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Essential Tremors
A show in which musicians and other creators talk about the songs that shaped who they are.
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Ratings & Reviews
4.9 stars from 53 ratings
Stephen Morris Joy Division
Always love this show, but Hachette is pronounced haSHETT not Hatchet. (bookseller peeve ;-) )
Gharp53 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 04/19/21
Poor choice of subjects
I’ve got a wide taste in music (rock, punk, dance, ambient etc etc) but I find the subjects of these podcasts really third rate & dull too. No longer subscribed!
pablobrad via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 09/25/19
Gold mine for music geeks
I've always enjoyed going down that rabbit hole of listening to what those I listen to listened to. And this is essentially that. Matt and Lee are engaging interviewers, get interesting and top-tier musicians, and I regularly discover new music or think of familiar music differently as a...Read full review »
JRCinMD via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 01/06/19
Recent Episodes
Published 04/17/24
Composer Arnold Dreyblatt has carved a unique course through contemporary music, combining just intonation with a vigorous self-devised approach to 20th-century minimalism. In this episode, he discusses how Mexican folk music, Tony Conrad and Robert Ashley shaped his work. Essential Tremors is...
Published 04/05/24
Guitarist/singer/songwriter Beth Orton’s work in the mid-1990’s helped usher in a new era for both electronic and folk music by melding electronic sounds with acoustic instruments to achieve a warm and personal, but also boundary-pushing, sound that still feels modern almost 30 years later.  In...
Published 02/26/24
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