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Kraak & Smaak
Hosted by Jeannie Hopper
Originally aired 1/16/12

Jeannie Hopper interviews and plays music with Mark Kneppers of Kraak & Smaak. Wim Plug, Oscar De Jong, and Kneppers are the group's core studio members. After originally bonding over a slavish devotion to vinyl and a love for classic funk records they created Boogie Angst, their debut album.

Their 2011 album Electric Hustle is heavily song based with new singer Lex Empress contributing songs to the album as well as the band’s MC Sebastian, rising UK bluesman John Turrell and Dutch songstress Janne Schra.

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