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French musician Cécile Schott, who records as Colleen, talks about how music by Lee "Scratch" Perry, the Beatles and This Heat changed her life.

The Beijing Guitar Duo joins Midday for a live music preview in advance of their performance on October 21 at Towson University.

Kim Deal talks about how songs by Hank Williams, Black Sabbath and Pink Floyd shaped her course.

Vocalist Sara Serpa and Guitarist Andre Matos discuss their album "Nightbirds," their first release after a seven-year hiatus. The pair will perform October 12 at An Die Musik.

Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood discusses how pieces by Abdel Halim Hafez, Kraftwerk and Mohamed Abdel Wahab influenced his recent album with Kuwaiti-Israeli musician Dudu Tassa.

Reeds player Henry Threadgill discusses how music by Howlin' Wolf, Thelonious Monk and James Brown shaped his course.

Kuwaiti-Israeli musician Dudu Tassa's latest record, a collaboration with Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, is a love letter of sorts to a variety of favorite, but potentially lost-to-the-ages songs of the Middle East.

Alasdair MacLean, frontman of the Clientele, discusses how music by Boards of Canada, Love and Michael Jon Fink influenced him.

Australian experimentalist Oren Ambarchi talks about how music by Keith Jarrett, Miles Davis and Alvin Lucier shaped his work.

Nate Amos of Water From Your Eyes discusses how music by Scott Walker, Jute Gyte and Ben Johnston shaped the group's sound.