This week, echoes of summer from Alt-J and Ben LaMar Gay feat. Ohmme; a video game soundtrack from Japanese Breakfast; and South African electronic music producers Native Soul. 

Hayden Pedigo’s acoustic guitar playing blends the "American Primitive" style, English pastoralism, and ambient music, evoking the open spaces of the Texas panhandle. He plays remotely.

Singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash curates a program exploring the importance of music as part of our shared cultural history. (Originally from Live With Carnegie Hall from June 2020.)

The Buena Vista Social Club keeps on giving; orchestral blues-rock from Larkin Poe; and music for autumn in New York by Makaya McCraven. Plus, brass band hijinks from Fanfare Ciocarlia.

The Norwegian multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Farao, aka Kari Jahnsen performs music from her 2015 debut record, 'Till It's All Forgotten,' in-studio. (Archives.)

With playful melodies you won't forget, the Oklahoma band Broncho plays songs from its 2014 album, 'Just Enough Hip To Be Woman,' in-studio. (From the Archives, 2015.)

ABBA is just as ABBA as ever; Afro-Cuban futurism from ÌFÉ; and Curtis Harding’s vintage soul. Plus, Brooklyn singer and rapper Spencer., and a tongue-in-cheeky love song by Sean Rowe.

Singer and guitarist Amythyst Kiah loves both roots and alternative music; and her songs often clothe dark subjects in bluesy stomps and ecstatic rock. She and her band play remotely. 

Golden Suits, aka Brooklyn multi-instrumentalist Fred Nicolaus, let the joy in by serving up dreamy ballads, upbeat dancey numbers, and angry ragers in the Soundcheck Studio.