English Teacher joins host Raina Douris

Each year, the music industry in the UK and Ireland chooses their “Best Album” of the year and awards it the prestigious Mercury Prize. This year, the prize went to a relatively unknown indie-rock band called English Teacher, for their debut album, This Could be Texas. Get to know English Teacher with a live mini concert.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
Sports Team “The Drop” Gulp!
Nick Lowe “Heart of The City” Pure Pop for Now People
English Teacher “This Could Be Texas” Recorded Live at World Cafe
English Teacher ” Broken Biscuits “Recorded Live at World Cafe
English Teacher “The World’s Biggest Slab of Concrete” Recorded Live at World Cafe
English Teacher “Nearly Daffodils” Recorded Live at World Cafe
Foals “Mountain At My Gates” WC Recording
Arlo Parks “Hurt” Collapsed in Sunbeams
Pulp “Disco 2000” Different Class
Primal Scream “Come Together” Screamadelica
Alt-J “Breezeblocks” An Awesome Wave
Radiohead “Lotus Flower” The King Of Limbs
Radiohead “Everything in Its Right Place” Kid A
Sheryl Crow “All I Wanna Do” Tuesday Night Music Club
Mondo Cozmo “Leave a Light On” ITS PRINCIPLE!

Hour Two
Tegan and Sara “Walking with a Ghost” So Jealous
Dehd “Bad Love” Blue Skies
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings “What We Had” Woodland
The Rolling Stones “No Expectations” Beggars Banquet
Margaret Glaspy “Act Natural” Echo the Diamond
R. E. M. “Try Not to Breathe” Automatic for The People
R. E. M. “Gardening At Night” Chronic Town
The New Pornographers “My Rights Versus Yours” Live at the World Cafe
Citizen Cope “Contact” W.C. Session
MJ Lenderman “Shes Leaving You” Manning Fireworks
Kings Of Leon “Radioactive” Come Around Sundown
Kaia Kater “Rising Down” WC Recording
Kim Deal “Coast” Nobody Loves You More
Foxygen “Follow the Leader” Hang
Wishy “Persuasion” Triple Seven
Teenage Fanclub “Metal Baby” Bandwagonesque
Vampire Weekend” Diane Young” Modern Vampires of The City