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American musician and performer Rhiannon Giddens joins Beat’s
Turning Heads podcast to speak about
They’re Calling Me Home, her second collaborative LP with Italian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi.
The classically-trained Rhiannon Giddens has been active in the blues, folk, country and bluegrass fields for the last 15 years, starting her journey as one third of string music revival act, the Caroline Chocolate Drops. On albums such as
Genuine Negro Jig, the group performed traditional folk songs that originated in North Carolina and underscored the major influence that enslaved African Americans had on the development of country and Americana music.
Giddens broke away from the Chocolate Drops to release her debut album,
Turning Heads podcast to speak about their new album,
As Days Get Dark
Turning Heads speaks to Malcolm Middleton and Aidan Moffat from Scottish indie rock band Arab Strap. Arab Strap’s new album,
As Days Get Dark, is their first in 16 years.
Arab Strap formed in 1995. Their debut album,
The Week Never Starts Around Here, arrived the following year. It was led by the single ‘The First Big Weekend’, which has become the group’s signature song, combining spoken word vocals, drum machines, plucked guitars and themes of unglamorous late-night hedonism.
They’d go on to release a total of six studio albums, including 2003’s
Turning Heads podcast to speak about his new album,
Kabul Fire Vol. 2
Turning Heads episode 29 features a conversation with German-Afghan producer Farhot. The Hamburg-based artist’s latest album,
Kabul Fire Vol. 2, came out in January 2021.
It’s been seven years since the series’ previous instalment –
Kabul Fire Vol. 1 – during which time Farhot has produced tracks for artists such as Isaiah Rashad, Selah Sue and Talib Kweli. Farhot’s production aesthetic is comparable to expert genre-defying beatmakers Madlib, J Dilla, Geoff Barrow and The Avalanches.
The new album finds Farhot reconnecting with the culture of his homeland, Afghanistan, which he left as a child more than 30 years ago. It includes audio clips taken from numerous Afghan films and a spoken word piece by fellow Hamburg-based Afghan artist, Moshtari. Vocalists JuJu Rogers, Nneka, Tiggs Da Author and Maverick Sabre also make appearances.
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Turning Heads podcast
The Weather Station’s new album
Ignorance is out now via Fat Possum/Inertia. It’s Lindeman’s fifth album as The Weather Station and her most polished record to date.
Ignorance follows The Weather Station’s self-titled fourth album (2017), which built on the folk and Americana sounds of Lindeman’s earlier releases with full band arrangements that were, at times, genuinely rocking.
Ignorance contains more stylistic depth than any previous The Weather Station album. The folky influences aren’t absent, but the album incorporates pop melody, disco rhythms and layered percussion. Lindeman wrote the album on keyboard, not guitar, and piano is at the centre of many of the songs. She’s backed by a band that includes not just drums, bass and guitar but also saxophone, flute and strings.