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The Harms are Chase Frank, Rachel Allred, Omar Madrigal and Simon Hilsman. Their new album Walking the Beast is a rockin’ good time inspired by human stories of oppression and liberation.

Chase and Rachel join Baruch in exploring the meanings of the songs, the history of the band, and the making of this record.

This album is designed to be listened to front to back.  The songs are strong, driven by Rachel’s bass and Simon’s drums, with psychedelic guitars and keyboards from Chase and Omar.

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David Scott Weaver has just released a new album Songs of Hope and Resistance. The songs speak to current events, lyrically intelligent and musically excellent.  The songs are written to catch your mind and the musicians are all excellent and accomplished.

David has been playing music for most of his life. Nowadays his life is all about the music. He tours, and has another album in the works. The politics of the day has sparked his activism and it’s showing up in his art. His passion for justice comes through the songs, and his friendly inviting demeanor makes it a pleasure to listen.

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Music by: David Scott Weaver

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Carla Gover and Friends have released a new cycle of songs about the lives of Appalachian women. Penned by Si Kahn Williams Branch is Hard to Find offers 17 songs sung by 12 women. The musicianship is excellent. The songs tell stories that are relatable and relevant.

Carla Gover is an 8th generation Kentuckian, so this music is particularly meaningful for her. At Si’s suggestion Carla assembled the musicians and produced the record. Si Kahn is a prolific and accomplished performer, activist, and union organizer, and a prolific songwriter. This collaboration was in the cards for some time and now has come to fruition.

The friends are: Arlo Barnette guitars, Maizie Barnette vocals, Rosie Gardner vocals and banjo, Charity Gilbert vocals and guitar, Carla Gover vocals, banjo and guitar, Maple Harvey vocals, J. Tom Hnatow dobro, guitar and pedal steel, Jeri Katherine Howell vocals and guitar, Sue Massek vocals and banjo, Karly Dawn Milner vocals, Sarah Kate Morgan vocals and Appalachian dulcimer, Owen Reynolds bass, Ella Webster vocals, fiddle and guitar, Jesse Wells fiddle, guitar and banjo, Maddie Rae Wells vocals.

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Music by: Carla Gover and Friends

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Michael Marra and bandmates brother Dan Marra, Cameron Hamilton and Nathan Coats comprise Oran Ra. The band has released a new album Live from Nowhereland.

Michael joins Baruch and shares his inspirations, musical and otherwise, and some of his personal story.  Michael’s music is expansive and bold, drawing from exposure to a rich variety of music from an early age, and a human life replete with beauty and pain and everything else. He is committed to art and nature and family.

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Olya Prohorova of Fugu Dugu talks about their new album Bucky Wanko and The Legend of Baba Yaga just released as the band is about to embark on a northeast US (and one show in Canada) tour.

The album title says it, this is a story involving a powerful mythic figure and a human.  The music is energetic, invoking a range of emotions and images.  You will move to this music whether it’s tapping a finger or dancing your brains out, which is recommended.

“Fugu Dugu doesn’t preserve Eastern European folklore. They make it dance.” – rootsandchordsmusic.com

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Grammy winners Opium Moon have released another glorious album,The Time Has Come, a 10 piece cycle inspired by and offered with love and hope for the family of humanity.

This four-piece ensemble has been coming together for the last decade creating luscious intentional vibrations and sending them out into the world. Lili Haydn has been an artist for her whole life, mostly but not only with the violin. Itai Disraeli, accomplished bassist and composer, brings a grounded pragmatic quality to the bass. Hamid Saeidi is a master Santoor player and composer. M.B. Gordy is a renowned percussionist who has played with so many, you’ve definitely heard him.

Lili, Hamid, and Itai join Baruch in a sharing of ideas and imaginings. M.B. was at a gig.

• The Time Has Come Video

Music by: Opium Moon

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Red Spirit Singers have released a recording of traditional and new songs. Land of the Sun (Ute Nation Utah) brings Pow Wow rhythm and intention to songs both ancient and new.

A.J. Kanip, Daniel Cesspooch and Grammy winner Ian Brennan talk with Baruch about this record, focusing on a few of the songs, some ancient and some recent; their meanings, and the role of the music and the drum in Native America.

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Charlton Singleton is a Grammy-winning Trumpeter, Composer, and Band Leader.  One of his musical ventures is as part of the group Ranky Tanky who have just released a new record This Village.

Ranky Tanky is Kevin Hamilton on Bass, Quiana Parle Vocalist, Clay Ross playing Guitar and Vocals, and Charlton Singleton on Trumpet and Vocals.

Ranky Tanky “draws on the living well of Gullah music from the Sea Islands and carries it forward with jazz verve, gospel fire, blues feeling, and soul-deep groove. Their very name, from the Gullah language, means “work it” or “get funky,” which is exactly what they do…” – Ranky Tanky

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Music by: Ranky Tanky

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Jeremy Green hails from Toronto, Canada where he’s been playing music for much of his life.  Inspired by music, Jeremy has been exploring genres and writing his own songs.  He’s given himself permission to play what he wants rather than what others expect and it’s led him to a joyful musical career.

The new album In Motion is a celebration of guitar grooves. If you love the instrument it’ll thrill you, and if you love melody this album is a melodic journey.

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Mélisande is a musician from Quebec where she was exposed to lots of different kinds of music growing up. Always listening to her own inner music, Mélisande has become a performer who electrifies audiences and gets people moving!

Sur la même longueur d’onde is the new album bringing together elements of traditional Quebecois and Acadian music with modern beats and synthesizers, the result is a rich tapestry of energies and colors that bring out one’s inner dancer.

Mélisande is a musical co-creator.  Husband Alex designs and implements the electronic aspects of the music, and all the players are long time musical friends.

• Mélisande on YouTube

Music by: Mélisande

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