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Lily Konigsberg has been writing songs all her life. Born and raised in Brooklyn, she started playing solo sets around NYC clubs as a teenage, before linking up with Bard classmates Nina Ryser and Ani Ivry-Block to form Palberta. She also performs with Nate Amos as My Idea, and is releasing her latest full-length solo album Lily We Need To Talk Now via Wharf Cat October 2021.

Lily Konigsberg

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Best of 2021: Lily Konigsberg Finally Got Into Kacey Musgraves This Year

As lead vocalist of the Bush Tetras, a seminal post-punk band in New York  City, Cynthia Sley produced some of the most distinctive aspects of the Tetras sounds. Sley&#8217;s vocals were half spoken, half sung and in songs like &#8220;Too Many Creeps&#8221; and &#8220;You Can&#8217;t Be Funky&#8221; she repeated simple phrases creating a hypnotic monotony similar to Pat Place&#8217;s guitar rhythms. &#8220;Too Many Creeps&#8221; was a mainstay of the infamous early &#8217;80s New York &#8220;No Wave&#8221; club scene.

Cynthia Sley

Best of 2021: Cynthia Sley Loved White Hills’ Angst This Year

Talkhouse Weekend Playlist: Kit Sebastian’s Imaginative Soundtracks

Noah Britton is a Boston-based singer-songwriter and comedian. He has also performed as ACLU Benefit and Request Freebird, and with the comedy troupe Asperger&#8217;s Are Us.

Noah Britton

Best of 2021: Noah Britton Loved the Young@Heart Chorus This Year

It is no exaggeration to say that Nightmares on Wax&rsquo;s work is synonymous with a place in time. It is a place individual to those who have savoured his popular brand of sun-drenched dubbed out soul, where fragments of hazy memories, halcyon days and past snapshots encapsulate a generation&rsquo;s sofa sojourning.
For George Eveyln, the man behind Nightmares on Wax, did indeed create some defining moments in the 90&rsquo;s. Firstly there was his involvement in writing two of the U.K.&rsquo;s early rave classics Dexterous and Aftermath (with then writing partner Kevin Harper from the Nightmares A Word of Science album). George then went alone and in &rsquo;95 bought us Smoker&rsquo;s Delight, a downbeat opus and the archetype 90&rsquo;s stoner album (not surprisingly, he was a one time high judge of the Cannibus Cup in Amsterdam). The effect of Smokers Delight was palpable as it is considered one of the main catalysts in the explosion of the chill out / down tempo genre today.

George Evelyn

Role Models: Quincy Jones Blew Up Nightmares on Wax’s Musical World

Memphis, Tennessee’s Julien Baker released her sophomore record, Turn Out The Lights, via Matador Records in 2017. Follow her on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/julienrbaker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> and Instagram <a href="http://instagram.com/julienrbaker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
(photo credit: Nolan Knight)

Julien Baker

Your favorite musicians, filmmakers, and other creative minds one-on-one. No moderator, no script, no typical questions. The Talkhouse Podcast offers unique insights into creative work from all genres and generations. <a href="https://pod.link/Talkhouse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Subscribe now</a>, and explore more illuminating shows on the <a href="https://talkhouse.com/category/podcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Talkhouse Podcast Network.</a>

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Aaron Dessner Talks with Julien Baker on the Talkhouse Podcast

Faye Webster’s second full-length 2019 album Atlanta Millionaires Club is a case-study in duality. The instrumentation (a heart-rending mix of pedal-steel, guitars and strings) recalls the country-folk of her musical upbringing but listen deeper and you’ll discover a soulful undertone to her vocal delivery, a spare groove laid down by her rhythm section; a subtle and elegant genre-bending which just happens to make her one of the most compelling young songwriters in music today.
The near-whisper of Webster&#8217;s voice feels like the embodiment of the maxim &#8220;speak softly and they’ll listen harder.&#8221; Singles &#8220;Kingston,&#8221; &#8220;Right Side Of My Neck&#8221; and &#8220;Flowers&#8221; (a brilliant collaboration with Atlanta rapper and Awful Records label-boss Father) are highlights on an album which has landed on multiple end-of-year best-ofs.
Webster’s talent doesn’t lie solely in music, her collection of portraits documenting the Atlanta hip hop scene are near-iconic and have made her a much in-demand photographer. She is also the proud owner of a line of signature yoyos,  a hobby-turned obsession she picked up on the road after a new drummer turned out to have a side-hustle as a yoyo professional.

Faye Webster

Best of 2021: Faye Webster Relates to Erika de Casier’s Love Songs Now

Inspired by the honest writing and timeless melodies of American greats such as Hank Williams Sr. and Joni Mitchell, Esther Rose’s songwriting has been called “The happiest saddest music.” Her 2017 debut, This Time Last Night, caught fire as her listeners tuned-in to a storied chronology of this soulful, heart-worn artist. Her latest record, Safe to Run, is out April 21, 2023 on New West Records.
(Photo Credit: Rett Rogers)

Esther Rose

Best of 2021: Esther Rose Has Been on a Techno Journey This Year

Sloppy Jane is an eight-to-11 piece music project led by Haley Dahl out of Brooklyn, NY (originating in Los Angeles). An ever-evolving lineup of players, friends, and collaborators. Elements of the live show include: laughter, choir vocals, xylophone, saxophone, kazoo, television, slide whistle, vomiting blue dye, a naked body, a rotting suit, guitar, bass, drums, tambourine, ruby red slippers, violent shifts in genre and speed, a make-believe maestro, and a set that does not stop moving once it has started.

Sloppy Jane

Best of 2021: Haley Dahl Is Super Happy About Gustaf’s Big Year

David Castillo is an NYC-based vocalist and producer who performs as Confines. He&#8217;s also the co-owner and booker for Brooklyn&#8217;s Saint Vitus Bar. The debut Confines EP Work Up the Blood is out now via Synthicide.

David Castillo

David Castillo and Igor Cavalera on the Metal-to-Electronic-Music Pipeline

Talkhouse Weekend Playlist: Spectacular Diagnostics’s Best of 2021

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Miles Francis is an artist from NYC. Their first full-length album, <a href="http://www.milesfrancis.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.milesfrancis.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1639143349441000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1abiipoku1WnzYmP6DaGXH">Good Man</a>, releases March 4, 2022. They have collaborated extensively with Will Butler (2015-present), Antibalas (drummer and conductor, 2010-2016), and EMEFE (bandleader, 2009-2016), plus Angelique Kidjo, Amber Mark, TEEN, and more. They have a dog named Tony. Follow them on <a href="http://instagram.com/instamiles" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://instagram.com/instamiles&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1639143349441000&amp;usg=AOvVaw31q0d_q6MNBF2igKIIEL7X">Instagram</a>.
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(Photo Credit: Charles Billot)