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Why Algiers Went Personal Instead Of Political In 2020

Algiers
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Algiers

Many bands have struggled making sense of life amid COVID-19, but for Algiers, social distancing between bandmates is something they've been dealing with for years. Algiers was founded originally in Atlanta in the late aughts, but since then its members have lived in different cities, states, and even continents.

The four-piece band is known for its political messages and beliefs but lead singer Franklin James Fisher says Algiers' latest album, There Is No Year isn't a political allegory. Instead, it's a deeply personal record, inspired by a journal he'd been keeping, which he called "Misophonia," meaning a hatred of sound. We'll talk to Fisher and guitarist Lee Tesche about making the album, why it's OK to try out new material on the road, plus the band shared some incredible live performances.

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World Cafe senior producer Kimberly Junod has been a part of the World Cafe team since 2001, when she started as the show's first line producer. In 2011 Kimberly launched (and continues to helm) World Cafe's Sense of Place series that includes social media, broadcast and video elements to take listeners across the U.S. and abroad with an intimate look at local music scenes. She was thrilled to be part of the team that received the 2006 ASCAP Deems Taylor Radio Broadcast Award for excellence in music programming. In the time she has spent at World Cafe, Kimberly has produced and edited thousands of interviews and recorded several hundred bands for the program, as well as supervised the show's production staff. She has also taught sound to young women (at Girl's Rock Philly) and adults (as an "Ask an Engineer" at WYNC's Werk It! Women's Podcast Festival).