Big Thief: Tucker Zimmerman Special 30th April 2025

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COOKING W/ PALMS TRAX

Producer and DJ Jay Donaldson, also known as Palms Trax, brings his selections to NTS' Channel 1 for a two-hour session every other month.

If you ever need some creative inspiration, take a look at some videos of Timbaland in the studio in his prime, around the early to mid-2000s. You'll see Timbo smiling knowingly as he plays new material to some of the biggest rap & R&B stars of all time, all of whom appear to display a similar range of emotions – confusion, astonishment, befuddled laughter. This is testament to the Virginia producer's utterly genre shifting approach to the rhythm and texture of beat-making. No one sounded like him before, and the many who have imitated rarely reach his level. This In Focus is selected by Antonine Scali.

Folk

Lauded US folk rockers Big Thief select an hour of music from singer-songwriter Tucker Zimmerman. Making music since the 1960s, Big Thief coaxed Zimmerman from reclusion to record 2024’s Dance of Love.

“What inspires me most about Tucker as a craftsperson is that even in his eighties he’s still writing more songs than I write. He’s one of the most prolific creators I’ve ever met” - Adrienne Lenker

Tracklist

0:00:10
Tucker ZimmermanTucker Zimmerman
Oregon (A Song For Derroll Adams)
0:06:20
Tucker ZimmermanTucker Zimmerman
Levi Strauss Waltz
0:09:30
Tucker ZimmermanTucker Zimmerman
Taoist Tale

Tucker Zimmerman, Tucker Zimmerman, Big Thief, Big Thief, Iji, Iji, TwainTwain
The Idiot's Maze
Tucker ZimmermanTucker Zimmerman
October Mornings
Tucker ZimmermanTucker Zimmerman
No Love Lost
Tucker ZimmermanTucker Zimmerman
Talking To The Night
Tucker Zimmerman, Tucker Zimmerman, Big ThiefBig Thief
Nobody Knows
Tucker ZimmermanTucker Zimmerman
The Fourth Day of July
Tucker ZimmermanTucker Zimmerman
Watching Heroes Come And Go
Tucker ZimmermanTucker Zimmerman
Amusement Park
Tucker ZimmermanTucker Zimmerman
And The World Keeps Turning
Tucker Zimmerman, Tucker Zimmerman, Big Thief, Big Thief, Iji, Iji, TwainTwain
The Season
Tucker Zimmerman, Tucker Zimmerman, Iji (Live From The Lexington)Iji (Live From The Lexington)
A Poem