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Melbourne-based singer/songwriter Grace Cummings channels grief, self-destruction, and emotional violence into powerful tunes with lavish arrangements. She plays in-studio. (episode)
Composer and cornetist Graham Haynes, along with multi-instrumentalist Lucie Vitkova, do some improvisations involving cornet, electronics, accordion, synthesizer and more, in-studio. (episode)
The Jazz Passengers emerged from the so-called “third-stream” jazz of the 1980s, mixing rock and world music in the stew. The band, now a mix of newcomers and veterans, plays in-studio. (episode)
British-based German-Irish-Canadian singer-songwriter Alice Merton, who likes digging holes and hiding things inside them, performs in-studio. (episode)
Indian-Canadian artist Kiran Ahluwalia embraces traditional South Asian forms, West African Blues, Rock, and Jazz. She and her band play songs from 2024's "Comfort Food", in-studio. (episode)
London's Shabaka (Sons of Kemet, The Comet Is Coming) is a vital jazz heavyweight. Recently, he retired the saxophone and began an immersive flute journey. Shabaka plays in-studio. (episode)
Vocalist and "jazz singer for the hip-hop generation" José James brings his latest message-music with soul from his '1978', playing new songs in-studio. (episode)
Indie rock-chamber pop band San Fermin's latest, 'Arms', is an immersive exercise in empathy and pushback after things fall apart. The band plays some of these songs, in-studio. (episode)
Cameroonian composer Blick Bassy creates songscapes with delicate guitar, synth riffs, and brass arrangements. Hear "Africanity at the crossroads of soul, folk, and electro". (episode)