Sarah Belle Reid, the multi-instrumentalist who collaborated with Vinny Golia on the new album Accidental Ornithology, and Damon Locks, a Chicago icon responsible for the daring new record List of Demands.