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Mélissa Laveaux

Mar 24th, 2018 15m

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.

Sumie

Mar 17th, 2018 15m

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

R.LUM.R

Mar 10th, 2018 15m

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’.

Khruangbin

Mar 3rd, 2018 15m

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

From the archives: Rae Morris

Feb 24th, 2018 15m

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

Sam Frankl

Feb 17th, 2018 15m

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

Charles Watson

Feb 10th, 2018 15m

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’.

Cub Sport

Feb 3rd, 2018 15m

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.

Cults

Jan 27th, 2018 15m

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

Jan 20th, 2018 15m

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’.

Soccer Mommy

Jan 13th, 2018 15m

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’.

The Monocle Mixtape: 2017 stars

Jan 6th, 2018 15m

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.

The Monocle Mixtape: 2017 favourites

Dec 30th, 2017 15m

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

The Monocle Mixtape: the indie-pop edition

Dec 23rd, 2017 15m

"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."

Monocle mixtape: Christmas

Dec 16th, 2017 15m

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.

Bruno Major

Dec 9th, 2017 15m

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 mo

Nick Heyward

Dec 2nd, 2017 15m

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

Blue Hawaii

Nov 25th, 2017 19m 54s

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.

The Barr Brothers

Nov 18th, 2017 15m

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.

Monocle Mixtape

Nov 11th, 2017 15m

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 s

Rié

Nov 4th, 2017 17m 35s

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’.

R L Boyce

Oct 28th, 2017 15m

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’.

Rae Morris

Oct 21st, 2017 15m

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

Portugal. The Man

Oct 14th, 2017 17m 14s

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.