KCRW Berlin: Amplified

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Amplified is a weekly music show, originally broadcast on KCRW Berlin, featuring interviews with musicians from all genres, hailing from Berlin and beyond.

Episode Date
Singer-songwriter Michael Brinkworth on how to create this 'Good Old Feeling' (Rebroadcast)
Dec 12, 2020
Musician Ian Tilling on writing music in bad times (Rebroadcast)
Nov 28, 2020
Berlin-based musician Martha Rose on 'diving deeply and emotionally after something that you love' (Rebroadcast)
Nov 21, 2020
‘It’s just the music that I love’: Marlais on coming to folk music as an ‘outsider’ (Rebroadcast)
Nov 14, 2020
James Chatburn: 'It's actually quite a chilled time for me for once'
Nov 07, 2020
Leitmotifs: Benjamin Hochman: 'In Mozart's music, every note is in the right place'
Oct 31, 2020
How this year's edition of Jazzfest Berlin strives to build a 'transatlantic bridge,' just days after the US election
Oct 24, 2020
Musician Ian Tilling on writing music in bad times
Oct 17, 2020
'It's just the music that I love': Marlais on coming to folk music as an 'outsider'
Sep 26, 2020
Juno Francis: Swedish Pop Made In Berlin
Sep 19, 2020
'Thinking is a musician's death': Tricky on his approach to music
Sep 05, 2020
'A label for a lack of a label': hear now berlin's founder on playing genre-defying chamber music
Aug 29, 2020
Musician Candice Gordon on starting a new chapter in her life
Aug 22, 2020
Àbáse talks about his roots and sound
Aug 15, 2020
Berlin-based musician Martha Rose on 'diving deeply and emotionally after something that you love'
Aug 08, 2020
The German swing band that vows to keep you entertained through the pandemic
Aug 01, 2020
'Sonic thinker' Sam Auinger explores the Halle am Berghain
Jul 25, 2020
Singer-songwriter Michael Brinkworth on how to create this 'Good Old Feeling'
Jul 11, 2020
Noah Slee: Far away but 'Here For It All'
Jun 27, 2020
Derya Yildirim on 'coming alive again'
Jun 20, 2020
Odes to love and life: singer songwriter Finn Ronsdorf on his first EP
Jun 06, 2020
The rap teaching kids to keep COVID-19 at bay
May 30, 2020
Robot Koch on scoring imaginary movies, his forthcoming album and seeking inspiration in nature
May 23, 2020
Collaboration in the time of the coronavirus: Record label Ransom Note supports artists by making them 'Pen Pals'
May 09, 2020
How does music help in times of crisis? We asked a musicologist to explain
Apr 25, 2020
Raving on in quarantine with 'United We Stream'
Mar 28, 2020
Composer, innovator, musical radical: Upcoming festival celebrates Beethoven's 250th birthday in experimental style
Mar 21, 2020
Acht Eimer Hühnerherzen on punk ethos and the perils of overproduction
Feb 22, 2020
Caligari rises again with a rejuvenated score at Babylon
Feb 15, 2020
‘The opera machine is not looking for disruption’: Opera Lab Berlin on breaking down traditional musical theater works
Jan 25, 2020
Singer-songwriter Jackson Dyer on his debut album 'Inlet,' an ode to Australia and Berlin
Jan 11, 2020
‘Depressive in a good way’: DJ and producer Shed on his new album, revisiting his first home in East Germany
Dec 21, 2019
Mira Lu Kovacs of 5K HD on why they'll happily disappoint listeners to keep things fresh
Nov 23, 2019
Ishmael Ensemble frontman on his love for Berlin and experimenting with sound
Oct 26, 2019
That's what 'She Says': Gurr talks friendship, bilingual lyrics and anxiety
Sep 07, 2019
The Chap talk concept albums, midlife crises and political rock
Aug 17, 2019
Tara Nome Doyle sings us a Norwegian lullaby
Aug 10, 2019
Delhia de France on her new EP 'Oceanides' and splitting her time between Berlin and LA
Jul 27, 2019
Sisters Leah and Chloe Smith from Rising Appalachia on their roots and the Slow Music Movement
Jul 20, 2019
30 years after the first Loveparade, founder Dr. Motte shares how he started a ‘rave-olution’
Jul 01, 2019
Fenster’s JJ Weihl gives us a glimpse into the band’s creative process
Jun 22, 2019
Street sounds of Berlin: Soprano Christina Harslem shares her passion with the public
Jun 08, 2019
Listening to Tuareg music with African Acid Is The Future
Jun 01, 2019
Motherhood, music and how you’re 'greater than you think': Diane Weigmann on her new album
May 18, 2019
Violinist Daniel Weltlinger's latest album tells the story of his grandfather's violin
May 04, 2019
The Only Good System Is A Sound System festival explores the sounds and politics of bass culture
Apr 20, 2019
Decades after artist February Montaine's mysterious disappearance, the tapes he left behind are given new life
Apr 13, 2019
Street sounds of Berlin: Ukrainian duo Igor and Anton dream of a musical future
Mar 23, 2019
Chamber group hear now berlin aims to reach new audiences with genre-crossing, emotional compositions
Mar 23, 2019
Find the File: Haus der Kulturen der Welt's new festival turns archives into art
Mar 16, 2019
Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra to debut new concert series, highlighting conceptual compositions, unusual instrumentation, and improvisation
Feb 23, 2019
Street sounds of Berlin: Santur player Hakan Tuğrul on sharing traditional Persian music in a diverse city
Feb 09, 2019
DJ Pete (aka Substance): 'Kreuzberg is still the center of my life’
Jan 26, 2019
Fredrik Kinbom connects history and Scandinavian melancholy in 'Songs for Lap Steel & Harmonium'
Jan 12, 2019
Choreographer and performer Kareth Schaffer on 'Dancing Against the Far Right'
Jan 05, 2019
Julia Holter’s latest album, ‘Aviary,’ takes flight on her European tour
Dec 15, 2018
‘We wanted to tell the German story of the AIDS epidemic’: Berliner Opernverein chair on the AIDS Quilt Songbook
Dec 01, 2018
Blues pilgrim: Fink on charting an extraordinary musical journey
Nov 24, 2018
‘I’m all about the self-hype’: Singer Gavin Turek on dancing her way to confidence
Nov 17, 2018
29 years after the Wall fell: Mark Reeder on his memories of a divided city
Nov 10, 2018
From the piano to the Volksbühne: Composer and pianist Paul Wallfisch on his theatrical connection to Germany
Oct 20, 2018
Rapper Ebow on ‘Komplexität,' sisterhood and standing up for herself
Oct 06, 2018
Princess Chelsea on her new LP, returning to Berlin, and the joys of living on the outskirts
Sep 29, 2018
Berlin-based band RÁN on unpredictability, feminism and the beauty of chance encounters
Sep 22, 2018
Berlin-based folk-rock band, Mighty Oaks, sings anthems of Wanderlust and Heimweh
Sep 08, 2018
From Sarajevo to Baghdad, Moscow to L.A., KCRW DJ Valida brings a global perspective to her DJ sets
Sep 01, 2018
PEOPLE festival hits Berlin's Funkhaus, bringing artistic collaborations and brand new works
Aug 18, 2018
Pop-Kultur roundup: Up-and-coming artists shine at the Kulturbrauerei
Aug 18, 2018
'By complete chance': How a search for an art studio turned into the Neukölln pub, gallery and performance space Das Gift
Aug 04, 2018
From Auckland to Berlin: Noah Slee on navigating techno, queerness and becoming a role model
Jul 28, 2018
A sojourn through the 'Garden of Beasts' with Irish musician Candice Gordon
Jul 21, 2018
Pop-Kultur curator on achieving a rare 50-50 gender balance in the festival's lineup
Jul 07, 2018
The un-residential resident: Berghain DJ Martyn unveils his new album
Jun 23, 2018
There'll be dancing in the Kiez: Fête de la Musique brings music to Berlin's streets
Jun 16, 2018
Confessions of a California goth: Bauhaus’ David J pines for the clouds
Jun 09, 2018
Music producer Victor Van Vugt is back in Berlin to tap the city's 'youthful, anarchic' energy
Jun 02, 2018
When Axel met Sally: music to show the magical side of the U8
May 26, 2018
From Elton John to the downright bizarre: The Berlin Music Video Awards
May 19, 2018
'A little bit organic and electronic': O-SHiN shares her dreamy pop with us
May 12, 2018
Pop-Kultur's Christian Morin on 'bringing back meaning and content to music'
May 05, 2018
Queen Alaska on film music and Polish hugs
Apr 28, 2018
What's your favorite record of all time? In honor of Record Store Day, we surveyed Berlin record store owners
Apr 21, 2018
Berlin-based band 'Them There,' featuring hit songwriters Craig Walker and Phoebe Kildeer, just released their new single!
Apr 07, 2018
Rooting for the optimists and pessimists: Brian Eno's 'Empty Formalism'
Mar 31, 2018
Artistic director of MaerzMusik: The politics of listening are 'pulsating in the core of the festival'
Mar 17, 2018
Cultural historian Josh Kun asks 'what music can do to us, and what music can do for us'
Mar 10, 2018
International students convene at John F. Kennedy School for annual Honor Choirs festival
Mar 03, 2018
Funkhaus Berlin pairs historical detail with cutting-edge sound
Feb 10, 2018
Artist, busker, GIF, meme: Musician Stephen Paul Taylor on his unusual rise to notoriety
Feb 03, 2018
Andres Barlesi brings introspective, improvisational guitar sound to solo project 'Atalaya'
Jan 27, 2018
Fiedel, longtime resident Berghain DJ, to release new mix on Ostgut Ton
Jan 20, 2018
Raven Chacon, American Academy composition fellow, to look at role of sound in 2016 protests at Standing Rock
Jan 13, 2018
DJ couple SpatzHabibi balance Berlin's nightlife with parenthood
Jan 06, 2018
Radio personality Rik de Lisle on being the “last man standing” and how he got into radio
Dec 16, 2017
State of the art spatial sound studio opens in former GDR broadcasting center
Dec 02, 2017
Singer, songwriter and producer Sasha Perera on her latest album and the Berlin music scene
Nov 18, 2017
American DJ and producer Sky Deep explains the inspiration behind her music, and why she moved to Berlin
Nov 11, 2017
The Barenboim-Said Akademie: promoting political harmony through music-making
Nov 04, 2017
On the intersection between digital and analog sound with musician Nat Fowler
Oct 28, 2017
Paul van Dyk on his new release 'From Then On'
Oct 21, 2017