Nabil Ayers was born into a deeply musical family and began playing drums as a toddler. Eventually, he toured and recorded with bands such as The Lemons and The Long Winters, his experiences as a drummer serving as the foundation for what has become an impressively multifaceted career in the music business. Nabil tells Joe about: being raised by a single mom; getting his first drum set from his uncle, free jazzer Alan Michael Braufman; the few interactions he’s had with his biological father, Roy Ayers; getting arrested and charged with a felony; co-founding Seattle record store, Sonic Boom; his career as a record executive; and his budding interest in writing.
278: Roger Manning, Jr. (Jellyfish, The Lickerish Quartet, The Moog Cookbook, Beck, etc.)
BNS: Charles Connor Revisited
277: Katie Crutchfield (Waxahatchie, P.S., Eliot, etc.)
276: Mac McCaughan (Superchunk, Merge Records, etc.)
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275: Julianna Barwick
274: Sean McGuinness (Pissed Jeans)
273: Johnathan Rice
272: Dot Wiggin (The Shaggs)
271: Georgia Hubley (Yo La Tengo)
270: Duncan Trussell (The Midnight Gospel, The Duncan Trussell Family Hour)
BNS: "Dreams Wash Away"
269: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
268: Andrew Becker (Human Potential, Medications)
267: Areif Sless-Kitain (Brokeback, The Eternals, Regulator Watts)
266: Thor Harris (Swans, Thor & Friends, Bill Callahan, etc.)
265: Makaya McCraven
264: Sean Solomon (Moaning)
263: Emil Amos + Britt Walford Returns (Holy Sons, Grails)
262: Meg Baird (Meg Baird + Mary Lattimore, Espers, Heron Oblivian, Watery Love
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