Essential Tremors
A show in which musicians and other creators talk about the songs that shaped who they are. Distributed by WYPR, Baltimore's NPR affiliate, and hosted by Matthew Byars and Lee Gardner.
Essential Tremors is produced by Matt Byars and Lee Gardner and distributed by Your Public Studios.
Latest Episodes
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Saxophonist James Brandon Lewis discusses how tunes by Ornette Coleman, Archie Shepp and Abdullah Ibrahim, and Sonny Rollins influenced his playing. -
Hear how songs by Jimi Hendrix, Yusef Lateef and Robert Wyatt guided jazz guitarist Mary Halvorson's musical development. -
In this episode, members Jasper Llewellyn and Mike O’Malley of the British group caroline discuss the music that shaped the band’s sound. -
English songwriter Billy Bragg discusses how songs by Smokey Robinson, Little Feat, and The Who have played significant roles in his life. -
Composer Kali Malone discusses how My Bloody Valentine, Hindustani classical music, and Josquin des Prez shaped her art. -
Composer/performer Carl Stone discusses how music by Thomas Tallis, Captain Beefheart, and Sheik Chinna Moulana influenced his work. -
Ashley Capps, founder of the Big Ears Festival, discusses how encounters with the music of Steve Reich, Julius Hemphill, and the Ramones shaped his course. -
Interpol guitarist Daniel Kessler explains how songs by Fugazi, Tappa Zukie, and Aphex Twin helped put him on his creative path. -
In this episode, drummer Brendan Canty discusses how songs by Parliament, Scritti Politti, and King Crimson shaped his music. -
Claire Rousay discusses how tracks by Ryu Hankil, Elliott Smith, and K. Mulhern shaped her work.
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Music critic Marcus Moore became an author with his new book The Butterfly Effect: How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America. On this episode,… -
Drummer Chris Frantz provided the rhythms for two seminal groups, Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, a career he discusses in his memoir, Remain in Love. In… -
MC Schmidt and Drew Daniel of the electronic duo Matmos have built their body of work from manipulating unusual sounds. On this episode, recorded live at… -
Flying Lotus's music has consistently overflowed the barriers that separate electronic music, hip-hop, jazz, and other genres over the course of five… -
UK guitarist Gwenifer Raymond has adapted the sounds of the American South for her own intricate, and sometimes riotous, acoustic compositions. In this… -
Composer/multi-instrumentalist Jeff Parker is a prolific solo artist and a member of esteemed post-rock quintet Tortoise. Here he explains how songs by a… -
Baltimore-based musician Dan Deacon has evolved substantially in both the scope and ambition of his artistic endeavors since his breakout 2007 album… -
Bass player and vocalist Clint Conley of seminal post-punk band Mission of Burma has influenced a generation of musicians with his work over the course of… -
Andy Shauf's understated, gentle, and expertly composed pop songs are miniature gems that grow in appeal with each listen. In this episode, Shauf talks… -
Thalia Zedek's distinctive voice and soul-baring songwriting have powered a series of bands, including Live Skull and Come, as well as her own solo… -
Since his breakthrough 2009 Warp Records release Ambivalence Avenue, Stephen James Wilkinson, better known as Bibio, has released six albums of delicate,… -
Drummer John Stanier has turned heads throughout his career, first with '90s alt-metal act Helmet and in recent years as part of omindirectional…
