Podcasts about cuddle magic

Benjamin Lazar Davis joins the pod to discuss production, songwriting, multi-instrumentalism, cross-cultural collaboration, and the artist's journey. Be sure to stream his new single with Monica Martin "No Need To Reply" when it's released on Friday, Jan 12, 2024! And follow Ben on IG here You can find my music at: https://scoobertdoobert.pizza Benjamin Lazar Davis is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, arranger, composer and record producer. He is a member of several bands, including Okkervil River and Cuddle Magic. Davis attended New England Conservatory of Music. Davis's father Peter started being a musician at the age of five. Peter toured nationally and internationally with several groups, including a brief time with the Mamas and Papas. Like his son, Peter can play a variety of instruments ranging from banjo to clarinet to trombone. Davis's interest in Africa came through his father who spent three years in Malawi as a school music director. Davis has a brother and two sisters. He collaborates with his brother Tim on songs. In 2006 while students at The New England Conservatory of Music Davis, Alec Spiegelman, Christopher McDonald, Kristin Slipp, Cole Kamen-Green, and David Flaherty founded Cuddle Magic in 2006. The band is known for collaborations with many artists including Fred Frith, Ran Blake, the David Wax Museum, Larkin Grimm, Mike & Ruthy (formerly of the Mammals), Phyllis Chen, Joy Kills Sorrow. Individuals from Cuddle Magic have also performed with Bridget Kearney, Railbird, Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, Baby States, Ronald Reagan, Bird Fly Yellow, Margaret Glaspy, The People's Champs, Girls Guns and Glory, Lake Street Dive, Petal Shield, Split Red, Yapp! and The Superpowers Horns. Davis went to West Africa in 2009 and 2014 to study music. "The first time I went ...., I was studying awa drumming, which is like drum ensemble music for a bunch of different instruments." Davis is referring to a music tradition involving the djembe and dunun style of drums. In his first visit he heard of northern Ghanaian tradition of music called Bawa. In 2014 Davis traveled to Ghana with Bridget Kearney of Lake Street Dive and a former member of Cuddle Magic. They spent just over two weeks in the capital Accra, studying the traditional music of Northwest Ghana with master gyil player Aaron Bebe. They subsequently co-released an EP, BAWA, incorporating gyil music as source material. After leaving Ghana, Davis came down with typhoid and was very sick. When Davis and Joan Wasser (Joan As Police Woman) met in 2013, they found they both had an interest in Central African Republic Pygmy music. Davis co-wrote, recorded, co-produced and toured for the album Let It Be You (Reveal Records 2016) with Wasser. Ben is currently based in LA. Leave the studio to like, let everything happen. Close a door open a window kinda thing. Set Design by Max Horwich Podcast Produced by Beformer --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scoobertdoobert/message

As bands go, Anna & Elizabeth have quite the origin story. Anna & Elizabeth began thanks to a broke down car and a shared desire to explore the traditions of Appalachian roots music. The immersive, intimate combination of Elizabeth LaPrelle's deep mountain voice (from Virginia), Anna Roberts-Gevalt's modern one (from Vermont), their sweet harmonies, and minimalist arrangements is striking. The duo's latest record, The Invisible Comes to Us, co-produced by Anna and Benjamin Lazar Davis (avant-pop outfit Cuddle Magic), draws on old-time traditions of home, porch, and kitchen music, and incorporates experimental pedal steel player Susan Alcorn and drummer Jim White (The Dirty Three), along with electronic elements. It brings Anna & Elizabeth to play some of these sparse, haunting ballads, stories, and lullabies for us, in-studio. Watch "Black Eyed Susan": Watch "Jeano" : Watch "Odd Kimball":  

Our final day at SXSW 2018 and we discuss the remarkable lute/drum duo Xylouris White, Tierra Whack a creative artist who grew up in the Philly rap scene, a transformative set from Cuddle Magic, the flow and breath of Dessa and the story of an inhaler. And a testament to the folks who put this festival together and the wide scope of sounds

We're back! The first show of 2018, we discuss our favorite records of 2017 including Galaxy 80, Brass Hearse, Coutoux, 10th Letter, Maine, Elder, Dread Sovereign, Timber Timbre, Sinkane, Grand Lord High Master, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Bully, The Flaming Lips, The Obsessives, Cloud Nothings, Julien Baker, Cuddle Magic, Boris, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, and Rozwell Kid. We also talk about our experience filming a documentary for the Echosynthetic Synthwave Fest in Atlanta, Ga. The guy from Craigslist looking for 2 ladies to accompany him to Coachella, the Radiohead and Lana Del Rey controversy, and we also answer listener questions.

The best and most frequently played tracks of 2017 on Free Association, including both national and local artists. This episode will be released in three parts on the Free Association podcast.   Original air date: December 15, 2017   Tangles, Arto Lindsay Cuidado Madame Northern Spy Records   A Taste for Blood, Future Carnivores Post-Tension / Pretension Boy Girl Boy Girl Records   Quatere, Mario BatkovicMario Batkovic INVADA Records   A Trick of the Light, Chilly Gonzales & Jarvis CockerRoom 29 Deutsche Grammophon (DG)   The Bed We Made, Nels ClineLovers   Inauguration Day, Andrew SternSlow & Alone   Lonely Woman, Bill OrcuttBill Orcutt Palilalia   The Tearjerker Returns, Chilly Gonzales & Jarvis CockerRoom 29 Deutsche Grammophon (DG)   Tearjerker, Chilly Gonzales & Jarvis CockerRoom 29 Deutsche Grammophon (DG)   The Gate, BjorkNowness   The First Hippie on the Moon, Pt 2, Cuddle Magic Ashes/Axis Northern Spy Records   Next Time, Laura Marling Semper Femina More Alarming Records   Keeping You Alive, Larkin Grimm Chasing an Illusion Northern Spy Records

Lenny and Brian are joined by Ryan Snow — UVA law student, progressive populist, traveling trombonist, and ardent defender of democracy — to talk about the electoral malfeasance distorting our society. 00:00 - Why democracy is worth defending 16:45 - Ryan’s take on the great electoral seppuku of 2016 25:30 - The history of voter suppression is the history of white supremacy 38:00 - How to argue with people who support voter ID laws 57:15 - Gill v. Whitford v. partisan gerrymandering 1:21:30 - The FEC: An agency designed to not work 1:25:15 - Parting instructions to vote & appreciate existence (in that order) Music credits: Intro: "Slow Rider" by Cuddle Magic, Ashes/Axis (Northern Spy Records, 2017) Outro: "The Arriving" by Kim Anderson, Yarrow (Biophilia Records, forthcoming) Subscribe on iTunes / Stitcher / Soundcloud if you like what you hear. And remember: Democracy is hard to argue against but essential to stand up for.

"Looks like we made it" ... to Episode 4! This week, Tom has some new tunes from all of the following cool bands: Babylon, EZTV, Wildhoney, L.A. WITCH, Las Rosas, Screaming Females, Future Punx, Joy Again, Psychic Ills, Cuddle Magic, White Lung, The Feelies and Baby Shakes!

New music from the National Geographic series MARS by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, Dirty Projectors, Cuddle Magic, the XX, Radiohead, and Case/Lang/Veirs. Original air date: February 10, 2017

New tracks from Brooklyn’s Cuddle Magic and the English band the xx, preceded by two songs from Of Montreal’s magnum opus Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? And a few oddities from Moondog, Albert Marcouer, and Nino Rota. Original air date: January 27, 2017

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Alec Spiegelman has been making folk music weird for years. Recently, his partnership with Ana Egge has put him on the radar as one of the most creative producers for folk musicians, working with people like Taylor Ashton, David Wax Museum and Sadie Gustafson-Zook. He's a part of the innovative indie folk band, Cuddle Magic, who just released a record in 2020. Alec also found time during quarantine to release a solo album, which is filled with his signature charm and weirdness highlighted by brass and woodwinds. Alec's personality is very playful, which translates really well into his solo work and the albums he produces. A Harvard graduate, Alec talks about the strange hierarchy found on campus and how if the classes were easier, he may have turned out to be an engineer. Lucky for us, he was swayed in a musical direction. After Harvard, he attended the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and developed life-long friends and collaborators in his band Cuddle Magic and the musicians surrounding that scene, including Lake Street Dive. His new album, Airplane Mode, features his song "Hurt a Little," which was co-written with Ana Egge. Ana's also recorded a version and you can also find a recording of it on Cuddle Magic's latest. It's gotta be one of the best songs I've ever heard. I wouldn't be surprised if more people recorded it. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands