by kitchensisters | Dec 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
Dear Friends, For all of us doing documentaries on public radio, Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva are iconic figures. The Senior Producer of the radio show I run, This American Life, got into radio because she heard one of their stories over two decades ago. She’d...
by kitchensisters | Dec 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
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by kitchensisters | Dec 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
This week, we’ve got a musical double punch To accompany your coffee and your Cinnamon Toast Crunch Two songs from Oakland’s Sugar Candy Mountain, Smooth like water rushing from a fountain These two tracks play back to back, The drums have such a terrific...
by kitchensisters | Dec 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
Off-kilter, skittering drums booming like a wounded elephant. Wordless ‘oohs’ and bird-like singing layered until your head might explode. A menacing, brilliantly awkward bass line lurking in the background. And Merrill Garbus’ acidic words: “I’m not your fantasy...
by kitchensisters | Dec 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
A few years back we were given a tour of the Queen’s beehives at Royal Park in London by Mike Gill, one of the Queen’s beekeepers. Justine Thieriot, who has been interning with The Kitchen Sisters these past months took over the tape and has created her...
by kitchensisters | Dec 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
At first listen, Cave Clove’s “Closer to the Moon” sounds conspicuously frictionless, as if gliding forward in zero gravity. Synthesizers swirl in broad strokes, Katie Clover’s elegant melodies come pouring out and wide bass notes fill out the lower end of the sonic...
