Gray Days and Gold Archive

Gray Days and Gold is an independent, ad-free monthly streaming music show that shines a light on some of the most interesting new artists you’re not hearing on the radio. There’s a focus on genre-defying styles, adventurous but timeless songwriting (often with a wistful hue; our motto is “Maximum melody, moderate melancholy”), and sonic evocation of the passing seasons. Music that’s intriguing, beautiful, and often comforting, but never aural wallpaper.

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February 2024 (Ep. 44)

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Gray Days and Gold February 2024

Feat. Sam Eagle, Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard, Brèche de Roland, Laetitia Sadier, Cosmo Sheldrake, Guinevere, Mike Lindsay, Ellie Bleach, High Llamas, Wye Oak, Brittany Howard, Lonny, and David Ian Roberts.


January 2024 (Ep. 43)

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Gray Days and Gold January 2024

Feat. William Doyle, Pallmer, Cabane, Ryan Power, Émilie Laforest, Kate Bush, Jan Bang, Niagara Moon, A.L. Lacey, Robin Allender, Gumshoes, Jude Hayden, and Teleshopping.


Gray Days and Gold: Best of 2023


November 2023 (Ep. 42)

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Gray Days and Gold November 2023

Feat. Cabane, Monster Furniture, Roy Werner, i’mdifficult, Paul Garside, Guy Jackson, Baku Furukawa, Mutual Benefit, Inara George, Middle Sattre, Klô Pelgag, C Duncan, and Stoylov.


October 2023 (Ep. 41)

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Gray Days and Gold October 2023

Feat. William Susman, Karkwa, Henri Poilevey, Young Summer, Crapologies, Kirsty MacColl, News from Neptune, Mingjia, Jake Hardman, Simon Bookish, Maple Glider, June McDoom, and L’Rain.


September 2023 (Ep. 40)

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Gray Days and Gold September 2023

Feat. Cereus Bright, Laura Groves, Bibio, Yael Hayem, theCatherines, Rachael Lavelle, Astrid & Alexander, The Illness, Scuttlefuzz, Quincey May Brown, One More Morning, Grimson, Small Plant, and Helena Deland.


August 2023 (Ep. 39)

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Gray Days and Gold August 2023

Feat. The Duckworth Lewis Method, Rachael Dadd, Daniel O’Sullivan, Andrew Judah, La Bibliothèque de la Bergerie, Thomas Walsh, Asynchrone, Babi, Momus, Sternpost, Co-Pilot, Pallmer, Ben Callicott, Bly Wallentine, and Natalie Rose LeBrecht.


July 2023 (Ep. 38)

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Gray Days and Gold July 2023

Feat. Marta Del Grandi, Hussalonia, Zazuka, Daudi Matsiko, Cornelius, Ellen Tsai, Dot Allison, Chris Brain, JayWood, Cisco Swank, Vanishing Twin, This Is the Glasshouse, Blake Mills, Orwell, and The Cleaners from Venus.


June 2023 (Ep. 37)

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Gray Days and Gold June 2023

Feat. Astrud Gilberto with Stanley Turrentine, Colourway, Niika, Samuel Sharp, Tiger Silko, Pizzicato Five, Bly Wallentine, Rosie Miles, Loris S. Sarid, Westerman, Hugh Sheehan, Rasmus Dahl, and Genevieve Dawson.


May 2023 (Ep. 36)

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Gray Days and Gold May 2023

Feat. Alex Pester, L CON, Michael R. Oldham, KNOWER, Mottron, Jesse Chandler/Pneumatic Tubes, Modern Cosmology, Cabane, Luke Saxton, Farmer, Ice Cream Cathedral, I’mdifficult, and Mirna Bogdanović.


April 2023 (Ep. 35)

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Gray Days and Gold April 2023

Feat. The 3 Clubmen, Ryuichi Sakamoto, This Is the Kit, The Clientele, Giorgio Tuma, Alex Pester, Caroline Rose, Asher White, The Lilac Time, Chassol, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Angelo de Augustine, and Jolee Gordon.


March 2023 (Ep. 34)

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Gray Days and Gold March 2023

Feat. Joe Grass, De La Soul, Sweet Dreams Nadine, Ger Eaton, Genevieve Artadi, Fathom, Movie Jail, David Brewis, Bernice, Thom Gill, Oropendola, Danke Shane, DM Stith, Lucinda Chua, and Novelty Island.


February 2023 (Ep. 33)

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Gray Days and Gold February 2023

Feat. Virginia Astley, Ins Kino, Brendan Eder Ensemble, Dionne Warwick, Dina Ögon, Lou Tides, Inara George, Trevor Sloan, Laure Briard, Holly Henderson, Love Can’t Save You Padmé, Anona, Peaceful Faces, Halo Maud, Minihi, Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach, and Public Image Ltd.


Gray Days and Gold: Best of 2022


December 2022 (Ep. 32)

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Gray Days and Gold December 2022

Feat. Martin Newell, Plantar, Fun Boy Three, Cain Price, Bernice, Daniel Zaitchik, Bread Love and Dreams, Dylan Mondegreen, Royal Crescent Mob, Howls Road, Momus, Frail Jonny, River Westin, The Spanish Amanda, Terry Hall & Mushtaq, and Andy Partridge


November 2022 (Ep. 31)

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Gray Days and Gold November 2022

Feat. Jesca Hoop, Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection, Andrew Wasylyk, Nick Bisceglia, Prefab Sprout, Laure Briard, Josephine Foster, Doug Tielli, Maja Lena, Ernest Hood, Quincey May Brown, Angelo De Augustine, Shabason & Krgovich, Eyal Talmudi & Rejoicer, and Know Orchestra


October 2022 (Ep. 30)

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Gray Days and Gold October 2022

Feat. Rachael Dadd, Soy Un Caballo, Woodkid, Macie Stewart, Bibio, Beth Orton, Craig Fortnam, The Cleaners from Venus, Uwade, Anguilles, Aoife Nessa Frances, Chris Brain, and Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks


September 2022 (Ep. 29)

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Gray Days and Gold September 2022

Feat. Madison Cunningham, СОЮЗ / SOYUZ, Vic Bang, Macie Stewart, MF Tomlinson, The Carmelittles, Bailey Miller, Derek Thomson, レミ街 / Remigai, Rozi Plain, OHMA, Fievel Is Glauque, and Ellen Arkbro & Johan Graden


August 2022 (Ep. 28)

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Gray Days and Gold August 2022

Feat. Sam Walters, Telefís, Healing Potpourri, Peaceful Faces, Mille Milles, MoonBell, Thanya Iyer, Dungen, Noya Rao, Caetano Veloso, Ellen Tsai, Big Big Train, The Color Pink, and One More Morning


July 2022 (Ep. 27)

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Gray Days and Gold July 2022

Feat. Jeff Tobias, MF Tomlinson, Sun’s Signature, The Carmelittles, Baku Furukawa, David Ian Roberts, The Light Music Company (Martin Newell & Rachel Love), Luke Saxton, Cap’n Marble, JayWood, The Hardy Tree, and supergloom


June 2022 (Ep. 26)

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Gray Days and Gold June 2022

Feat. Son Parapluie, Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler, O’o, Owen Duff, Gordon Bennett, Pneumatic Tubes, Travesía, The Cleaners From Venus, Makaya McCraven, Jesse Tabish, Bala Desejo, Fresh Pepper, and M.E. Netzke


May 2022 (Ep. 25)

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Gray Days and Gold May 2022

Feat. Yama Warashi, Telefís, Bobby Halvorson, The Cleaners From Venus, Erdmöbel, Farmer, LINDE, The Monkees, Boris Maurussane, Niagara Moon, Carwyn Ellis, and Cathal Coughlan


Gray Days and Gold: Best of 2021


December 2021 (Ep. 24)

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Gray Days and Gold December 2021

Feat. Pablo O’Connell, Michael Nesmith, Testbild!, Landslide Purist, Wyndow, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sufjan Stevens & Angelo de Augustine, Craig Fortnam, Aimee Mann, Heirloome, Étienne Coppée, and Michael R. Oldham


November 2021 (Ep. 23)

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Gray Days and Gold November 2021

Feat. AstroMike Gordon, Furrows, Cap’n Marble, Admiral Fallow, Penelope Isles, Laura Reznek, Strawberry Guy, Astral Brain, C Duncan, Render Ghosts, Elbow, William Doyle, and Miho Hazama


October 2021 (Ep. 22)

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Gray Days and Gold October 2021

Feat. Kit Sebastian, Tonstartssbandht, The Clientele, Danke Shane, Emily Wells, The Robinson Crusoes, Alex Pester, Macie Stewart, Rachel Love, Berk Icli, Alex Rand, and Jimmy Kraft


Interview: Alex Pester’s Lover’s Leap


September 2021 (Ep. 21)

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Gray Days and Gold September 2021

Feat. Trevor Sloan, Sir Orfeo, Marta Del Grandi, Genevieve Dawson, Arthur Verocai, Hamish Hawk, Alex Pester, Nina Savary, The Cleaners from Venus, Evan Wright, Shannon Lay, A Girl Called Eddy, D. Rothon, and Afternoon Bike Ride


August 2021 (Ep. 20)

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Gray Days and Gold August 2021

Feat. Manny, Glowalker, Hélène Renaut, Sir Orfeo, Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp, Villagers, Alex Pester, Virginia Wing, Cain Price, The Magic Lantern, Cereus Bright, and Lucinda Chua


July 2021 (Ep. 19)

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Gray Days and Gold July 2021

Feat. Mega Bog, Michael League, Charlotte Jacobs, Brendan Eder Ensemble, Craig Fortnam, Dot Allison, William Susman, Ins Kino, Andrew Wasylyk, XINA, Novelty Island, MoonBell, Colin Moulding, Bryan Away, Trailer Trash Tracys, and Steely Dan


June 2021 (Ep. 18)

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Gray Days and Gold June 2021

Feat. Vanishing Twin, Louis Philippe, Elizabeth Owens, Jake Hardman, The Divine Comedy, The Carmelittles, Jerika Hayes, The Cleaners From Venus, Yani Martinelli, Sven Wunder, Orwell, and The Catenary Wires


May 2021 (Ep. 17)

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Gray Days and Gold May 2021

Feat. Small Plant, Lonny Micro, Momus, Louis-Jean Cormier, Will Stratton, King Crimson, Aaron Space & His Terrestrial Underlings, Cap’n Marble, The Pattern Forms, Mottron, Brian Dickinson, Justin Sullivan, Ruby Rushton, Blossom Dearie, and Stoylov


April 2021 (Ep. 16)

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Gray Days and Gold April 2021

Feat. Parler Bien, Olivier Rocabois, Pneumatic Tubes, Sun Collective, Milder PS, Sheep, Dog & Wolf, Joseph Shabason, Fredo Viola, Ryley Walker, Eleni Era, José Mauro, Wendy Martinez, and Prefab Sprout


March 2021 (Ep. 15)

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Gray Days and Gold March 2021

Feat. Landslide Purist, Chloë March, PANS, Dialect, Blumi, XTC, MF Tomlinson, Shmu, Bernice, Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard, Field Works, Joseph Mihalcean, and Martin Newell


February 2021 (Ep. 14)

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Gray Days and Gold February 2021

Feat. Ghostwriter, Forever Overhead, Inna Pivars & The Histriones, Stefani Bondari, Crowey, Those Damn Eyes, Zach Silva, William Susman, Nicholas Krgovich & Friends, Yasmin Williams, Stereolab, Life On Earth!, Hands of the Heron, Lost Horizons, and Steve Ashley


January 2021 (Ep. 13)

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Gray Days and Gold January 2021

Feat. Samuel Sharp, Adron, Tommy Champion, DM Stith, Midnight Sister, A.P. Simpson, Beautify Junkyards, Max Daniel, Frank Kimbrough, Austin Meadows Wilkerson, Emma Miller, Laïla Amezian, Spencer Cullum, and Yes The Raven


Gray Days and Gold: Best of 2020


December 2020 (Ep. 12)

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Gray Days and Gold December 2020

Feat. Animali, Louis Philippe & The Night Mail, Ana Silvera, Harold Budd, Laure Briard, String Boys, Farmer, Grand Parc, King Creosote, Shabason Krgovich & Harris, Chloë March, The Cleaners from Venus, Ryan Power, Selen Peacock, Dilo Roman, and The Magic Lantern


November 2020 (Ep. 11)

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Gray Days and Gold November 2020

Feat. Meer, Kevin Godley, Stephen Duffy & Nigel Kennedy, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Dungen, Loma, Brendan Eder Ensemble, The Clientele, It’s Immaterial, Patrick Watson, Camoufleur, Mottron, Claude Lombard, Molly Drake, and Shmu


October 2020 (Ep. 10)

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Gray Days and Gold October 2020

Feat. This Is the Kit, Bob Dorough, Burt Bacharach & Daniel Tashian, Tunng, The Apartments, Colorama, Fleet Foxes, Odessey & Oracle, Matt Berninger, My Hawaii, Woods of Birnam, Charlie Dore, The Weather Station, Sufjan Stevens, and Zola Mennenöh


Interview: The Carmelittles’ Henri Poilevey on Wreath


September 2020 (Ep. 9)

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Gray Days and Gold September 2020

Feat. Martin Newell, Paul Weller, Oracle Sisters, The Carmelittles, Lillian’s Gish, Skyler Skjelset, Deradoorian, Evan Myall, Andrew Wasylyk, Doctor Ew, Villagers, H.C. McEntire, Ralph Waldo, and Sun Collective


August 2020 (Ep. 8)

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Gray Days and Gold August 2020

Feat. Jacques Brel, The Clientele, Thanya Iyer, Astrud Gilberto with Stanley Turrentine, Kamaal Williams, Wye Oak, Broadcast, David Ian Roberts, Terry & The Lovemen (aka XTC), White Boy Scream, Stuart Moxham & Louis Philippe, Mr. Elevator, Atmosphere, Momus, Maria Schneider Orchestra, and Nelson Kempf


July 2020 (Ep. 7)

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Gray Days and Gold July 2020

Feat. Buscabulla, Alex Pester, Belle and Sebastian, Alex Rand, Moses Sumney, Bibio, Jehnny Beth, Jerry Paper, Michelle Blades, Julien Gasc, Tiny Tim, Logan Hone, Kavus Torabi, Aaron Space & His Terrestrial Underlings, Lucy Reed, Giorgio Tuma, Owen Pallett, and Stephen Duffy


June 2020 (Ep. 6)

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Gray Days and Gold June 2020

Feat. Algiers, Kamasi Washington, Timmy Thomas, Stevie Wonder, Kendrick Lamar, Michael Kiwanuka, Solange, Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment, Michael Hedges, Cassandra Wilson, A Tribe Called Quest, Jamila Woods, Brittany Howard, Curtis Mayfield, Cleo Sol, and Fishbone


May 2020 (Ep. 5)

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Gray Days and Gold May 2020

Feat. LAKE, Jon Brooks, The Lilac Time, Orwell, Alexander’s Festival Hall, Nap Eyes, Le SuperHomard, Marker Starling, The Cleaners from Venus, Brendan Eder Ensemble, Alex Rand, Jens Carelius, George Ogilvie, Jack Sharp, and Ben Osborn


Interview: Alex Pester’s Devotion


April 2020 (Ep. 4)

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Feat. Labi Siffre, Adrian Younge, Lavinia Blackwall, June Christy, Alex Pester, Jake Thackray, Louis Philippe and Danny Manners, Scott Hardware, Laura Marling, Marie-Pierre Arthur, Testbild!, Ivy, Roger O’Donnell, John Southworth, Ryan Riveros, and Thundercat


March 2020 (Ep. 3)

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Feat. LAKE, Léo Ferré, Mamomo, Rejoicer, Cabane, Mellotron Variations, Giles, Giles & Fripp, Hélène Renaut, Astral Brain, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ilous & Decuyper, Quincey May Brown, Alabaster Deplume, Mappe Of, and M.E. Netzke


February 2020 (Ep. 2)

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Gray Days and Gold February 2020

Feat. Iceblink, A Girl Called Eddy, CUP, Aoife Nessa Frances, Efterklang, The Innocence Mission, Jason McMahon, Wire, Vanishing Twin, Moons, David Ian Roberts, and Paul Andrews


January 2020 (Ep. 1)

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Feat. Matt Pond PA, The Lilac Time, Nina Simone, The Divine Comedy, Jessica Pratt, Bremer/McCoy, Bodywash, Martin Newell, Rose Elinor Dougall, Jeff Victor, Jacques Brel, Scott Walker, Roger Eno, The Album Leaf, and Leonard Cohen


Gray Days and Gold: An Introduction