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Paul Kelly isn't a household name in the U.S., but he's been a musical icon in his native Australia for more than three decades. Although his music over the years has often rocked, his latest CD, Spring and Fall, has an acoustic Blood On the Tracks kind of feel. It's a brilliant song cycle about the arc of a relationship, and I was honored to have him perform songs from it in our conversation in Studio A.
Unlike most of the countless musicians living in Brooklyn, Rebecca Pronksy was born and bred in the borough. She has a reputation for being a country singer from the city, but these days there's less twang in her music, thanks in part to the ambient guitar supplied by her husband and sidekick Rich Bennett. Rebecca and Rich joined me in Studio A for a session highlighting songs from her fine CD, "Only Daughter."
Christian Wargo is one of those artists that's just too creative to be contained by one band. Joining his Fleet Foxes and Crystal Skulls bandmate, Casey Wescott, and brothers Ian and Peter Murray, he founded the group Poor Moon. With a shape-shifting vibe that borrows a shimmering haze from the late '60s (and its name from a Canned Heat song), the band delivers Wargo's songs in a spectrum of moods, and the band delivered live too, in this Studio A session.
Portland, Oregonians are pretty lucky to have Sallie Ford &The Sound Outside as a hometown band. The quartet dedicates itself to blending the best elements of rock, roots, swing and country, with a bluesy swagger and a gospel sense of testimony. Powered by Sallie's singular voice and attitude, the band's sophomore album Untamed Beast is out today, and ahead of an upcoming tour with Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Sallie and the guys made a return trip to Studio A.
For 30 years (with a few breaks), the guys of Camper Van Beethoven have blended punk and ska with sounds of world music and even folk. Not exactly prolific after disbanding in the '90s, Camper has nonetheless delivered some great albums since then, the most recent of which is La Costa Perdida. Catch their California vibe in conversation, live tunes, and video.
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