The last time we saw singer Monica Martin at the Tiny Desk she was singing with Phox, her folky, poppy band based in Madison, Wisconsin. But, while that band is on hiatus, Martin took time to walk into the world of Violents, the project of pianist, string arranger and songwriter Jeremy Larson. Larson and Martin make a lovely pair and have created a subtle, soulful record — Awake And Pretty Much Sober — that benefits greatly from Laron's classical training. It's the first full-length Jeremy Larson has released as Violents, a project that, generally, sees him joined by a different singer each ou

On this edition of All Songs Considered, a conversation with Dan Auerbach, who is living the dream — one he's worked hard to make real. In 2010, The Black Keys guitarist and singer moved from his Ohio home to Nashville to set up shop, founding Easy Eye Sound, a modest but well-curated studio in Music City. Easy Eye's great collection of gear includes an old mixing console, hand-built speakers, many guitars (there were easily more than 20) organs, chimes, cool, old-school microphones, drums, amps and more things too drool at than I could handle. And the best thing of all: Easy Eye is no museum.

The last time we saw singer Monica Martin at the Tiny Desk she was singing with Phox, her folky, poppy band based in Madison, Wisconsin. But, while that band is on hiatus, Martin took time to walk into the world of Violents, the project of pianist, string arranger and songwriter Jeremy Larson. Larson and Martin make a lovely pair and have created a subtle, soulful record — Awake And Pretty Much Sober — that benefits greatly from Laron's classical training. It's the first full-length Jeremy Larson has released as Violents, a project that, generally, sees him joined by a different singer each ou