McKinley Dixon joins host Stephen Kallao

On McKinley Dixon’s new album, “Beloved! Paradise! Jazz?”, he moved to Chicago, looking for a blank canvas to generate ideas for this wildly inventive and sonically lush LP that tackles themes of longing. Dixon will talk about why his sound can be difficult to pin down, his love of animation, and how the author Toni Morrison inspired the album’s title.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
The Fugees “Killing Me Softly With His Song” The Score
McKinley Dixon “Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?” Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?
McKinley Dixon “Hanif Reads Tony” Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?
McKinley Dixon “Dedicated to Tar Feather” Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?
McKinley Dixon “Live! From the Kitchen Table” Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?
Chance Pena “In My Room” Lovers to Strangers
Blur “The Narcissist” The Ballad of Darren
Guster “Amsterdam” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Gregory Alan Isakov “Dark, Dark, Dark” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Phoenix “Lisztomania” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Brittany Howard ”What Now” What Now
U2 “Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses” Achtung Baby

Hour Two
Depeche Mode “Personal Jesus” Violator
Black Pumas “Mrs. Postman” Chronicles of a Diamon
Say She She “Astral Plane” Silver
Laufey “From The Start” Bewitched
Warren Zevon “Carmelita” Warren Zevon
Eric Krasno “Curse Lifter” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Maggie Rogers “Alaska” Recorded Live for World Cafe
The Shins “Simple Song” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Alvvays “Archie, Marry Me” Alvvays
Beck “Sissyneck” Odelay
MGMT “Mother Nature” Loss of Life
Girls “Summertime” Girls
Olivia Barton “Sonic” Big Sad EP
Tracy Chapman “Talkin Bout a Revolution” Tracy Chapman
Janelle Monae “Only Have Eyes 42” The Age of Pleasure
Black Uhuru “Sponji Reggae” Red
The Cure “Boys Don’t Cry” Boys Don’t Cry