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Music on TV this week: Brandi Carlile; encores aplenty

(L-R) Singers Tim Hanseroth, Brandi Carlile, and Phil Hanseroth perform onstage at Radio City Music Hall on January 26, 2018 in New York City.
(L-R) Singers Tim Hanseroth, Brandi Carlile, and Phil Hanseroth perform onstage at Radio City Music Hall on January 26, 2018 in New York City.Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images

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by Luke Taylor

May 29, 2018

Artists heard on The Current are frequently featured on TV programs, and we've gathered the listings in one convenient place for you. We'll also post videos of performances as the week progresses.

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This week's schedule

With most programs on hiatus for the Memorial Day holiday and the week following, most programs are in encore mode; look for rebroadcasts of performances by Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) and Childish Gambino (Saturday Night Live), among others. A highly notable exception to the week's reruns is a new episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Tuesday, featuring Brandi Carlile.

Here's the complete rundown. Check your local listings for broadcast times.*

Monday, May 28

MGMT, Jimmy Kimmel Live!; note: rerun from May 17 (ABC)

https://youtu.be/t6g4_ZiT694

They Might Be Giants, Conan; note: rerun from Feb. 28 (TBS)

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Tuesday, May 29

Brandi Carlile, The Ellen DeGeneres Show (network varies; check your local listings) | Brandi Carlile interview with Jim McGuinn, March 7, 2018

Car Seat Headrest, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon; note: rerun from May 9 (NBC) | Listen to Car Seat Headrest's Rock the Garden 2017 set

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Wednesday, May 30

Cardi B., The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon; note: rerun from April 9 (NBC) | Cardi B, hip-hop's missing female voice, by Jeffrey Bissoy-Mattis

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Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite, The Late Late Show with James Corden; note: rerun from March 26 (CBS) | upcoming show at the Palace Theatre, Aug. 1, 2018; video unavailable for this encore performance
Superorganism, Last Call with Carson Daly; note rerun from April 11 (NBC) | In studio at The Current, March 28, 2018

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Thursday, May 31

Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert; note: rerun from May 15 (CBS) | Music to Watch: funky soulful bands, great songwriters, May 21, 2018 (includes discussion of Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats)

I'm With Her, Last Call with Carson Daly; note: rerun from April 12 (NBC) | I'm With Her perform a MicroShow in St. Paul, April 30, 2018

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Friday, June 1


Ellen's Biggest Music Stars of Season 15: features Justin Timberlake, Demi Lovato, U2, Cardi B. and others, The Ellen DeGeneres Show (network varies; check your local listings)

Saturday, June 2

Donald Glover / Childish Gambino, Saturday Night Live; note: rerun from May 5 (NBC) | Donald Glover's 'This Is America' holds ugly truths to be self-evident, May 7, 2018

https://youtu.be/H3x-LVkYhlA

https://youtu.be/l2P2qbr-_Ps

The Pretenders, Austin City Limits; note: encore episode (PBS)

*Schedule subject to change.

Watch again: See last week's highlights.

Jimmy Kimmel Live - ABC
Conan - TBS
The Ellen DeGeneres Show - network varies; check your local listings
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - NBC
The Late Late Show with James Corden - CBS
Last Call with Carson Daly - NBC
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - CBS
Saturday Night Live - NBC
Austin City Limits - PBS

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