I Wanna Hold Your Band

Artivist Nikkolas Smith talks Earth, Wind & Fire, Nils Frahm, Bonobo, Kendrick Lamar, Sam Cooke, Imogen Heap & more!
Episode Playlist
1. ⁠As ⁠- Stevie Wonder
2. ⁠September⁠ - Earth, Wind & Fire
3. ⁠Doomed⁠ - Moses Sumney
4. ⁠No Step On Wing⁠ - Nils Frahm
5. ⁠Outlier ⁠- Bonobo
6. ⁠Alright ⁠- Kendrick Lamar
7. ⁠Squabble Up⁠ - Kendrick Lamar
8. ⁠A Change Is Gonna Come⁠ - Sam Cooke
9. ⁠Rain ⁠- SWV
10. ⁠Hide and Seek⁠ - Imogen Heap
11. ⁠How Many Miles ⁠- Mk.gee

NPR music critic & correspondent Ann Powers talks Kate Bush, The Roches, Kurt Weill, X, Stevie Wonder & more!
Episode playlist
1. When I'm Calling You - Nelson Eddie & Jeanette MacDonald
2. Maybe Tomorrow - The Jackson 5
3. Witchy Woman - Eagles
4. Bob Is A Robot - Red Dress
5. Playing With A Different Sex - Au Pairs
6. Never Forever - Kate Bush
7. Out of Control - Mr. Epp And The Calculations
8. Sat In Your Lap - Kate Bush
9. Jill Of All Trades - The Roches
10. Hammond Song - The Roches
11. Lost In The Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill
12. The World's A Mess, It's In My Kiss - X
13. Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer - Stevie Wonder
14. You Can Make It If You Try - Sly & The Family Stone
15. Efficiency - Konradsen

Jazz trumpeter Ingrid Jensen (Artemis) talks Jaco Pastorius, Prince, Shirley Horn, Joe Jackson, Woody Shaw & more!
'Artemis' NPR Tiny Desk concert

Songs
“Three Views of a Secret” — Jaco Pastorius
“Adore” — Prince
“Seventh Avenue” — Woody Shaw / composed by Victor Lewis
“A Time for Love” — performed by Shirley Horn
“Breaking Us in Two” — Joe Jackson
“Hyperactive!” — Thomas Dolby
“Night Train” — Oscar Peterson

Albums
Ballads — Freddie Hubbard
Stepping Stones — Woody Shaw
Civil Disobedience — Ingrid’s recording with Victor Lewis
Gnu High — Kenny Wheeler

Singer/songwriter Dar Williams talks Judy Collins, Paul Simon, Suzanne Vega, Patrick Hernandez, The Bee Gees, Rick Springfield & more!
EPISODE PLAYLIST
1. Hooked On A Feeling - B.J. Thomas
2. Kiss Me Kate
4. To Life - Fiddler On The Roof
5. Tea For The Tillerman - Yusuf/Cat Stevens
6. Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones
7. Whales & Nightingales - Judy Collins
8. Benedictus - Simon & Garfunkel
9. David's Album - Joan Baez
10. Born To Be Alive - Patrick Hernandez
11. YMCA - Village People
12. New York Mining Disaster 1941 - Bee Gees
13. The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan
14. 99.9 F - Suzanne Vega
15. I Think We're Alone Now - Tommy James & The Shondells
16. Here, There And Everywhere - The Beatles
17. Endless Love - Lionel Richie & Diana Ross
18. Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
19. Against All Odds - Phil Collins
20. FM Radio - Dar Williams
21. Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players

Grammy & Juno award winning singer/songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk talks Sinead O'Connor, Sting, Billy Joel, Gordon Lightfoot, Liberace & more!
EPISODE PLAYLIST
1. Evie Tornquist
2. Last Day Of Our Acquaintance - Sinead O'Connor
3. Russians - Sting
4. Allentown - Billy Joel
5. Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot
6. Jumpin' Jive - Joe Jackson
7. Take It To The Limit - The Eagles