Our standalone home of live music presented in a strong 15-minute shot. Recorded in Monocle 24’s studios, the sessions feature established and emerging acts live and in conversation.
https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-sessions-at-midori-house
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 16 hours 36 minutes
Jaakko Eino Kalevi
Jaakko Eino Kalevi is one of Finland’s brightest new pop-music makers. This week he plays us three dreamy tracks from his eponymous new album.
MALKA
Tamara Schlesinger has recorded as a solo artist under her own name, as the singer with 6 Day Riot and is now trading as MALKA. She and her band swing by Midori House to play a set of tracks from their debut album, ‘Marching to Another Beat’.
Chip Taylor
Live music from songwriting maestro Chip Taylor, who wrote hits such as ‘Wild Thing’ and ‘Angel of the Morning’ and has written for Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Frank Sinatra and Nina Simone. He chats to Andrew Mueller about his life in music.
Weyes Blood
American musician Weyes Blood performs three stunning tracks for us, explains how her nomadic life has inspired her music and why it is important to think through your head attire before you get on stage.
Sarah Cracknell
Sarah Cracknell is best known as the front woman of St Etienne but just ahead of a short tour with her band she has found the time to release her second solo album ‘Red Kite’. On this week’s show she performs tracks from the record and chats to Monocle about how she made it.
Pokey LaFarge
American singer Pokey LaFarge hits the Monocle studios to perform a handful of tracks and tell us about his latest record ‘Something in the Water’.
Pins
Manchester’s all-girl indie rockers, Pins, squeeze into studio two for this week’s session to perform tracks from their new record ‘Wild Nights’.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Ruban Nielson, lead singer and guitarist in Unknown Mortal Orchestra, is in the studio to play tracks from the band’s new disco-fuelled album ‘Multi-Love’. He tells Robert Bound why the music they make should be known as ‘Dad-wave’.
Happyness
This week’s session comes from London-based slacker-rock group Happyness, who hit the Midori House studios to play tracks from their debut record ‘Weird Little Birthday’.
Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear
Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear are a mother-and-son duo from Kansas City who have been wowing crowds and critics across Europe and North America this year. They hit the Monocle 24 studios to perform a selection of songs from their new record ‘Skeleton Crew’ and spoke to Robert Bound about life on the road.