Episode 113

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Tap dance pop: Tilly and the Wall
Angular '70s new wave from Delta 5
The '80s unplugged with Tommy Tutone
Jazz sax legend Coleman Hawkins
The electronica of I Am Robot and Proud
Australian art pop singer New Buffalo
Senegalese polyrhythms from Cheikh Lo

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Tilly and the Wall are a playful group from Omaha featuring Jamie Williams as their percussionist, a tap-dancer whose amplified stomping and clapping keep the beat. You can hear a full show by Tilly and the Wall in our live concert series.

Tilly and The Wall

CD: Bottoms of Barrels
Song: "Rainbows in the Dark"
Label: Team Love

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Delta 5 were part of the new wave movement in England in the late 1970s, along with other groups like the Mekons and Gang of Four. Kill Rock Stars has released a new collection of singles and other studio sessions by the band, originally released between 1979 and 1981.

Delta 5

CD: Singles and Sessions 1979-1981
Song: "Mind Your Own Business"
Label: Kill Rock Stars

Listen to "Mind Your Own Business"

Some of the biggest pop hits from the 1908s are resurrected as acoustic numbers for this collection. It features well-known tunes stripped bare by Rick Springfield, Billy Idol and more. Read a review of the album from the NPR.org blog.

Tommy Tutone

CD: '80s Hits Stripped
Song: "867-5309/Jenny"
Label: Sidewinder

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Coleman Hawkins remains one of the greatest jazz saxophonists of all time. Born in 1904, he had a career that spanned more than 40 years, noted for his remarkable improvisations and interpretations. Hawkins played with some of the biggest names in jazz, including Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt and more. Hawkins died in 1969.

Coleman Hawkins

CD: Prestige Profiles
Song: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
Label: Prestige

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I Am Robot and Proud is otherwise known as Shawn-han Liem, an instrumental electronic musician from Toronto. His intricate electro-pop is gentle, melodic and warmly organic.

I Am Robot and Proud

CD: The Electricity in Your House Wants to Sing
Song: "The Work"
Label: Darla

Listen to "The Work"

New Buffalo is Australian singer-songwriter Sally Seltmann. She began writing songs when she was just ten years old. Seltmann describes her music as "sparkly and loyal, old and worn, fragile; a vulnerable little girl laying in her bedroom at night."

New Buffalo

CD: New Buffalo
Song: "I've Got You and You've Got Me"
Label: Arts and Crafts

Listen to "I've Got You and You've Got Me"

Cheikh Lo is known for refining and popularizing mbalax, an intricate style of dance music from his native home of Senegal. Lo mixes elements of salsa, Zairian/Congolese rhumba, folk and jazz to make his own form of African pop music. His latest CD includes Brazilian rhythms and was made with help from Nick Gold, the producer for the Buena Vista Social Club recordings.

Cheikh Lo

CD: Lamp Fall
Song: "Sou"
Label: Nonesuch

Listen to "Sou"

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