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French-Moroccan band Bab L' Bluz makes ancient-to-future music, serving hot psychedelic blues spiked with the Gnawa trance rhythms of northern Africa's Maghreb. They play in-studio. (episode)
New Zealand singer-songwriter Marlon Williams' latest, Te Whare Tīwekaweka, is his first te reo Māori album - written and sung entirely in his ancestral tongue. He plays solo, in-studio. (episode)
UK duo Immersion (Colin Newman & Malka Spigel) in collaboration with New York-based ambient country band SUSS blend rhythm, synths, and atmospherics for motoric soundscapes, in-studio. (episode)
Cellist and composer Peter Gregson's latest, a self-titled affair, is a collection of contemporary songs without words for cello and modular synthesizer. He plays some of them in-studio. (episode)
The late Ustad Zakir Hussain, who was the world's preeminent tabla player, and santoor player Pandit Rahul Sharma, the son of santoor master Pandit Shivkumar Sharma play in-studio. (episode)
Nigerian musician, singer, songwriter, and activist Seun Kuti, is the youngest son of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, and leads the Egypt 80 band. Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 play in-studio. (episode)
Singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and author Valerie June draws on a wide spectrum of American roots music. She and her band activate their superpowers of joy, in-studio. (episode)
New York-based early music group Ruckus plays with rock band energy, the groove and jangle of American roots music, and the improvisatory flair of a jazz combo. They play in-studio. (episode)