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Essential Tremors

A show in which musicians and other creators talk about the songs that shaped who they are. Produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner.

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Kassa Overall (Big Ears Festival Performer) Dec 22, 2023

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Drummer Kassa Overall is steeped in jazz and has played with some of the greats, but he also came of age with hip-hop, and his polyglot solo work reflects a mix of those traditions. In this episode, he discusses how music by Ahmad Jamal, Digable Planets, and John Coltrane guided his art.

Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.

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Kurt Vile (Big Ears Festival performer) Nov 29, 2023

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Kurt Vile's loose, melodic style of indie rock has won him many friends and admirers over the past 15 years.

On this episode, he talks about how tunes by Lou Reed, the Pixies and Thelonious Monk shaped his work.

Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.

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John Darnielle (The Mountain Goats) Nov 21, 2023

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Over the course of three decades and 22 studio albums, John Darnielle's band The Mountain Goats have blazed a fiercely independent, lo-fi trail that has since been followed by many indie bands.

In this episode, Darnielle discusses how songs by Stockholm Monsters, Digital Underground and Ava Gabriel shaped his creative process.

Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.

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Colleen (Big Ears Festival performer) Oct 25, 2023

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French musician Cécile Schott, who records as Colleen, has spent the past 20 years building a fantastic sound world from samples and loops, with albums on the esteemed Leaf and Thrill Jockey labels.

In this episode, she talks about how music by Lee "Scratch" Perry, the Beatles and This Heat changed her life.

Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.

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Kim Deal (The Breeders) Oct 20, 2023

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Kim Deal has amassed a staggering body of beguiling pop songs over the past three decades with her bands the Breeders and the Amps.

On this episode, she talks about how songs by Hank Williams, Black Sabbath and Pink Floyd shaped her course.

Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.

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Henry Threadgill (Big Ears performer) Sep 27, 2023

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Reeds player Henry Threadgill has capped a storied 50-plus-year career as a bandleader and composer with a superb new memoir of his life and thoughts about music entitled Easily Slip Into Another World.

In this episode, he discusses how music by Howlin' Wolf, Thelonious Monk and James Brown shaped his course.

Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.

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Dudu Tassa Sep 18, 2023

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Kuwaiti-Israeli musician Dudu Tassa's latest record, a collaboration with Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, is a love letter of sorts to a variety of favorite, but potentially lost-to-the-ages songs of the Middle East.

Titled Jarak Qaribak, which translates to "Your neighbors are your friends," the Nigel Godrich-mixed record features guest vocalists from across the region taking on songs dear to Tassa's and their hearts.

Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.

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Alasdair MacLean (The Clientele) Sep 05, 2023

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British trio the Clientele make guitar pop as literate as it is melodic.

In this episode, frontman Alasdair MacLean discusses how music by Boards of Canada, Love and Michael Jon Fink influenced him.

Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.

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Oren Ambarchi Aug 18, 2023

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Australian experimentalist Oren Ambarchi has charted a course that crosses modern composition, post-rock and electronic music without ever lingering long in any genre.

In this episode, he talks about how music by Keith Jarrett, Miles Davis and Alvin Lucier shaped his work.

Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.

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Nate Amos (Water From Your Eyes) Aug 09, 2023

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Art-pop duo Water From Your Eyes specializes in a hazy blend of beats, bites, luxe melodies and wry lyrics.

Nate Amos discusses how music by Scott Walker, Jute Gyte and Ben Johnston shaped the group's sound.

Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.

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