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Gogol Bordello are punks who maintain community while bringing catharsis. Kyiv-born ringleader, Eugene Hütz, is a tireless advocate for Ukrainian solidarity. The band plays in-studio. (episode)
New Zealand pop star Kimbra plays within the confines of pop music, bending and skewing and tone painting, according to her needs. She plays new songs from 'A Reckoning', in-studio. (episode)
Meridian Brothers, founded by musician Eblis Álvarez, fuses a love of classic salsa with cumbia, vallenato, spacey psychedelia, and wacky samples for a playful dance party, in-studio. (episode)
The duo of Rachael & Vilray draws on, and in their own sly way, extends the Great American Songbook tradition, guitar-jazz style. They play their new, old-sounding songs in-studio. (episode)
Charleston-based Ranky Tanky combines original rhythms of Gullah (the Sea Island people of the coastal southeastern states) and ring shouts, with soul, jazz, and praise, in-studio. (episode)
Sax player, bandleader, and producer Marcus Strickland's group Twi-Life inhabits an Afro-futuristic space at the crossroads of Hip Hop, Soul, and Jazz. The band plays in-studio. (episode)
Los Angeles-based band Dengue Fever blends 60's Cambodian pop and psychedelic rock with danceable grooves and ghostly noir romanticism, all sung in the Khmer tongue. They play remotely. (episode)
Tenor sax superstar Joshua Redman and string quartet Brooklyn Rider, along with all-star rhythm section of Scott Colley and Satoshi Takeishi perform "chamber jazz" in-studio. (Archives) (episode)
Listen to live in-studio performances from Turkish-German singer and composer Alev Lenz with pianist Vana Gierig. (episode)