English Teacher joins host Raina Douris

Each year, the music industry in the UK and Ireland chooses their “Best Album” of the year and awards it the prestigious Mercury Prize. This year, the prize went to a relatively unknown indie-rock band called English Teacher, for their debut album, This Could be Texas. Get to know English Teacher with a live mini concert.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist

Sports Team “The Drop” Gulp!

Nick Lowe “Heart of The City” Pure Pop for Now People

English Teacher “This Could Be Texas” Recorded Live at World Cafe

English Teacher ” Broken Biscuits “Recorded Live at World Cafe

English Teacher “The World’s Biggest Slab of Concrete” Recorded Live at World Cafe

English Teacher “Nearly Daffodils” Recorded Live at World Cafe

Foals “Mountain At My Gates” WC Recording

Arlo Parks “Hurt” Collapsed in Sunbeams

Pulp “Disco 2000” Different Class

Primal Scream “Come Together” Screamadelica

Alt-J “Breezeblocks” An Awesome Wave

Radiohead “Lotus Flower” The King Of Limbs

Radiohead “Everything in Its Right Place” Kid A

Sheryl Crow “All I Wanna Do” Tuesday Night Music Club

Mondo Cozmo “Leave a Light On” ITS PRINCIPLE!

Hour Two
Tegan and Sara “Walking with a Ghost” So Jealous

Dehd “Bad Love” Blue Skies

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings “What We Had” Woodland

The Rolling Stones “No Expectations” Beggars Banquet

Margaret Glaspy “Act Natural” Echo the Diamond

R. E. M. “Try Not to Breathe” Automatic for The People

R. E. M. “Gardening At Night” Chronic Town

The New Pornographers “My Rights Versus Yours” Live at the World Cafe

Citizen Cope “Contact” W.C. Session

MJ Lenderman “Shes Leaving You” Manning Fireworks

Kings Of Leon “Radioactive” Come Around Sundown

Kaia Kater “Rising Down” WC Recording

Kim Deal “Coast” Nobody Loves You More

Foxygen “Follow the Leader” Hang

Wishy “Persuasion” Triple Seven

Teenage Fanclub “Metal Baby” Bandwagonesque

Vampire Weekend” Diane Young” Modern Vampires of The City