The Sampler

This week in the Sampler Nick Bollinger reviews a new album from iconic Australian songwriter Paul Kelly, an Afrobeat fable by Antibalas and a lost English oddity from Lal and Mike Waterson.

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Nick Bollinger discusses the ecstatic jazz of Kamasi Washington, and how the Los Angeles saxophonist is bridging the gap between jazz and pop. Read more Audio

They've been around for 25 years, which must make it hard to keep things surprising, but Mogwai's latest album, Every Country's Sun might just have delivered. Read more Audio

Nick Bollinger considers the legacy of Native American guitarist Jesse Ed Davis. Read more Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews a typically eccentric, sometimes spellbinding set from Tori Amos. Read more Audio

Elliott Childs explores the urban narratives of Los Angeles art-rapper Open Mike Eagle. Read more Audio

Nick Bollinger investigates the roots of Australian electronica. Read more Audio

This week in The Sampler, Nick Bollinger muses over the mixed mythologies of Tori Amos and uncovers a collection of pioneering Antipodean electronica, while Elliott Childs visits the urban rap-scapes… Read more Audio

Nick Bollinger reviews an intricate and mature, yet anxious new set from The National. Read more Audio

James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem got the band back together because David Bowie told him to. Nick Bollinger has a listen to their new album and ponders Bowie's advice. Read more Audio