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Ep. #874: Mdou Moctar

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Mdou Moctar and Mikey Coltun discuss their band’s wondrous new album Funeral for Justice, singing new songs about worldwide problems and not just in Africa, landing on an album title that tonally suits the lyrics and sound of Funeral for Justice, jet lag and feeling sleepy, why doing interviews is so important to explain Mdou Moctar songs, trust and being a better band, why their music and vocals might incorporate repetition, Mikey’s new tape label Purplish Records and Marc Masters’ book about cassette history and culture, new Mdou Moctar music and philanthropic projects, touring the world, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #867: BIG|BRAVE
Ep. #813: Marc Masters
Ep. #755: Pierre Kwenders
Ep. #615: Mdou Moctar
Ep. #591: Matt Sweeney

Ep. #865: Myriam Gendron

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Myriam Gendron discusses her moving new album Mayday, some of the places in the world she lived in before moving to Montreal, a good job at a bookstore, playing in metal bands, a charming close encounter with Leonard Cohen, why she is generally disinterested in the personalities behind the art she loves, losing her mother and being a mother and some of the lyrical themes on the bilingual Mayday, collaborating with Bill Nace, Marisa Anderson, and Jim White among other people, why we love flowers, transmission and keeping our parents with us, how her boyfriend helps her be online, touring, writing more music, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #849: Jim White and Guy Picciotto
Ep. #847: Rosali
Ep. #775: Will Oldham & Lori Damiano
Ep. #768: Guy Picciotto & Xylouris White
Ep. #731: Bill Nace
Ep. #718: Marisa Anderson
Ep. #562: Bill Callahan
Ep. #541: Jim White and Marisa Anderson