The Sessions at Midori House

The Sessions at Midori House

Our standalone home of live music presented in a strong 15-minute shot. Recorded in Monocle 24’s studios, the sessions feature established and emerging acts live and in conversation.

Episodes

Sessions moves house

April 7, 2018 • 1 min
‘Sessions at Midori House’ has moved. To continue listening to brilliant live performances recorded in our London studios, subscribe to ‘The Monocle Culture Show’ and watch them drop onto your devices every Thursday.
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Mélissa Laveaux

March 24, 2018 • 15 mins
Canadian musician Mélissa Laveaux explores her Haitian roots in her new album ‘Radyo Siwèl’ – a collection of covers of old folk songs from her ancestral home. She plays from it in this week’s session.
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Sumie

March 17, 2018 • 15 mins
The Japanese-Swedish singer plays from her beautiful new album ‘Lost in Light’.
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R.LUM.R

March 10, 2018 • 15 mins
Florida-born Nashville-based R’n’B singer R.LUM.R plays tracks from his EP ‘Afterimage’, which he has rearranged and re-released as ‘Alterimage’.
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Khruangbin

March 3, 2018 • 15 mins
Listen to some Thai funk via Texas as we revisit our 2015 session with Khruangbin.
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From the archives: Rae Morris

February 24, 2018 • 15 mins
As British singer Rae Morris releases her debut album, ‘Someone Out There’, we revisit the live performance she did for us last October.
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Sam Frankl

February 17, 2018 • 15 mins
British musician Sam Frankl plays us some of his Latin American-inspired pop music.
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Charles Watson

February 10, 2018 • 15 mins
Best known as one half of indie duo Slow Club, Watson drops by to play us some songs from his upcoming debut solo album ‘Now That I’m a River’.
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Cub Sport

February 3, 2018 • 15 mins
Tim Nelson and Sam Netterfield from Brisbane four-piece Cub Sport hit the studio to play some tunes and talk to us about their latest album ‘Bats’, which reflects on two of them coming out as gay and announcing their engagement.
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Cults

January 27, 2018 • 15 mins
New York indie-pop duo Cults perform and tell us what they were up to in the four years between their sophomore album ‘Static’ and their latest, ‘Offering’.
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Yazmin Lacey

January 20, 2018 • 15 mins
Yazmin Lacey is a British jazz singer who has been hotly tipped by the likes of Gilles Peterson. Listen to her live session of songs from her debut EP ‘Black Moon’.
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Soccer Mommy

January 13, 2018 • 15 mins
The 20-year-old Nashville musician Sophie Allison, AKA Soccer Mommy, drops by with her guitar to play us a few tracks from upcoming debut album ‘Clean’.
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The Monocle Mixtape: 2017 stars

January 6, 2018 • 15 mins
We revisit some of the biggest names to have graced the Midori House studios in 2017, including Soft Cell singer Marc Almond, Grammy award-winner Jason Isbell, folk-rock singer Martha Wainwright and Mexican superstars Jesse y Joy.
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The Monocle Mixtape: 2017 favourites

December 30, 2017 • 15 mins
We recap some of our favourite live performances from 2017, by the likes of Noga Erez, Jordan Raeki and Blue Hawaii.
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The Monocle Mixtape: the indie-pop edition

December 23, 2017 • 15 mins
"We relive some of our favourite moments from ‘Sessions at Midori House’ this year, from the likes of Portugal The Man, Hippocampus, Saint Motel and Tennis. "
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Monocle mixtape: Christmas

December 16, 2017 • 15 mins
We revisit some of our favourite festive performances at Midori House over the past few years. Featuring tracks by Hanson, Eves The Behavior and We Have Band.
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Bruno Major

December 9, 2017 • 15 mins
British singer-songwriter Bruno Major has just released an album called ‘A Song For Every Moon’ – a collection of songs that he put out month by month over a year. He plays us a few tracks from it and talks about the restrictions of having a monthly deadline.
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Nick Heyward

December 2, 2017 • 15 mins
The former frontman of 1980s pop group Haircut 100, Nick Heyward, has a new solo album. He plays a few tracks from ‘Woodland Echoes’.
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Blue Hawaii

November 25, 2017 • 19 mins
Canadian electro duo Blue Hawaii play from their sophomore album ‘Tenderness’ and tell us how relationships have influenced the music they write and their own writing dynamic.
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The Barr Brothers

November 18, 2017 • 15 mins
Andrew Mueller sits down with Brad Barr from The Barr Brothers to discuss the themes behind new album ‘Queens of the Breakers’: nostalgia, youth and lawnmower racing.
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