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Ep. #983: Bells Larsen

Post author By vish
Post date June 3, 2025

Bells Larsen is here to discuss Blurring Time, performing duets with his old alto voice and his new baritone, cancelling an American tour in the wake of government policies that persecute and harass people with non-conforming gender identities, the widespread attention his statement on the matter received, addressing transphobia in public and his general interest in discourse, dichotomies and multiplicity, Montreal’s bagels and Liverpool’s Beatles, the male voices of Elliott Smith and Sufjan Stevens, significant numbers, working on a children’s book with his father Andrew Larsen, writing new songs, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #875: Ann Powers

Post author By vish
Post date June 6, 2024

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Ann Powers discusses her wondrously written new book, Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell, Pacific Northwest punk bands like D.O.A. and Nomeansno, how she positioned her role in writing this book after years of research and dozens of interviews, her decision about pursuing an interview with Mitchell herself, perspectives on motherhood and what it meant for Mitchell to be a woman in music starting in the 1960s and how that era is perceived today, the problematic critiques of that time period by Mitchell and other artists, Ann’s own trajectory as a lover and critic of music, what it means to interrogate the work of people you love, how artists who have had medical scares like Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, and Neil Young might gain a new appreciation for their own work and audiences, Ann’s upcoming book tour dates, her work on the NPR music newsletter, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #745: The Casual Dots

Post author By vish
Post date January 10, 2023

Christina Billotte, Kathi Wilcox, and Steve Dore discuss their unique history and work together as the Casual Dots, living far apart but making it work, two-guitar interplay, recording their new album Sanguine Truth with Guy Picciotto and Don Zientara, songs that are personal and political, James Brown, Bobby Moore, and Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, updates about their respective other bands like While, Bikini Kill, and Snoozers, other future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon, Blackbyrd Myoozik, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG. Follow vish online.