On this edition: Michele K-tel spins the latest in eclectic newness -> from Godspeed You! Black Emperor‘s atmospheric dirge, viola da gamba-ist COLLEEN, plus desert hoodoo from Tucson’s CALEXICO..and #BIRDS lots and lots o’ #BIRD #CHIRPS.

Playlist 4.9.15

Barrio Lindo “Capuchino Pecho Blanco” A Guide to the Birdsong of South America (Rhythm & Roots)
Sherwood & Pinch “Wild Birds Sing” Late Night Endless (On U-Sound)
DakhaBrakha “Zhaba” Light
A Hawk And A Hacksaw “The Sparrow” The Way The Wind Blows (the Leaf label)
Clarinet Factory “Birdsong” Worx and Reworx (Supraphon a.s.)
Doc Watson “The Cuckoo” The Vanguard Years (Vanguard)
Janet Bean & The Concertina Wire “The Bluebird’s Spindle” Dragging Wonder Lake (Thrill Jockey)
Devendra Banhart “Wake Up, Little Sparrow” Niño Rojo (Young God)

Hard Girls “Birds” Hard (Asian Man)
Amy Denio “Birds” Tattoo: Pat Graney Dance Company (CD Baby)
Animal Collective “Cuckoo” Strawberry Jam (Domino)
Jolie Holland “All The Morning Birds” Catalpa (Anti)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk “Serenade To A Cuckoo” Simmer, Reduce, Garnish & Serve
Volcanic Eruption “Red Robin” Eccentric Soul: The Way Out Label (Numero)
Fruit Bats “Every Day That We Wake Up It’s A Beautiful Day” Spelled In Bones

Colleen “Captain of None” Captain of None (Thrill Jockey)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor “Asunder, Sweet” Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress (Constellation)
Pere Ubu “Drag the River” Carnival of Souls (Fire)
Alasdair Roberts “In Dispraise Of Hunger” Alasdair Roberts (Drag City)
Brian Eno & David Byrne “Very, Very Hungry” My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
Bo Diddley “I’m Hungry” Ride On / The Chess Masters 1960-1961
Innersouls ” Just Take Your Time” Quantic Presents Worlds Rarest Funk 45s 2
The Replacements “Hold My Life” Tim

Calexico “Cumbia de Donde” Edge of the Sun
Vetiver “Time Flies By” Complete Strangers
Billie Holiday “As Time Goes By”
The Damned “Life Goes On” Strawberries
Giant Giant Sand “Not the End of the World” Tucson