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Diane Cluck is an artist willing to explore the frontiers of song, and occasionally report back to us what she discovers there. She uses the usual songwriter tools of words and music, and voice and guitar, but somehow her songs are very unusual, inspiring new ideas and perceptions. She first visited Spinning On Air in 2004, and now Diane Cluck returns to perform some new songs with drummer Anders Griffen and vocalist Abbey Todras, and to talk about the songs with David Garland.

Symphonic strings with Arabic and western voices, lilting songs with mbira accompaniment, a minimalist improvisation for banjo and harmonica, songs by a young New Orleans-based songwriter, a roiling instrumental for 12-string guitar, and Diane Cluck arranged and transformed by DM Stith -- Host David Garland shares some of the recordings he's been enjoying lately.