We kick off the show with the music of a kiwi-transplant to the US - Unknown Mortal Orchestra. The unknown Ruban Nielson relocated from New Zealand to Portland, Oregon and released a track to an anonymous bandcamp profile in 2010. To his surprise the song had received comments from blogs and even Pitchfork within a couple of days. He soon after branded himself Unknown Mortal Orchestra and has to this date released three acclaimed albums. We begin with that original home-recorded track, 'Ffunny Ffrends'.
This week's special guest, singer-songwriter Tanya Gallagher hails all the way from Pensacola, Florida. I didn't expect to hear a rich southern accent when I sat down to speak with Tanya recently in Williams Lake, BC. Tanya is currently based in Vancouver. She was first drawn there to record an EP with a recommended producer and stayed to pursue higher education. Tanya speaks of her fascinating story and plays an impressive new original acoustic track 'Whiskey Hearts'.
