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Podcast: The Music Show
Episode: Unknown Mortal Orchestra's Ruban Nielson plays his Hawaiian roots and Katharine Dain sings 20th Century desire
Description: Unknown Mortal Orchestra's Ruban Nielson on the band's latest and fifth album V, which combines reggae with Hawaiian music and psychedelic rock. But rather than being a deliberate fusion, V is instead a reflection of Nielson's roots, ranging from a family legacy of Hawaiian reggae, Māori and Hawaiian heritage, and Auckland's punk scene's DIY ethics.Soprano Katharine Dain's album Forget This Night takes Lili Boulanger's sensual song cycle Clairières dans le ciel as a springboard for a collection of music about desire and impermanence, with other songs by Grażyna Bacewicz and Karol Szymanowski. Katharine joi...