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Featured Interview
“Big K.R.I.T”
Patience is a virtue that is lost on much of the world of hip-hop. However, it drives the music and mentality of hip hop superstar Big K.R.I.T. He sits down with KDIC’d Daniel Kisslinger to discuss his craft, timelessness, and artistic care.
Check out the edited interview, coupled with some of K.R.I.T’s …
Featured Show
“Scotch and Soda.”
Sundays, 7-8 PM CST.
When I was applying to colleges, my biggest question was “Do they have a radio station that I can be part of?” Here is my part of this radio station, a show that has been my dream since I was a freshman in high school. It’s the music …
Featured Interview
“Sunny Jain”
Sunny Jain, bandleader of energetic Bhangra-infused brass band Red Baraat, discusses how a band with so many different influences came together, the idea of Indian-American music, and New York as a hotbed for musical creation. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
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Friday Music Digest
“MCA”
I won’t spend time eulogizing the late, great MCA — others have done so far more eloquently than I might manage, and I think the proper way to celebrate his life is by continuing to spread good music. This week features a lot of headliner names, but as always we’re bringing you some truly …
Amadou & Mariam, “Folila”
“True Music is Blind”
At this point Amadou & Mariam are no longer a hidden gem in the American hipster underground. Though the Malian husband and wife duo began releasing albums in the late 90’s, it was in 2005 that they received a larger global audience with the release of the triumphant Dimanche a Bamako (produced …
Concerts Review
“Keep Shelly in Athens”
Keep Shelly in Athens came a long way for their show in Garnder. Originally from Greece, the male-female duo played an entrancing Friday night show. Toeing the line between shoe-gazing dream-pop and the electronic music popular in their home country, the band skillfully created a wall of symphonic noise that …
Friday Music Digest
“Far Side of the World”
The most brutal fact that I’ve learned over my tenure at the radio station is just how many people there are making music out there. Beyond the safety of major labels and trusted indie outlets, there is a wasteland littered with the remains of half-baked bands and EPs. As can …
Fleet Foxes, "Helplessness Blues"
“The Blues According to Fleet Foxes”
Fleet Foxes’ 2011 album Helplessness Blues is intimate, exultant, experimental and it builds on the band’s established themes from their first and beloved album Fleet Foxes. The vocal harmony, gentle yet powerful guitar parts, and escalating arrangements remain from Fleet Foxes. But they have added many new aspects to …
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