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IN FOCUS: ROY MONTGOMERY

New Zealand guitarist Roy Montgomery's music was once described by NPR journalist Lars Gotrich as "swimming through phantoms" – it may sound like an overwrought analogy at first, but simply spend half an hour enveloped in Montgomery's tones, and you'll understand. Originally a part of Pin Group in the 1980s, releasing Joy Division-indebted post-punk on the revered Wellington label Flying Nun records, Montgomery eventually unmoored himself from the strictures of verse-chorus-verse songwriting, and other musicians entirely, composing drifting, gauzy guitar instrumentals that channeled his own personal grief and loneliness into a seductively baleful magic.

Touch and Feel w/ Brian Vidal

Brian Vidal brings a mixing pot of house, garage and skippy breaks directly from NTS' Los Angeles studio.

Psychedelic Rock Psychedelic Folk

Up with the Lark! Launette takes time out from her day job as a chocolatier to play from her treasured vinyl collection. She will also be joined from time to time by carefully chosen guests. Happy Sunday!

Tracklist

Gary McFarlandGary McFarland
Because
SynanthesiaSynanthesia
Rollin’ And Tumblin’
SkySky
Sing For Me

Gate WayGate Way
Sunshine In My Heart
Out Of FocusOut Of Focus
Fly Bird Fly
New Riders Of The Purple SageNew Riders Of The Purple Sage
Garden Of Eden
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Curt BoettcherCurt Boettcher
Lament Of The Astral Cowboy
Sylvie Ft. Marina AllenSylvie Ft. Marina Allen
Falls On Me
Roger RodierRoger Rodier (David GreeneDavid Greene mix)
Am I Supposed To Let It By Again? (Above The Covers)
Kevin AyersKevin Ayers
Don't Let It Get You Down
Rod Abernethy, Rod Abernethy, April FulladosaApril Fulladosa
Sunlit Horizon
G. Wayne ThomasG. Wayne Thomas
Open Up Your Heart
Robert Lester FolsomRobert Lester Folsom
Jericho
Mark FryMark Fry
Mandolin Man