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On this episode, meet guest artist Asha Wells, an Oakland-based alt-folk singer/songwriter whose debut LP "Water Words" releases March 31st. The album is a stunning first effort by an artist who is committed to songwriting as a craft, and knows how to let a song breathe. Plus 2 hours of brand new music from the Bay and beyond with TONS of recent releases from local artists.
Playlist
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Betwixt and Between (Edit) by Spencer Cullum & Erin Rae (Full Time Hobby) New -
Never Fall Apart by Andrew Bird (Wegawam Music/Loma Vista) New -
I Lived My Whole Life Last Night by Dougie Poole on The Rainbow Wheel of Death (Wharf Cat Records) New -
Like a Flower by Kevin Morby on Music from Montana Story (Dead Oceans) New -
It All Comes Back by Fruit Bats on A River Running Through Your Heart (Merge Records) New -
The Layers by Julian Lage on The Layers - EP (Blue Note) New Local -
Swampy by Dry Cleaning on Swampy - EP (4AD) New -
Way Past Three by Nightbus (Nightbus/So Young Records) New -
The Way You Look At Me by Kay Young (Play It Again Sam) New -
Offering - A COLORS SHOW by Gabriels on Offering - A COLORS SHOW (Atlas Artists) New -
Speak to My Gun by Handmade Moments (self release) New -
Will You Follow Me Home? by Meg Baird on Furling (℗ 2023 Drag City) New Local -
Kaleidoscoping by Honeywhip (self release) New -
Mystic Light by Cat Clyde on Down Rounder (Second Prize) New -
My Motor (feat Kelly McFarling) (Bonus Track) by Whiskerman on Champions (Deluxe Edition) (Royal Oakie Records) New Local -
Honky Tonk Woman (feat Rainbow Girls) by The Brothers Comatose on Ear Snacks (Swamp Jam Records) New Local -
firebird by COVET on catharsis (Triple Crown Records/Round Hill Records) New Local -
At Night by Asha Wells on Water Words (Royal Oakie Records) New Local -
The Well by Asha Wells on Water Words (Royal Oakie Records) New Local -
Drugstore Perfume by Asha Wells on Water Words (Royal Oakie Records) New Local -
Bonjour Tristesse by Asha Wells on Water Words (Royal Oakie Records) New Local -
Blue Angels by Asha Wells on Water Words (Royal Oakie) New Local -
Mood Indigo by Asha Wells on Water Words (Royal Oakie Records) New Local -
Up in a Cloud by Asha Wells on Water Words (Royal Oakie Records) New Local -
California by Asha Wells on Water Words (Royal Oakie Records) New Local -
I Believe In You by Meernaa (Keeled Scales) New -
Zelma Stone by A Dance (self release) New Local -
Swim by Amy Obenski (self release) New Local -
Constellation by Heather Normandale (self release) New Local -
Peace in Your Garden (feat Tim Bluhm) by Go By Ocean (Royal Oakie Records) New Local -
Buckle Up Baby by Marika Christine (℗ 2023 Marika Christine) New Local -
Tear by Grooblen (self release) New Local -
Come Around Me by Rituals of Mine on Hype Nostalgia (Carpark Records) New Local