Wait.Think.Fast.: Cien Fuegos

...from from Vuelve al Mar.

Los Angeles-based band Wait.Think.Fast. is both a bi-lingual and bi-cultural band, and is fronted by seductive vocalist Jacqueline Santillan...

Asa: Fire on the Mountain

...from her self-titled CD.

Asa was born in Paris but returned to her family's homeland of Nigeria as a child. Music has always been a refuge for her..

K'Naan: ABC's, featuring Chubb Rock

...from Troubadour.

Growing up in Mogadishu, Somalia amidst civil unrest, rapper K'Naan spent many hours listening to hip-hop records his father sent him...

The Soul of John Black: Betty Jean

...from Black John.

John Bigham is "The Soul of John Black," a moniker that fits his laid back R&B style...

Holly Conlan: OK

…from Bird.

Holly Conlan rejected the constraints of a classical education in order to write her own songs in her own way...

Jesca Hoop: Murder of Birds

…from her Kismet Acoustic EP.

Jesca Hoop is an artist KCRW has championed. The Los Angeles-based musician has a distinctive sound and her debut "Kismet" is stunning...

Oceanship: Don't Wear Me Out

...from their self-titled CD.

The Canadian duo Oceanship are Brad Lyons, a talented singer, and Carly Paradis, a gifted pianist. They spent the last year making their self-released debut...

La Rocca: Senses

...from OK Okay.

Irish rock quartet La Rocca have been camping out stateside. They've been touring the US opening for bands, making their record in Austin, drinking in New York City and getting robbed in Philly.

The Bird and the Bee: The 12 Days of Christmas

Inara George and Greg Kurstin are the Los Angeles-based duo known as The Bird and the Bee.

Perla Batalla: Christmas Time Is Here

...from We Three Kings.

As a child Perla Batalla grew up in her father's record store in Los Angeles. A gifted vocalist, she has backed Leonard Cohen and k.d. lang before starting her solo career...

Lou Reed, featuring Antony: Caroline Says, Pt 2

...from Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse.

Lou Reed's seminal 1973 release, Berlin, has just been given new life thanks to old friends and some new ones...

Thia Sexton: Couldn't Stop

...from Ever.

Independent artist Thia Sexton is a cellist who decided to stop playing the music of people who had passed and started to write her own songs...

Wild Beasts: The Devil's Crayon

...from Limbo, Panto.

Wild Beasts hail from Leeds, in the UK. Their debut collection of ten songs range from falsetto highs to quirky experimental tracks.

Aterciopelados: Rio (Sidestepper's Tigris Remix)

Colombian duo Aterciopelados gave us the song "Rio," a musical prayer for the river of Bogota. DJ and producer Richard Blair, of Sidestepper fame, decided to remix it.

West Indian Girl: To Die in LA (Nynex Remix)

from 4th on the Floor: West Indian Remixes Vol 2.

In 2007, the Los Angeles sextet West Indian Girl released 4th & Wall. Infectious hooks and overall praise, led to their next move..

Brett Dennen: Make You Crazy

...from Hope for the Hopeless.

Brett Dennen started out as a camp counselor who liked to perform his songs fireside...