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Louisiana-based swinging party band Lost Bayou Ramblers mix Cajun sounds: fiddle, accordion, guitars, and electric sounds. They've also scored films. Lost Bayou Ramblers play in-studio. (episode)
This week, South African funk from BCUC, dragonchild’s Ethiopian-tinged pop, and news about Paul Simon’s newest music. Plus, Interpol, remixed, and modern string trio music. (article)
The Atlanta-born band Algiers mixes post-punk guitars, gospel vocal harmonies, hip hop sampling, and pointed social commentary in a way that is utterly exhilarating. They play in-studio. (episode)
London's Ezra Collective draws on Nigerian Afrobeat, London’s hip hop underground, and Jamaican soundsystem culture for their danceable brand of jazz. The quintet plays in-studio. (episode)
This week, returns for Natalie Merchant and Ivan Neville; and a return to the psychedelic 70s by Night Beats. Plus, Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara's latest, and a Jonny Greenwood duo. (article)
Harpist Brandee Younger isn't locked into a genre. Like her role model, Dorothy Ashby, she embraces all music: jazz, hip hop, blues, R & B, classical, and hymns. She plays in-studio. (episode)
Fenne Lily is an English guitarist and songwriter who explores her ever-changing view of love as a process, brightly framing doubt, closeness, and responsibility. She plays in-studio. (episode)
Cosmic jazz from harpist Brandee Younger, Afro-Venezuelan dance music from Gotopo, and soundscapes from cellist Issei Herr. Plus, duo music by Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabate. (article)
Brooklyn-based trombonist, composer, and bandleader Kalia Vandever plays music for solo trombone and electronics, inspired by Hawaiian mythology, dreamscapes, and ancestry, in-studio. (episode)
French-Canadian pianist Alexandra Stréliski creates minimalist and cinematic music which conjures longing and hope, dream and imagination. She plays new melancholic melodies, in-studio. (episode)