I Wanna Hold Your Band

Cartoonist Asher Perlman (The New Yorker) talks Nirvana, Modest Mouse, The Microphones, Sigur Ros, Usher, Paul Simon & more!
Episode playlist
Nevermind - Nirvana
I'll Be Here In The Morning - Townes Van Zandt
Wicked Game - Chris Isaak
Our Lady Peace
Brand New - WHY? 
One Chance - Modest Mouse
I Felt Your Shape - The Microphones
Untitled #4 /Njósnavélinn - Sigur Rós
Jukebox the Ghost
Atmosphere
How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees
I Don't Mind - Usher feat. Juicy J
I'll Cover You -  Rent
Graceland - Paul Simon

Pulitzer, Tony & Academy award winner John Patrick Shanley talks Tom Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Dolly Parton, Ray Charles & more!

Episode playlist
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling - Bing Crosby
Who Put the Overalls in Mrs. Murphy's Chowder? - Bing Crosby
Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
Big Rock Candy Mountain - Burl Ives
Nothing Could Be Finer - Bing Crosby
Greenback Dollar - Hoyt Axton
Farewell, Angelina - Joan Baez
It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones
Delilah⁠- Tom Jones
Third Stone from the Sun - Jimi Hendrix
Gimme Some Lovin' - Spencer Davis Group
You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
I Don't Need No Doctor - Ray Charles
Jolene - Dolly Parton
Coat of Many Colors - Dolly Parton
Marooned Without You - Joe Versus the Volcano
Welcome to Burlesque - Burlesque
I’ll Be Singing - Sinéad O'Connor

Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix
Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. - Simon & Garfunkel
Drums of Trinidad - various (all-percussion album)

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