Julianna Barwick

Gauzy textures and loops — and a new range — from the Brooklyn-based composer, live in the studio.

In this episode: Later this month, hordes of art and experience pilgrims will descend upon the Black Rock Desert in Northern Nevada for the annual Burning Man festival. A new documentary goes inside Burning Man – both to its boardrooms and into the festival fray itself.

Plus: Brooklyn-based singer and composer Julianna Barwick makes lush, haunting soundscapes by layering her own voice. Hear her perform songs from her upcoming new album Nepenthe in the Soundcheck studio.

And: Author Michael Walker talks about his book, What You Want Is in the Limo: On the Road with Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, and the Who in 1973, the Year the Sixties Died and the Modern Rock Star Was Born.