Dogo du Togo & The Alagaa Beat Band is musical collective who blends psychedelic rock and afrobeat into a sound that bandleader Dogo calls the "Alagaa Beat." They play Barbès on Oct. 23.

Hear music by The Kasambwe Brothers from Malawi, The Owiny Sigoma Band from Kenya, and Rwanda-based band, The Good Ones. Plus, music from Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, and Congo.  

Polaris Prize-winning Montreal art-pop composer Patrick Watson lost his voice and was in doubt that he would sing again. He performs songs from 'Uh Oh' with La Force, in-studio.

Hear contemporary works that grow out of J.S. Bach. by cellist Clarice Jensen; from violinist and composer Pauline Kim Harris; and work by the late British composer Steve Martland.

American indie rock band The Antlers began almost 20 years ago as a solo project from singer and songwriter Peter Silberman. While the previous album, Green To Gold, was a pastoral, a...

Electric violinist L. Shankar plays everything from Indian classical to Western instrumental pop and worked with Frank Zappa and Peter Gabriel. He plays, solo, in-studio.

GRAMMY-winning musical omnivore Sullivan Fortner merges New Orleans spice with invention for an alchemical jazz that is wise, feisty, mischievous, and dynamic. He plays in-studio.

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram has been steeped in the Blues since he was eight years old, when he visited the Delta Blues Museum as a student in Clarksdale, Mississippi (Jackson Advocat...

Veteran pianist and composer Fred Hersch celebrates his 70th birthday with a residency at Village Vanguard, in a trio with bassist Drew Gress and drummer Marcus Gilmore, Oct. 21-26.