Episode 115

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Tropicalia from a regrouped OS Mutantes
Sitar meets 12-string guitar in Satwa
New Wave Bossa Nova by Nouvelle Vague
Classic new rock from Heartless Bastards
A soldier's life in song: Blow Up Hollywood
The eve of destruction with PF Sloan
Spooky folk-bluegrass from Crooked Still

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OS Mutantes was one of more influential and popular tropicalia groups to emerge in Brazil in the late 1960s. The band has regrouped and appears on this new collection with other artists like Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso and Tom Zé.

OS Mutantes

CD: Tropicalia: A Brazilian Revolution in Sound
Song: "Bat Macumba"
Label: Soul Jazz

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Satwa features two artists: Lula Cortez and Lailson de Holanda Cavalcanti playing together on 12-string guitar and sitar. Originally recorded in 1973, this reissued version was made from the few remaining LPs because the master tapes have since disappeared.

Satwa

CD: Satwa
Song: "Allegro Piradissimo"
Label: Time Lag

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We have no purchase information for this CD. For more information, visit the label's Web site.

Nouvelle Vague is a French Bossa Nova cover band that takes '70s and '80s new wave songs like Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and reworks them with a Bossa Nova beat.

Nouvelle Vague

CD: A Bande Apart
Song: "Ever Fallen in Love"
Label: V2

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Heartless Bastards is an Ohio-based rock band with an incredible singer. Erika Wennerstrom says "I'm 27 years old and from Dayton, Ohio. I've wanted to be a songwriter and performer since I was born. I have a band now, Heartless Bastards. Mike Lamping plays bass, Kevin Vaughn, drums, and I write the songs, play guitar, and sing. I just want to keep on moving and do my best not to look back."

Heartless Bastards

CD: All This Time
Song: "Into the Open"
Label: Fat Possum

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Blow Up Hollywood is a New York rock group fronted by Steve Messina. The group's latest release is a concept album drawing on what Messina says are the private diaries of an Iraqi war soldier.

Blow Up Hollywood

CD: The Diaries of Private Henry Hill
Song: "Charge"
Label: MJ12

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PF Sloan was a hired-songwriter for labels back in the 1960s. He wrote a number of hit songs for different artists. "Eve of Destruction," one of Sloan's most influential songs, is included on a new CD of his work.

PF Sloan

CD: Sailover
Song: "Eve of Destruction"
Label: Hightone

Listen to "Eve of Destruction"


For pre-order and purchase information on this CD, visit the label's Web site.

Crooked Still is a neo bluegrass and folk group that mixes banjo and cello with the double bass. Their latest CD is a collection of new interpretations of traditional tunes like "Little Sadie," "Lone Pilgrim" and Bill Monroe's "Can't You Hear Me Callin'."

Crooked Still

CD: Shaken By A Low Sound
Song: "Wind and Rain"
Label: Signature Sounds

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