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Kurt Vile talks about how tunes by Lou Reed, the Pixies and Thelonious Monk shaped his work.
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John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats discusses how songs by Stockholm Monsters, Digital Underground and Ava Gabriel shaped his creative process.
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The popular South African musical troupe, the Ndlovu Youth Choir, joins us for a celebratory hour of song. The world-renowned ensemble is on a month-long Eastern US concert tour.
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French musician Cécile Schott, who records as Colleen, talks about how music by Lee "Scratch" Perry, the Beatles and This Heat changed her life.
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The Beijing Guitar Duo joins Midday for a live music preview in advance of their performance on October 21 at Towson University.
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Kim Deal talks about how songs by Hank Williams, Black Sabbath and Pink Floyd shaped her course.
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Vocalist Sara Serpa and Guitarist Andre Matos discuss their album "Nightbirds," their first release after a seven-year hiatus. The pair will perform October 12 at An Die Musik.
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Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood discusses how pieces by Abdel Halim Hafez, Kraftwerk and Mohamed Abdel Wahab influenced his recent album with Kuwaiti-Israeli musician Dudu Tassa.
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Reeds player Henry Threadgill discusses how music by Howlin' Wolf, Thelonious Monk and James Brown shaped his course.
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Kuwaiti-Israeli musician Dudu Tassa's latest record, a collaboration with Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, is a love letter of sorts to a variety of favorite, but potentially lost-to-the-ages songs of the Middle East.