
The Breaks
Kanye for President?
This week on The Breaks, Fresh and Confucius:
- Discuss Kanye’s West’s announcement that he is running for president.
- Touch on the impact of COVID-19 on Austin’s live music venues.
- Talk about ACL Radio’s Blues on the Screen curated by Jackie Venson.
- In his Unpopular Opinion, Fresh urges the biggest Black artists in Austin to speak out about their experiences of racism in the Austin music scene.
- In his Confucius Says, Confucius explains that loyalty is a two-way street.
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This Song
This Song: Ibeyi
Lisa-Kaindé Diaz of Ibeyi explains how Nina Simone’s version of “I Put a Spell on You” helped her understand what singing was really about and how music helped heal the relationship with her sister Naomi. Oh yeah, and what it was like to be a part of Beyonce’s Lemonade!
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Listen to Ibeyi’s second record Ash
Check out Ibeyi’s tour dates With David Byrne. Look for the dates marked with a ^^
Listen to the Two and Fro episode celebrating the two year anniversary of Beyonce’s Lemonade
Listen to Songs from Episode 128 of This Song

This Song
This Song: Bully
Alicia Bognanno, lead singer, songwriter and guitar player for the Nashville based band Bully explains how the imperfect beauty of the Breeder’s Pod showed her that she could make music the way she wanted to make it.
Bully has a new record out called Losing.
📸 Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon/KUTX
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Listen to Bully’s latest record Losing
Listen to Kelley Deal of the Breeder’s episode of This Song
Check out Bully’s set from KUTX Live at the Four Seasons
Listen to Songs from Episode 127 of This Song

This Song
This Song: Kelley Deal of the Breeders
In this episode, The Breeders’ guitar player and singer Kelley Deal describes how watching Jimmy Page play guitar in Led Zeppelin’s concert film The Song Remains the Same exploded her mind and gave her a template for the kind of sonically adventurous musician she would later become.
The Breeders have a new record out called All Nerve.
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Check out the new Breeders record All Nerve
Check out the Breeders Tour Dates
Listen to Vickie Howell’s episode of This Song
Listen to Songs from Episode 126 of This Song

This Song
This Song: Dessa
Rapper and writer Dessa’s latest record Chime finds her exploring everything from feminism to death to her complex feelings about free will. Listen as she describes all the reasons why hearing Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” as a twelve hear old exploded her preconceived notions about race and gender and gave voice to her feelings of restlessness. And you don’t want to miss her describe her quest to use science to rid her brain of a love that wasn’t serving her. Seriously, what she did will blow YOUR mind.
Photo: Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon
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Listen to Dessa’s new record Chime
Pre Order Dessa’s Book My Own Devices
Watch Dessa’s presentation as the Artist in Residence at the Greenespace
Listen to Songs from Episode 123 of This Song