On this installment of the podcast, I was fortunate to have an actual in-studio guest back on the show, which it has been quite some time since I’ve been able to do that. With the proper social distancing measures in place, I was joined at the KMSU studios by the Minneapolis guitarist, Matt Sowell. Matt is a Philadelphia transplant that’s been living here in Minnesota for the past seven years. His acoustic playing style is steeped in the folk-blues or the American Primitive tradition, incorporating both fingerpicking and slide work. He released his first proper LP this past year called Organize Or Die on Feeding Tube Records, which highlights both his guitar playing and compositional chops. In the first hour of the show, Matt performed a short live set for us and then hung out to answer some questions about his background, his new album, and the benefit compilation called Out Of The Ashes that he had a major role in putting together last year. In the second half of the show, I focused on some new releases that I’ve been really enjoying of late. I hope you enjoy this episode. Feel free to get in touch if you have any comments or questions. As always, thanks for looking and listening.
- ~Introductory Music: Matt Sowell “Minnesota” Out of the Ashes: A Benefit Album for Minneapolis DL (Tompkins Square)
- Matt Sowell “Spud in the Mud” Organize or Die LP (Feeding Tube)
- ***Matt Sowell live performance at the KMSU studios (*note: listen directly between 10:10-37:15)***
- ~Interview segment with Matt Sowell~
- Matt Sowell “Organize or Die” Organize or Die LP (Feeding Tube)
- ~Interview segment with Matt Sowell~
- Nirmala Rajasekar “Ragi Thandiro” Out of the Ashes DL (Tompkins Square)
- Charlie Parr “A Meditation for George Floyd” (excerpt) Out of the Ashes DL (Tompkins Square)
- ~Talk break~
- Monokultur “För Sent” Ormens Väg LP (Ever/Never)
- Night Sky Body “Welcome Party” Recurring CD (Kimberly Dawn)
- Erin Demastes “Orange” Thing Music CS (Public Eyesore)
- Lucy Liyou “How To Build An Automaton” Practice CS (Full Spectrum)
- Byron Westbrook “Tunnel Visioning” Distortion Hues LP (Hands in the Dark)
- Colin Fisher “Double Image” Reflections of the Invisible World LP (Halocline Trance)
- Ashan “White Digitalis” Sacred Spring CS (Inner Islands)
- ~Talk break~
- Russell Hoke “The Melancholy Traveler” The Melancholy Traveler LP (Round Bale Recordings)
- Michael Hurley “Whoever Heard Of You?” Blue Navigator LP (Feeding Tube)
- Senyawa “Istana” Alkisah LP (Phantom Limb)
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