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Greg Kott guitar bass and drums form the basis of rock and roll. But this week we highlight some of the

more unusual instruments in rock, from the Thermon to the Acharina. And we'll review new albums from Maggie Rogers and Sharon Van In. That's all coming up on Sound Opin.

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You're listening to Sound Opinions and later in the show we're going to discuss some of the best uses of weird instruments in rock, but first some new music. Moving slowly through westward water over glacial plains

and I walked off you.

And I walked off and old me.

Old me, old me, oh my, I thought it was a dream.

So it seemed. thought it was a dream so it's sing.

And now, breathe deep

I'm in here.

Really. Greg that was a little bit of the 2016 viral hit Alaska which really introduced

Maggie Rogers to the world.

A fascinating backstory for this young woman.

Grows up in Easton, Maryland, began playing Harp at age 7.

It grows up in a house that is equal parts, classical music, and

Neo Soul like Erica Badu and Lauren Hill. She goes on to the Vaunted Berkeley School of Music,

studies music there, and then NYU, my alma mater.

But she was at the Clive Davis Institute

of Recorded Music, and her mentor was none other than Farrell Williams.

The story goes she wrote that hit Alaska in 15 minutes after a hiking trip,

played it for Farrell, he was blown away and her career is launched.

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