Janelle Monae joins host David Dye

June is Pride Month, and to celebrate, each week we are revisiting sessions with some of the many LGBTQ+ artists that have been on the show. This week, we look back to 2010, when Janelle Monae visited the show to discuss her then new album, The ArchAndroid. Hear an interview and performance from the multi-talented visionary Janelle Monae.

This is an encore

Today’s Playlist

Guster “(Nothing But) Flowers” Bonnaroo Music Festival 2004

Janelle Monae “Song Medley (Dance or Die, Faster, Locked Inside)” WC Recording

Janelle Monae “Tightrope” WC Recording

Lianne La Havas “Green and Gold” WC Recording

Hozier “Too Sweet” Unreal Unearth: Unheard

Phoebe Bridgers “Motion Sickness” Stranger In The Alps

Beck “Where It’s At” Odelay

Joss Stone “Fell In Love With A Boy” The Soul Sessions

Nada Surf “In Front of Me Now” Moon Mirror

Paramore “This Is Why” This Is Why

The La’s “There She Goes” The La’s

Hour Two
Tracy Chapman “Talkin’ Bout a Revolution” Tracy Chapman

Michael Kiwanuka “I’m Getting Ready” Home Again

Vampire Weekend “Classical” Only God Was Above Us

Brittany Howard “What Now” What Now

Gin Blossoms “Til I Hear It From You” Empire Records (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Brigitte Calls Me Baby “We Were Never Alive” The Future Is Our Way Out

Kacey Musgraves “Butterflies” Golden Hour

Lake Street Dive “Bad Self Portraits” WC Recording

Counting Crows “American Girls” WC Recording

Khruangbin “Pon Pón” A La Sala

Paul Simon “Born At The Right Time” Rhythm Of The Saints

Ray Lamontagne “Step Into Your Power” Long Way Home

Ray Lamontagne “The Changing Man” WC Recording

Dehd “Dog Days” Poetry

The Tragically Hip “Poets” Phantom Power

The Decemberists “Oh No!” As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again

Squirrel Nut Zippers “Hell” Hot