Best English Teacher Caroline Podcasts (2024)

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Pulsing, Percussive, Layered Minimalism By Akusmi, In-Studio 36:09

2m ago36:09

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Akusmi is the name of the recent project by the French-born London-based producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Pascal Bideau. His work blends the churning rhythms of minimalism with the sounds of jazz and, occasionally, the gamelan music of Indonesia. Mostly he plays sax and piano, but in a pinch he’ll play bass guitar, flute, synthesizer o…

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Deep and Fiery Cuban Mambo, Salsa, and Soul by Orquesta Akokán, In-Studio 30:29

2d ago30:29

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The vintage sounds and energy of Cuban dance music of the mid-20th century live on in the music of Orquesta Akokán, a group of Cuban and American musicians who made a big splash with their debut record just six years ago. The band’s name, Akokán, is from Africa; it’s a Yoruba word meaning “from the heart.” And this group’s collective heart beats to…

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Road-Tested Songs by Sō Percussion and Caroline Shaw, In-Studio 33:44

2d ago33:44

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Sample collaborative music by Pulitzer Prize-winning vocalist/composer Caroline Shaw and the versatile quartet Sō Percussion from their latest release, Rectangles and Circumstance, as played in-studio. Composer/vocalist/violinist Caroline Shaw, who has produced for Kanye West and Nas, won a Pulitzer Prize in 2013 for her Partita for 8 Voices, which…

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Bandleader and Timbalero Ivan Llanes Brings the Dance Moves, In-Studio 33:13

5d ago33:13

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Cuban singer, percussionist, and bandleader Ivan Llanes is now based here in New York, and on his debut LP, called La Vida Misma, you hear a reflection of Ivan’s musical interests, which begin with Cuban salsa and go on to include R&B, Brazilian music and more. He's fluent in Latin, Caribbean, and jazz traditions and is a prolific composer and side…

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Marissa Nadler Sharpens Her Elegant and Eerie Dream-Folk (Archives) 29:30

9d ago29:30

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Boston-based Marissa Nadler writes intimate, sweeping dreamy and eerie songs, that shimmer with gothic melancholy. On her 2018 record, For My Crimes, she enlisted accomplished musicians: harpist Mary Lattimore, drummer Patty Schemel (Hole), experimental multi-instrumentalist Janel Leppin, and Eva Gardner plays additional bass. Guest vocals came fro…

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Indie/Prog-Leaning Post-Punk Band English Teacher, In-Studio 30:18

12d ago30:18

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The band called English Teacher is from the northern English city of Leeds, although as their debut LP This Could Be Texas suggests, one place is very much like another when it comes to how people treat each other, and themselves. One might expect a band with a name like English Teacher to be smart, and their songs are chock-full of literary and cu…

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Guitarist and Composer Paolo Angeli, An Innovator Like No Other 43:56

16d ago43:56

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Composer, guitarist, and instrument builder Paolo Angeli is from the Italian island of Sardinia, and his instrument began as a chiterra sarda, a large, slightly deeper member of the guitar family. But over the years he has added multiple layers of strings: harp strings, sitar strings, motorized hammers, pickups, propellers, movable bridges, kalimba…

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Richard Thompson OBE Is Still the Shreddingest (From the Archives) 28:04

19d ago28:04

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British singer, songwriter and guitarist Richard Thompson OBE was part of the groundbreaking folk rock band Fairport Convention in the 1960's, made records with his then-wife, Linda Thompson, and has many fan-favourite solo records as well. Rolling Stone lists him as one of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time and the LA Times called him the gre…

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NYC's Zelenaya Sculpts Traditional Folk Into Doom Metal, In-Studio 39:16

23d ago39:16

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The NYC group Zelenaya mixes traditional folk music with heavy metal in ways that are both surprising and convincing. Haunting three part harmonies, doom-laden guitars, pummeling drums – somehow it all comes together in Zelenaya’s debut album, called simply, Folk Songs. The band has both confused and carried away audiences at campground diasporic f…

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Tuareg Guitar Shredder Mdou Moctar Brings the Joy, In-Studio 37:45

27d ago37:45

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The Tuareg singer and guitarist Mdou Moctar is from Niger, and his music career began with his songs being shared across mobile phone trading networks in West Africa. Now, as an ambassador of the Agadez sound, he plays his songs on the world’s biggest music stages, including Coachella, and, coming soon, Bonnaroo and Glastonbury. Moctar and his band…

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Electronic Cinematic Pop From the Duo Ringdown, In-Studio 35:17

1M ago35:17

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The duo called Ringdown makes what they refer to as electronic cinematic pop from Portland, Oregon. But there are also elements of folk and classical music in their songs, which makes sense given who they are. Ringdown is Caroline Shaw, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and musician, and Danni Lee Parpan, folk-rock singer and songwriter. Together, th…

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Brooklyn-Via-Peru Combo Tipa Tipo Brings the Yacht Rock With Cowbells 30:22

1M ago30:22

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The band called Tipa Tipo comes from Brooklyn via Peru. The trio plays an unexpectedly danceable mix of tropical Latin funk, cumbia, disco, and yacht rock. With their synthesizers, guitar, and tight vocal harmonies, they offer a kind of retro 70s sound, but with a modern, feminist sensibility and lyrics sung mostly in Spanish. Tipa Tipo play songs …

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Julia Holter's Artful Minimalism and Fluidity, In-Studio 37:55

1M ago37:55

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Julia Holter’s could be in the realm of contemporary classical music, experimental pop, and ambient music. Often dreamy and elusive, her songs defy easy description. As likely to work with adventurous rockers as with contemporary classical musicians, Holter has an unusually keen ear for unexpected sounds. Take her song, “Evening Mood,” where hazy l…

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Guster Slings Hooks and Harmonies, With Bongos, In-Studio 40:07

1M ago40:07

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The alternative rock band Guster, formed over bongos and acoustic guitars at Tufts University in 1991, has built its reputation on their striking vocal harmonies, their close connection to their fans, and their sense of humor. So in the wake of Taylor Swift’s bank-busting Eras tour, Guster embarked on their own tour, which they called "We Also Have…

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Grace Cummings Channels Emotion Into Powerful Vocal Poetry 32:17

2M ago32:17

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Grace Cummings, the Australian singer and songwriter from Melbourne, has a strikingly rich and commanding voice, the kind that can cut through a big production. Which is good because Cummings has become known for her love of big, dramatic productions and gothic atmospheres. Her new album, Ramona, made in L.A., goes for a cinematic, emotional sound,…

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Composer and Cornetist Graham Haynes Confounds Expectation 40:10

2M ago40:10

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Graham Haynes, the Bahia, Brazil-based composer, cornetist, and bandleader, “expands and confounds what we understand as jazz and electronic music.” His work grows out of a keen sense of New York’s many histories of music and musical movement, (Graham Haynes’ Instagram.) Haynes has played with jazz luminaries like Vijay Iyer, the late Pharoah Sande…

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The Jazz Passengers Cover Themselves, In-Studio 46:31

2M ago46:31

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New York’s The Jazz Passengers – despite the name – don’t just play jazz. Founded in 1987 by sax player Roy Nathanson and trombonist Curtis Fowlkes, the band has worked with spoken word artists, rock stars like Elvis Costello and Deborah Harry, and theatrical elements that have an almost modernist vaudeville flavor. Over the years the band would be…

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Storyteller and Songwriter Alice Merton Plays In-Studio 30:58

2M ago30:58

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Alice Merton burst out of the starting gate with her 2016 single "No Roots", a song that celebrated her nomadic upbringing in four different countries. Since then, the British-based German-Irish-Canadian singer-songwriter has released two albums of songs with somewhat introspective, perhaps brooding lyrics, set to uplifting and sunny melodies. When…

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Kiran Ahluwalia's Songs of Protest and Hope 38:57

2M ago38:57

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Singer Kiran Ahluwalia was born in India, grew up in Canada, and is largely based here in New York. Her music reflects her transcontinental upbringing, as she mixes the sounds of traditional South Asian song forms with Western rock and jazz. A two-time JUNO (Canadian Grammy) winner, Ahluwalia’s work has featured collaborations with leading musician…

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Shabaka's Latest Adventure: Connecting to Nature and Breath With Flutes 41:18

2M ago41:18

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Shabaka Hutchings, now Shabaka, has been a crucial and connected London-based musician for years, leading arena dance-jazz band Sons of Kemet, cosmic psych-dub-funk trio The Comet Is Coming, and the collaborative band Shabaka & the Ancestors. He began incorporating layered flutes on the last Sons of Kemet record Black to the Future, and kept on pic…

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José James Threads the Past Into Message-Music With Soul 38:12

2M ago38:12

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José James has often been called a “jazz singer for the hip hop generation,” having come to jazz through tracing hip hop samples and over the course of twelve records, he’s also incorporated R&B, soul, rock, funk, and Latin music into his songs. While he’s mostly sung his own music over the years, he has occasionally covered songs by some of his fa…

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Community-Fueled Chamber-Pop By San Fermin 33:20

2M ago33:20

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American indie rock-chamber collective, San Fermin, has been making lush, wide-angled Baroque-pop songs for more than a decade. The band was founded by Brooklyn-based keyboardist Ellis Ludwig Leone, who has multiple creative outlets as a songwriter, classical composer, and founding partner (with bandmate Allen Tate) of a record label focused on col…

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Cameroonian Composer Blick Bassy's Folk, Soul and Electro Songscapes 36:21

3M ago36:21

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France-based Cameroonian musician and composer Blick Bassy’s quiet and beautiful songs fall somewhere on the spectrum of R & B, pop, and folk, while the sounds of West and Central Africa have continued to resonate. His Bandcamp calls it "Africanity at the crossroads of soul, folk, and electro". Past albums by Bassy have also referenced Delta blues,…

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Lizz Wright Transforms the Beauty of the Visual Into Song 39:16

3M ago39:16

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Vocalist and songwriter Lizz Wright is usually referred to as a jazz or gospel singer, and she certainly does sing both of those styles. But she’s also comfortable with blues and R&B and the Great American Songbook. Her latest album is called Shadow, and it features striking versions of songs by Cole Porter, Sandy Denny, and others. The record also…

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Reyna Tropical's Spiritual Survival Songs 34:31

3M ago34:31

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Reyna Tropical is led by guitarist, singer, songwriter and co-producer Fabi Reyna, who is the founder of She Shreds Media, dedicated to women and non-binary guitarists. Investigating landscapes of the tropical diaspora - from Cartagena, Colombia to Fajardo, Puerto Rico and Cuaji (la costa chica de Guerrero), the latest release, Malegría, is a col…

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Pulsing, Percussive, Layered Minimalism By Akusmi, In-Studio 36:09

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Deep and Fiery Cuban Mambo, Salsa, and Soul by Orquesta Akokán, In-Studio 30:29

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Road-Tested Songs by Sō Percussion and Caroline Shaw, In-Studio 33:44

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Bandleader and Timbalero Ivan Llanes Brings the Dance Moves, In-Studio 33:13

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Marissa Nadler Sharpens Her Elegant and Eerie Dream-Folk (Archives) 29:30

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Indie/Prog-Leaning Post-Punk Band English Teacher, In-Studio 30:18

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Guitarist and Composer Paolo Angeli, An Innovator Like No Other 43:56

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Richard Thompson OBE Is Still the Shreddingest (From the Archives) 28:04

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NYC's Zelenaya Sculpts Traditional Folk Into Doom Metal, In-Studio 39:16

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Tuareg Guitar Shredder Mdou Moctar Brings the Joy, In-Studio 37:45

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Electronic Cinematic Pop From the Duo Ringdown, In-Studio 35:17

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Brooklyn-Via-Peru Combo Tipa Tipo Brings the Yacht Rock With Cowbells 30:22

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Julia Holter's Artful Minimalism and Fluidity, In-Studio 37:55

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Guster Slings Hooks and Harmonies, With Bongos, In-Studio 40:07

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Grace Cummings Channels Emotion Into Powerful Vocal Poetry 32:17

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Composer and Cornetist Graham Haynes Confounds Expectation 40:10

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The Jazz Passengers Cover Themselves, In-Studio 46:31

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Storyteller and Songwriter Alice Merton Plays In-Studio 30:58

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Kiran Ahluwalia's Songs of Protest and Hope 38:57

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Shabaka's Latest Adventure: Connecting to Nature and Breath With Flutes 41:18

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José James Threads the Past Into Message-Music With Soul 38:12

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Community-Fueled Chamber-Pop By San Fermin 33:20

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Cameroonian Composer Blick Bassy's Folk, Soul and Electro Songscapes 36:21

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Lizz Wright Transforms the Beauty of the Visual Into Song 39:16

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Reyna Tropical's Spiritual Survival Songs 34:31

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