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Anna Tivel is a Portland, OR based folk musician who performs under the moniker Anna and the Underbelly. Anna, who also plays fiddle with the Shook Twins, began writing her own original music only two years ago, and has already released her debut full-length album, entitled Brimstone Lullaby. Here, Anna talks about her many influences, her early days as a little kid "with a unibrow and a bowl cut" playing violin on the street for tips, and making mixtapes off the radio with contents ranging from Bach to Boyz II Men. www.annaandtheunderbelly.com

Direct download: Ep._15_Anna_Tivel.mp3
Category:Music -- posted at: 7:12pm PDT

Cyber Camel is the electro-rock solo project of Portland, OR based musician Niko Daoussis, aka Niko Slice. Here, Niko (who's also a band member of Shook Twins) talks about his influences from Leadbelly to Katy Perry, his very first gig sitting in with a blues band at an LA club at the tender age of 13, and his fantasy of someday incorporating an epic pillow fight into a performance. www.cybercamelmusic.com

Direct download: Ep._14_Cyber_Camel.mp3
Category:Music -- posted at: 1:22pm PDT

Ayla Nereo is a Northern California gal through-and-through. Born in Sonoma, learned at Stanford, and now based in Nevada City, the entrancing singer/songwriter talks about appreciating and making peace with the "ebbs" of the creative process, her enduring love of John Williams and ABBA, and getting a song out a traffic ticket. www.aylanereo.com

Direct download: Ep._13_Ayla_Nereo.mp3
Category:Music -- posted at: 6:52pm PDT

Buckman Coe is a singer/songwriter based in Vancouver, BC. Listen in as Buckman discusses his identification with the Hapa community, incorporating messages of social and ecological justice into his work as an artist, his struggles and successes tapping into the U.S. music scene as a Canadian, and his past as an impish 11-year-old. www.buckmancoe.com

Direct download: Ep._12_Buckman_Coe.mp3
Category:Music -- posted at: 3:09am PDT

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