Mdou Moctar: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert (2021)

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Tuareg wunderkind Mdou Moctar performs (at home) for the NPR Tiny Desk and this is my love language.

Setlist:

  1. Ya Habibti

  2. Tala Tannam

  3. Afrique Victime

Players:

  • Mahamadou "Mdou Moctar" Souleymane: lead guitar, vocals

  • Ahmoudou Madassane: rhythm guitar, vocals

  • Mikey Coltun: bass

  • Souleymane Ibrahim: calabash

Important People:

  • Video: Mamadou Halidou, WH Moustapha, Sabrina Nichols

  • Audio: Mikey Coltun, Seth Manchester

  • Special Thanks: Dynamique Image and Machines with Magnets

Tiny Desk People:

  • Producer: Bob Boilen

  • Video Producer: Kara Frame

  • Audio Mastering: Josh Rogosin

  • Associate Producer: Bobby Carter

  • Tiny Production Team: Maia Stern, Gabrielle Pierre

  • Executive Producer: Keith Jenkins

  • Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann

The Freeform Family Dinner Radioshow (03) :: A Holiday At The Sea Playlist

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I have this playlist on my laptop called “Mix: Home Listening.” It’s currently at 1,331 songs. When our family is just hanging around the house, or especially when Kristi and I cook, we put that playlist on shuffle and just hope for the best. Well, not really, since everything in that playlist is hand-picked.

There are some evenings when my wife and I will look at each other and just wish we could have that same mix of music that just came up to enjoy later on. So, some time ago, I started keeping track of some of the evenings we really liked and I started making mixes of them for the car or just to re-play. We don’t replay them often, but since I have several of them, I thought: why not share them with my Holiday at the Sea online friends and family.

I do pick the first song but from then on out, it’s all shuffle. We’ve been making these mixes about an hour to an hour-and-a-half since that’s what will fit on a blank CD. So, it has to be on shuffle and play good songs for at least an hour. If I skip a song, then the whole mix is thrown out.

I’m not sure how many of these mixes I will end up posting, but I’ve got several ready to go, so I figured that now is as good a time as any. I hope you enjoy and that these songs accompany as many good family times for you as they have for us.

Enjoy.

  1. “Skinny Love” by Bon Iver

  2. “Pump It Up” by Elvis Costello

  3. “Swing Wide The Glimmering Gates” by Andrew Osenga

  4. “When It Don’t Come Easy” by Patty Griffin

  5. “This Tornado Loves You” by Neko Case

  6. “Hold On” by Alabama Shakes

  7. “The Last Of The Famous International Playboys” by Morrissey

  8. “Carry Me Ohio” by Sun Kil Moon

  9. “Brimful of Asha” by Cornershop

  10. “Silence Kit” by Pavement

  11. “Welcome to Struggleville” by Vigilantes of Love

  12. “Mr. Mudd & Mr. Gold” by Townes Van Zandt

  13. “Blanket of Ghosts” by Dustin Kenstrue

  14. “Distress Signal” by Jeremy Casella

  15. “Lincoln Town” by John Hiatt

  16. “This Empty Northern Hemisphere” by Gregory Alan Isakov

  17. “Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore” by John Prine

  18. “Narcissus Soaking Wet” by Chris Robinson Brotherhood

  19. “Be Thankful” by Jackie Mittoo

  20. “Funeral Singers” by Califone

  21. “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart” by Jeff Tweedy

  • Browse all Holiday at the Sea playlists

Built To Spill Live at KEXP (2015)

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Built To Spill performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded July 24, 2015.



Setlist:

  1. So

  2. Never Be The Same

  3. Living Zoo

  4. Stab

Important People:

  • Host: Cheryl Waters

  • Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs

  • Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Luke Knecht & Justin Wilmore

  • Director: Scott Holpainen

  • Editor: Jim Beckmann

  • Visit Built to Spill’s website

  • Follow Built to Spill at Twitter

  • Purchase Built To Spill’s music at Amazon

the Linda Lindas Celebrate Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Live at LA Public Library

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By now we’ve all seen the viral hit ‘Racist Sexist Boy,’ from the Linda Lindas (see it for yourself here in the Musical Worldview Project). It’s taken off so much that, according to Rolling Stone, the group recently signed with Epitaph Records. Well, here’s the whole show along with interview with the group.

From the video’s Youtube page:

“Celebrate Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a mini concert and interview with LA's own Asian & Latinx teen band The Linda Lindas! This program was made possible by the library's Future Read Teens and LA Made program funds, with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and co-sponsored by the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association.”

Setlist:

  1. Claudia Kishi

  2. Missing You

  3. Never Say Never

  4. Monica

  5. Interview

  6. No Clue

  7. Racist Sexist Boy (?)

  8. Rebel Girl (Bikini Kill Cover)

  9. Big Mouth (The Muffs Cover)

  • Visit the Linda Lindas’ website

  • Follow the Linda Lindas at Facebook

  • Follow the Linda Lindas at Instagram

  • Support the Linda Lindas at Bandcamp

  • Purchase the EP at Apple Music

Yo La Tengo Live Tengo Live at NPR's Tiny Desk (2013)

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Yo La Tengo perform an acoustic set for the Tiny Desk. From the notes:

“We've been filming Tiny Desk concerts for more than 10 years. While revisiting our archives, we discovered that some of our earliest concerts never made it to YouTube! Watch Yo La Tengo’s Tiny Desk concert from 2013”

Setlist:

  1. "Is That Enough"

  2. "Tears Are In Your Eyes"

  3. "Ohm"

Important People:

  • Producer: Otis Hart;

  • Editor: Denise DeBelius;

  • Audio Engineer: Kevin Wait;

  • Videographers: Lizzie Chen, Denise DeBelius, Gabriella Garcia-Pardo;

  • photo by Marie McGrory/NPR

  • Visit Yo La Tengo’s website

  • Follow Yo La Tengo at Facebook

  • Follow Yo La Tengo at Twitter

  • Purchase Yo La Tengo’s music at Amazon

Cibo Matto Live at KEXP (2014)

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In honor of Cibo Matto's landmark debut 'Viva! La Woman' turning 25, we revisit the band’s 2014 stop at the KEXP studios.

Setlist:

  1. 10th Floor Ghost Girl

  2. Emerald Tuesday

  3. Déjà Vu

Important People:

  • Host: Morgan Chosnyk

  • Audio Engineer: Jackson Long

  • Cameras: Luke Knecht, Tim Meinig & Justin Wilmore

  • Editor: Justin Wilmore

  • Follow Cibo Matto on Facebook

  • Purchase the group’s music on Amazon

  • Read Pitchfork’s report of the group’s breakup

The Freeform Family Dinner Radioshow (02) :: A Holiday At The Sea Playlist

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I have this playlist on my laptop called “Mix: Home Listening.” It’s currently at 1,331 songs. When our family is just hanging around the house, or especially when Kristi and I cook, we put that playlist on shuffle and just hope for the best. Well, not really, since everything in that playlist is hand-picked.

There are some evenings when my wife and I will look at each other and just wish we could have that same mix of music that just came up to enjoy later on. So, some time ago, I started keeping track of some of the evenings we really liked and I started making mixes of them for the car or just to re-play. We don’t replay them often, but since I have several of them, I thought: why not share them with my Holiday at the Sea online friends and family.

I do pick the first song but from then on out, it’s all shuffle. We’ve been making these mixes about an hour to an hour-and-a-half since that’s what will fit on a blank CD. So, it has to be on shuffle and play good songs for at least an hour. If I skip a song, then the whole mix is thrown out.

I’m not sure how many of these mixes I will end up posting, but I’ve got several ready to go, so I figured that now is as good a time as any. I hope you enjoy and that these songs accompany as many good family times for you as they have for us.

Enjoy.

  1. “Livin’ Was Easy” by the Glands

  2. “Sisters and Brothers” by the Vespers

  3. “G’Dang Diggy” by Common Market

  4. “The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead” by XTC

  5. “Second Hand News” by Fleetwood Mac

  6. “Black-Throated Wind” by Bob Weir

  7. “Mr. Tambourine Man” by Brothers And Sisters Of Los Angeles

  8. “Anxious” by the Housemartins

  9. “Grace” by Star & Micey

  10. “Acid Boys” by Susto

  11. “I Believe (In Everything)” by JJ Grey and Mofro

  12. “Wichita Lineman” by Johnny Cash

  13. “Raw Power” by Iggy and the Stooges

  14. “Two Little Feet” by Greg Brown

  15. “Chickens on the Lamb” by Ramsay Midwood

  16. “Bed Jammin” by Lee “Scratch Perry

  17. “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye

  18. “Scarred But Smarter” by Model Engine

  19. “I Could Be Wrong (But I Don’t Think I Am)” by Vigilantes of Love

  20. “Madness” by Madness

  21. “Country Girls in City Dresses” by Doug Burr

  • Browse all Holiday at the Sea playlists

Sons of Kemet Live at Big Ears Festival (2019)

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“This concert was recorded at The Mill & Mine on March 24, 2019, as part of the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tenn.”

Setlist:

  1. "My Queen is Ada Eastman"

  2. "My Queen is Angela Davis"

  3. "The Itis"

  4. "Breadfruit"

  5. "Mo' Wiser"

  6. "My Queen is Harriet Tubman"

  7. "My Queen is Mamie Phipps Clark"

  8. "Inner Babylon"

  9. "My Queen is Berta Cáceres"

  10. "My Queen is Albertina Sisulu"

  11. "Afrofuturism"

Players:

  • Shabaka Hutchings (saxophone)

  • Theon Cross (tuba)

  • Tom Skinner (drums)

  • Eddie Hicks (drums)

  • Visit the official Shabaka Hutchings website

  • Follow Sons of Kemet at Facebook

  • Support Sons of Kemet at Bandcamp

  • Purchase Sons of Kemet’s music at Amazon

Dinosaur Jr. Live at KEXP

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“Dinosaur Jr. perform live on KEXP from the Doug Fir Lounge during MusicfestNW. Recorded on September 8, 2012”



Setlist:

  1. The Lung

  2. Forget The Swan

  3. Budge

  4. In A Jar

  5. The Wagon

Important People:

  • Host: Cheryl Waters

  • Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs

  • Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Scott Holpainen, Christopher Meister & Jenna Pool

  • Editing: Scott Holpainen

  • Visit the Dinosaur Jr. website

  • Follow Dinosaur Jr. on Facebook

  • Follow Dinosaur Jr. on Twitter

  • Support Dinosaur Jr. on Bandcamp

  • Purchase Dinosaur Jr.’s music at Amazon

Pavement Live In Frankfurt (1994)

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Pavement live at at Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany (03/06/1994)

“Two camera fan-shot (one back, one side). Cams were edited and enhanced with soundboard feed and cam audio.”

Setlist:

  1. Pueblo

  2. Gold Soundz

  3. Silence Kit

  4. 5 – 4 = Unity

  5. Cut Your Hair

  6. Elevate Me Later

  7. Newark Wilder

  8. Debris Slide

  9. Trigger Cut

  10. Two States

  11. Brinx Job

  12. Unfair

  13. Heaven is a Truck

  14. Box Elder

  15. Stop Breathing

  16. In the Mouth of the Desert

  17. Forklift

  18. Fillmore Jive

  • Visit Pavement’s page at Matador Records

  • Follow Pavement at Facebook

  • Support Pavement at Bandcamp

  • Purchase Pavement’s music at Amazon

Billy and the Kids :: Grateful Mahalo

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You know what they say: “Don’t read the books if you don’t want to know.”

OK, I’ve never heard anyone actually say that, but I’ve been reading a lot of Grateful Dead material lately. I read Phil Lesh’s book, then Billy’s book, and now I’m reading Garcia: An American Life. Anyway, Billy’s book left me conflicted. On one hand, you read the book to hear the thoughts of the people involved, and then sometimes you’re sorry you did.

But whatever I may have thought of the book of the personality Billy projected through it, he has been behind the drumkit for some of my most favorite music ever. Bill Kreutzmann recently celebrated his 75th birthday with a string of three live-streamed show with his band Billy and the Kids. Two of those shows have appeared at the Live Music Archive and are definitely worth your time and I wish him nothing but the best and I wish everyday was Bill Kreutzmann’s birthday, because all of this is great.

As if Billy on drums, Reed Mathis on bass and Billy Strings wasn’t enough, how about saxophone?! No? Still not enough? How about appearances from Santana?! If that’s not enough, you’re in the wrong place. Anyway, here’s the two live sets from the Archive and some videos that I’ve been hanging out with.

Billy and the Kids (05/07/21):

Billy and the Kids (05/08/21):

Players:

  • Aron Magner – Keyboards, Vocals

  • Bill Kreutzmann – Drums

  • Billy Strings - Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals

  • James Casey - Sax

  • Reed Mathis – Bass, Vocals

  • Tom Hamilton – Guitar, Lead Vocals

As if all of that goodness wasn’t already enough, THERE’S VIDEO!

"Mississippi Half-Step"

“Help on The Way" and more”

“China Cat Sunflower”

“Tangled up In Blue”

Billy & The Kids ft. Carlos Santana, Billy Strings - "Scarlett Begonia's" and "Iko "Iko"

“Ripple”

The Freeform Family Dinner Radioshow (01) :: A Holiday At The Sea Playlist

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I have this playlist on my laptop called “Mix: Home Listening.” It’s currently at 1,331 songs. When our family is just hanging around the house, or especially when Kristi and I cook, we put that playlist on shuffle and just hope for the best. Well, not really, since everything in that playlist is hand-picked.

There are some evenings when my wife and I will look at each other and just wish we could have that same mix of music that just came up to enjoy later on. So, some time ago, I started keeping track of some of the evenings we really liked and I started making mixes of them for the car or just to re-play. We don’t replay them often, but since I have several of them, I thought: why not share them with my Holiday at the Sea online friends and family.

I do pick the first song but from then on out, it’s all shuffle. We’ve been making these mixes about an hour to an hour-and-a-half since that’s what will fit on a blank CD. So, it has to be on shuffle and play good songs for at least an hour. If I skip a song, then the whole mix is thrown out.

I’m not sure how many of these mixes I will end up posting, but I’ve got several ready to go, so I figured that now is as good a time as any. I hope you enjoy and that these songs accompany as many good family times for you as they have for us.

Enjoy.

  1. “That’s What Love Will Make You Do” by Jerry Garcia

  2. “Aquarius” by Boards of Canada

  3. “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere” by Neil Young

  4. “Afrikaner Barista” by Beauty Pill

  5. “Rastaman Chant (live)” by Bob Marley and the Wailers

  6. “Praise God I’m Satisfied” by Blind Willie Johnson

  7. “China” by Greg Brown

  8. “Can I Kick It?” by A Tribe Called Quest

  9. “Me and Bobby McGee” by Janis Joplin

  10. “‘Ol ‘55 (live)” by Tom Waits

  11. “Homestead” by Northern Hustle

  12. “Love, Love, Love (Everyone” by Akron/Fmily

  13. “Oppenheimer” by Old 97’s

  14. “The King Is Half-Undressed” by Jellyfish

  15. “Kinky Afro” by Happy Mondays

  16. “Penny Lane” by the Beatles

  17. “Ain’t No Sunshine” by Bill Withers

  18. “Unfortunately, Anna” by Justin Townes Earle

  19. “Laughter (live)” by Josh Rouse

  20. “Self Care” by Mac Miller

  21. “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight” by Lee Hazlewood

  22. “Precita” by Mount Moriah

  • Browse all Holiday at the Sea playlists

Yo La Tengo Live At KEXP (2013)

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KEXP presents Yo La Tengo performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded on January 18, 2013.


Setlist:

  1. I'll Be Around

  2. The Point of It

  3. Ohm

  4. Before We Run

Important People:

  • Host: Kevin Cole

  • Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs

  • Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Shelly Corbett & Justin Wilmore

  • Editor: Scott Holpainen

  • Visit Yo La Tengo’s website

  • Follow Yo La Tengo at Facebook

  • Follow Yo La Tengo at Twitter

  • Purchase Yo La Tengo’s music at Amazon

Mazzy Star :: Shoreline Amphitheatre :: 10/02/94

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Mazzy Star live at the Shoreline Ampitheatre in CA. 10/02/04.

Setlist:

  1. Halah

  2. Ride it On

  3. Flowers in December

  4. Let That Be

  5. Fade into You

  • Visit Mazzy Star on Facebook

  • Purchase Mazzy Star’s music at Amazon

The Way Out Where Is In :: A Holiday At The Sea Playlist

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Here’s a fun little playlist to celebrate Serendipity.

Let me explain: My name is Brent and I love the Grateful Dead. So it makes perfect sense to lead off this mix with the Dead rehearsing with Brent in April 1979 right before his first tour with them.

And, not only is my name Brent and I love the Grateful Dead, I love the music of Miles Davis. So much so that Miles Davis is one of the reasons we named our oldest son Miles. So it makes perfect sense to include Miles Davis playing at the Fillmore West; a bill shared with none other than the Grateful Dead. You can watch video here.

OH, and if all that wasn’t enough, I was born in 1973! Not in Summer, but still, the Dead jamming with Brent for a song named after my birth year, how could I not include it here?!

So we have two tracks from the Dead and Brent rehearsing, two tracks of wild Miles opening for the Dead. Then, we wrap things up with the drums/space segment (except I reversed them here) from Dead and Co. in Phoenix, AZ, 2017. Because, guess what: WE WERE THERE!

So here’s a mix of out there stuff with inward significance. This playlist is not for everyone. But if you know, you know. Ya dig?

Setlist:

  1. “Booji Boy's Bad Trip (Drums, Space, Feedback)” by the Grateful Dead

  2. “Miles Runs The Voodoo Down” by Miles Davis

  3. “Summer of ‘73” by the Grateful Dead

  4. “It’s About That Time” by Miles Davis

  5. “Space/Drums” by Dead and Co.

  • Visit the Grateful Dead’s official website.

  • Follow the Grateful Dead on Facebook.

  • Follow Grateful Dead on Twitter.

  • Purchase Grateful Dead music on Amazon.

  • Visit the official Miles Davis website.

  • Follow the Miles Davis page at Facebook.

  • Purchase Miles Davis music at Amazon.

  • Visit the official Dead and Co. website

  • Browse all Holiday at the Sea playlists

Wu Man :: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert (2011)

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“Watch the world's reigning pipa virtuoso play ancient music from her Chinese homeland in the NPR Music offices. When her fingers start to fly, Wu Man can create scenes of cinematic grandeur or serene, moonlit moments.”

  1. Setlist:
    "Ambushed From All Sides"

  2. "Night Thoughts"

  3. "White Snow In Spring"

Jupiter and Okwess :: Live for KEXP (2018)

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KEXP “presents Jupiter & Okwess performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded October 15, 2018.”

Setlist:

  1. Ofakomolo

  2. Nzele Momi

  3. Musonsu

  4. Ekombe

Important People:

  • Host: Darek Mazzone

  • Audio Engineers: Francois Gouverneur & Kevin Suggs

  • Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Scott Holpainen & Justin Wilmore

  • Editor: Justin Wilmore

  • Visit the Jupiter & Okwess website

  • Purchase Jupiter & Okwess’ music at Amazon

Shabaka and The Ancestors :: Live at the NTS Live at Jazz Cafe (2017)

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Shabaka and The Ancestors :: Live at the NTS Live at Jazz Cafe (2017). Sorry, I don’t know much else about this show. The Youtube page doesn’t include any further information or setlist.

Oh well.

Enjoy.

  • Visit the official Shabaka Hutchings website.

  • Visit Shabaka and the Ancestors’ Bandcamp page.

  • Follow Shabaka and the Ancestors at Facebook.

Hauschka :: Boiler Room In Stereo

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Hauschka plays prepared piano live for Boilerroom.TV.

Sorry, don’t know the setlist for this one.



EOTO Live at Sonic Bloom (2014)

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EOTO is the electronic improvisational duo of Michael Travis and Jason Hann (Both of String Cheese Incident). Sonic Bloom is a CO music festival. This was 2014. It’s all live and improvised, so I don’t think there’s a setlist. That’s about all I know. You?