Hear Ergot Records’ Umm Kulthūm Celebration from April 30

Known as the voice of Egypt, legendary singer Umm Kulthūm was born 122 years ago on May 4th. To celebrate her birthday, Ergot Records have unveiled a once in a lifetime collection of around 200 of her records, a selection of which can be heard on their April 30th show with special guests Andrew Kamel […]

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Elia Hosts Stephin Merritt of Magnetic Fields, Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes, Chat and Performance Together

On Thursday, April 30th during Elia Vs: The Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt and Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold visited the EVR booth to catch up on their exciting new projects. Though the two had never met, they performed a heartrending spur of the moment version of Stephin’s iconic ‘The Book of Love’. Robin also covered and […]

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Documentarian Tom Stern with Paul Leary from the Butthole Surfers join Brian Turner April 29th

Wednesday, April 29th 4pm ET: The Whole Truth and Nothing Butt is the new, long-gestating documentary film about Austin, Texas psychedelic punk legends The Buttholes Surfers, and EVR welcomes filmmaker Tom Stern to the booth along with guitarist Paul Leary. Formed in 1981, the Surfers mutated from the hardcore scene into a full on, acid-drenched […]

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EVR New Music Airplay: April 2026

A monthly cobbling together of some new release faves of our staffers direct from their playlists into a list complete with listening links. We will be updating this monthly. Thanks to uber volunteer Evey Ferguson-Strohm for the linkwork! APRIL 2026 AIRPLAY: Leila Bordreuil + Kali Malone – Music for Intersecting Planes (Ideologic Organ/La Becque) Kim […]

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