Soundcheck

Delta blues-inflected singer, guitar player, and songwriter Jake La Botz plays American traditional music from his latest, Sunnyside, live in the studio. 

London-based dance music artist, classically trained pianist/composer, and Chicago native Kate Simko along with the London Electronic Orchestra, combine harp, violin, cello & laptop, live in the studio. Layers of clubby electronics and keyboards support delicate harp, violin and cello melodies. Altogether, the result is a buoyant, airy, and uplifting hybrid dance music - something like a film score for a documentary about a days-long party in Ibiza.

Multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, poet, performer, parent & businesswoman Ani DiFranco joins us live to play stripped-down songs from her latest record, "Binary."

Best known as the guitarist/singer of Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore has explored noise, drone, & metal territory with countless collaborators. His latest is "Rock ‘n’Roll Consciousness."

Cameroonian-born, France-based guitarist Blick Bassy, along with cello and trombone-playing co-conspirators, delivers intimate blues-chamber pop live in the studio. 

Since going solo in 1984, Alison Moyet (of Yazoo) has had more hits, as well as time away from music. Now she's back, with a new record, "Other," and joins us in the studio.  

Jen Goma, of A Sunny Day In Glasgow, unleashes hopeful exuberance in her solo project, Showtime Goma. It's DIY dream-pop forged with love, and she joins us to play some live. 

Hear music from the Montreal-based one-woman band, Saltland, aka cellist Rebecca Foon, from her latest, “A Common Truth. ” She layers multiple loops of her cello, atop a rich set of drones, live in the studio. 

Portland, Oregon-based Pink Martini whisks listeners away on globetrotting musical journeys, singing in Armenian, Portuguese, Arabic, French & Xhosa. They perform in our studio. 

Galway-raised troubadour Adrian Crowley eloquently writes sad, dark & beautiful songs. He'll play some of these intimate songs live.