This week, Kate is unexpectedly back home in Alaska, Richie is melting in Los Angeles, and a suspiciously perfect Afro House track sends us into a much bigger conversation about AI, craftsmanship, Spotify, the Grammys, extractive systems, and why having an idea is not the same thing as making something.

From there, as usual, the playlists take us everywhere: early-2000s pop punk and Richie's brief frosted-tips era, the German song that became a Frank Sinatra standard, new friends and old memories in Hong Kong, Australian and Papua New Guinean voices, Alaska folk music, Jeremy Dutcher and Indigenous language preservation, Hungarian ancestral echoes, the Womack Sisters carrying a remarkable musical lineage, an electrified Turkish bağlama, Radiohead, and a rare dose of Turkmen pop.

Along the way, we wonder whether making things with our hands might become a small act of rebellion, reconstruct the deeply unfortunate voice of an ancient mummy, drink overpriced beer out of wine glasses, badly tip a Viennese waiter, meet a puppy with excellent eyebrows, and remember that sometimes the best response to an increasingly synthetic world is remarkably simple: pick up an instrument, go hear somebody play, make something badly, and get a little better tomorrow.

Also: an idea is not enough.

Listen to the full Episode 13 playlists and discover the artists we talk about in the links below.

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Entry Points Radio: a mixtape with a passport.

Produced and edited by Kate Bass and Richard Steighner.

🟢 Full Playlist on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7tyDJYblDY3oLEQj11Vb5f?si=RC_UdtxISGebdsW3jS5kDw

🍎 Full Playlist on Apple Music:

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/entry-points-13/pl.u-DdANrYaFLkNWVB

▶️ Watch/Subscribe on Youtube:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXgeSnlkZC_zdaWytIIUx8iA-mDGRnVVQ&si=70zPI3tyslA6xVqP

Subscribe on Deezer:

https://www.deezer.com/us/show/1003292131

Subscribe on Amazon:

https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e5cab8c2-ae60-4411-966b-b3d42257fec3/entry-points-radio

Subscribe on iHeartRadio:

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/337398467/

🗟 Full Transcript:

https://globalmusiccollective.substack.com/

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"Heroes get remembered, but a legend never dies."

So what makes a legend? Is it the music itself, the culture, the impact, the post-mortem?

In this 12th episode, Richie and Kate can't stop saying 'Legendary' when it comes to artists who have passed away: Dolly Parton to Nina Simone, Miriam Makeba, Lata Mangeshkar. For those that live on, how has their musical work so far elevated them to the status of 'Legend'? Spoiler, there's more than one way to become great.

This episode criss-crosses continents and generations, from American soul and pop to African music, Indian playback singing, Hong Kong’s Sam Hui, Cuban songwriting, and the unexpected ways music travels around the world. They talk about artists who became activists, musicians became the voice of their communities, and the beautiful phenomenon of discovering that a song has been part of your life long before you knew who made it.

What does it actually mean to live a “rich” life? Does financial security come at the expense of adventure, travel, creativity, and cultural connection? And after years of touring the world, can you bring that sense of curiosity and discovery home with you?

NOTE: Velemseni is from Eswatini, not Zimbabwe

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Produced and Edited by Kate Bass and Richard Steighner

🟢 Full Playlist on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/11n1yi1RQQoS9myrp3kEfL?si=7266269e58744df7

🍎 Full Playlist on Apple Music:

▶️ Watch/Subscribe on Youtube:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXgeSnlkZC_zdaWytIIUx8iA-mDGRnVVQ&si=70zPI3tyslA6xVqP

Deezer:

https://www.deezer.com/us/show/1003292131

Amazon:

https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e5cab8c2-ae60-4411-966b-b3d42257fec3/entry-points-radio

iHeartRadio:

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/337398467/

🥰 Support us on Patreon for the Full Playlist Archive:

https://www.patreon.com/cw/EntryPointsRadio

Artists in the episode: Nina Simone, Lata Mangeshkar, Dolly Parton, Miriam Makeba, Totó la Momposina, Moses Hightower, Nneka, Bobby Lone, Anne Brun, Linnea Olsson, Vladimir Martynov, Conspirare, Craig Hella Johnson, Lubomyr Melnyk, Active Child, OutKast, Silvio Rodríguez, Gina Chavez, Whitney Houston, Led Zeppelin, The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Paul McCartney, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, Glen Campbell, Ed Sheeran, Ngaiire (Papua New Guinea), Nico, J Dilla, Busta Rhymes, J Dilla / Jaylib, Madlib, Velemseni, Jackson Browne, Sam Hui, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, BTS

Topics include: legendary musicians, global music, music history, cultural exchange, music and activism, Dolly Parton, Nina Simone, Miriam Makeba, Lata Mangeshkar, Sam Hui, American music, world music, music discovery, travel, creativity, and what it means to live a rich life.

In this, the 11th episode of Entry Points Radio, Richie and Kate take a journey through music, movies, artistic identity, and the strange ways we decide what (and who) is worth listening to.

Stay to the end for Top 3 songs for the week!

This week's songs span Glenn Campbell, The Highwaymen, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, John Prine, Nickel Creek, The Notorious B.I.G., Jay Dilla, Tina Turner, electronic music, jazz, Lang Lang and Franz Liszt, MF DOOM, Olivia Dean, Ella Fitzgerald, choral / a cappella and more. We dive into the cultural roots of guitar, hurdy-gurdy connections, and songs shared on busses.

Richie and Kate discuss the complicated mythology of “making it” from performing at legendary venues like Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium to sitting in Dolly Parton’s dressing room.

They debate Ars Gratis Artis and the value and privilege of making art “for art’s sake.”

Then they unpack value of discovery, especially acknowledging that we simply don’t know what we don’t know. Kate’s experience discovering MF DOOM or Richie learning the Orpheus myth leads to a broader discussion about musical appreciation, expertise, and the importance of approaching unfamiliar genres with curiosity rather than embarrassment or judgment. They go further talking about classifying artists into genres and how we build walls around genres that then keep out new fans.

Whether it’s a 1970s country song, a hip-hop classic, a Renaissance-inspired vocal work, or a Sufi performance from Pakistan that moves someone who cannot understand a single word, there are countless ways into music. Sometimes the most powerful entry point is simply being willing to listen.

Make sure to review, subscribe, and share Entry Points Radio with a music fan who could use a new rabbit hole.

Produced and Edited by Kate Bass and Richard Steighner

🟢 Full Playlist on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1cdc1j7D1hlhdnXRsjpbnW?si=7e79a2319cde4b73

🍎 Full Playlist on Apple Music:

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/entry-points-11/pl.u-e98lkXqH1MZkv0

▶️ Watch/Subscribe on Youtube:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXgeSnlkZC_zdaWytIIUx8iA-mDGRnVVQ&si=70zPI3tyslA6xVqP

Deezer:

https://www.deezer.com/us/show/1003292131

Amazon:

https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e5cab8c2-ae60-4411-966b-b3d42257fec3/entry-points-radio

iHeartRadio:

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/337398467/

🥰 Support us on Patreon for the Full Playlist Archive:

https://www.patreon.com/cw/EntryPointsRadio