Monocle 24: The Sessions at Midori House

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Canadian musician Mélissa Laveaux explores her Haitian roots in her new album ‘Radyo Siwèl’ – a collection of covers of old folk songs from her ancestral home. She plays from it in this week’s session.

The Japanese-Swedish singer plays from her beautiful new album ‘Lost in Light’.

Florida-born Nashville-based R’n’B singer R.LUM.R plays tracks from his EP ‘Afterimage’, which he has rearranged and re-released as ‘Alterimage’.

Listen to some Thai funk via Texas as we revisit our 2015 session with Khruangbin.

As British singer Rae Morris releases her debut album, ‘Someone Out There’, we revisit the live performance she did for us last October.

British musician Sam Frankl plays us some of his Latin American-inspired pop music.

Best known as one half of indie duo Slow Club, Watson drops by to play us some songs from his upcoming debut solo album ‘Now That I’m a River’.

Tim Nelson and Sam Netterfield from Brisbane four-piece Cub Sport hit the studio to play some tunes and talk to us about their latest album ‘Bats’, which reflects on two of them coming out as gay and announcing their engagement.

New York indie-pop duo Cults perform and tell us what they were up to in the four years between their sophomore album ‘Static’ and their latest, ‘Offering’.

Yazmin Lacey is a British jazz singer who has been hotly tipped by the likes of Gilles Peterson. Listen to her live session of songs from her debut EP ‘Black Moon’.

The 20-year-old Nashville musician Sophie Allison, AKA Soccer Mommy, drops by with her guitar to play us a few tracks from upcoming debut album ‘Clean’.

We revisit some of the biggest names to have graced the Midori House studios in 2017, including Soft Cell singer Marc Almond, Grammy award-winner Jason Isbell, folk-rock singer Martha Wainwright and Mexican superstars Jesse y Joy.

We recap some of our favourite live performances from 2017, by the likes of Noga Erez, Jordan Raeki and Blue Hawaii.

"We relive some of our favourite moments from ‘Sessions at Midori House’ this year, from the likes of Portugal The Man, Hippocampus, Saint Motel and Tennis. "

We revisit some of our favourite festive performances at Midori House over the past few years. Featuring tracks by Hanson, Eves The Behavior and We Have Band.

British singer-songwriter Bruno Major has just released an album called ‘A Song For Every Moon’ – a collection of songs that he put out month by month over a year. He plays us a few tracks from it and talks about the restrictions of having a monthly deadline.

The former frontman of 1980s pop group Haircut 100, Nick Heyward, has a new solo album. He plays a few tracks from ‘Woodland Echoes’.

Canadian electro duo Blue Hawaii play from their sophomore album ‘Tenderness’ and tell us how relationships have influenced the music they write and their own writing dynamic.

Andrew Mueller sits down with Brad Barr from The Barr Brothers to discuss the themes behind new album ‘Queens of the Breakers’: nostalgia, youth and lawnmower racing.

We take a trip down memory lane and have a listen to some of our favourite performers to have graced the Midori House studios this year. Featuring music by Vampire Weekend bassist Baio, pop sensation Frances, singer-songwriter Katie Melua and synth-pop favourites Saint Etienne.

Japanese singer and artist Rié tells us about straddling a pop career between Japan and the UK and sings tracks from her new EP ‘Levels’.

Mississippi blues musician R L Boyce has been on the scene for decades and, now aged 62, has just released his second album. We meet the man to find out what took him so long and he also plays a few tracks from his LP ‘Roll and Tumble’.

British pop singer Rae Morris tells us about her upcoming second album and plays some new tracks for us.

The US psych-pop group talk to Holly Fisher about their new album ‘Woodstock’ and what it’s like to work with a Beastie Boy. They also perform three tracks from their LP.

Brisbane’s neo-soul singer Jordan Rakei returns to Midori House this week as he releases his second album ‘Wallflower’. He tells us how moving to London changed his songwriting process.

German-Korean musician Josin tells us how she switched a life in medicine for a life in music and plays from her EP ‘Epilogue’.

The UK synthpop legend and Soft Cell star plays tracks from his new solo album, which pays homage to the songs of the 1960s that inspired him.

British musician Nick Mulvey joins us in the studio to play from his new album ‘Wake Up Now’ and to talk about the subjects that influenced it.

American musician Courtney Marie Andrews is a self-confessed workaholic. The 26-year-old has already written and recorded six albums and isn’t set to slow down anytime soon. She plays live for us in the Midori House studios and chats to Andrew Mueller.

Ahead of the release of her upcoming album, ‘Stay Lucky’, British singer Nerina Pallot plays tracks new and old and tells us the highlights of her colourful career to date.

We revisit some of our favourite live performances from this year so far. Featuring tracks by indie-pop quartet Saint Motel, Israeli singer-producer Noga Erez, former Smoke City frontwoman Nina Miranda and husband-and-wife duo Tennis.

British band My Sad Captains play from their upcoming album ‘Sun Bridge’ and discuss how a new line-up has influenced their sound.

New UK group Girl Ray discuss writing songs about teenagehood as they release their debut album, ‘Earl Grey’.

Australian singer and frontwoman of Howling Bells, Juanita Stein performs from her solo album ‘America’.

Vampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio has just released his second album under his solo name, Baio. ‘Man of the World’ is a collection of pop songs inspired by politics happening on both sides of the Atlantic after a turbulent 2016. He plays us a few tracks and tells Holly Fisher why he felt he needed to write the album.

US indie quartet Saint Motel hit the studio to play some tunes from their latest audio-visual album ‘Saintmotelevision’.

Seoul-based electro-pop duo Love X Stereo join Bill Leuty in the studio to play live tracks and discuss their new album, 37A.

Saskatchewan singer Colter Wall comes to Midori House to play Canadian country music from his eponymous debut album.

Israeli producer and musician Noga Erez takes centre stage this week as she performs from her debut album 'Off The Radar'.

British-Brazilian singer and former frontwoman of Smoke City Nina Miranda tells us about her new album ‘Freedom of Movement’ and performs a few new tracks alongside her 1990s hit ‘Underwater Love’.

Grammy-winning country star Jason Isbell joins us in the studio to play from his brand new album ‘The Nashville Sound’.