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Brooklyn via San Juan band Balún identifies as "transnational." Hear DIY tropical electronica "DreamBow," something like reggaeton Jamaican dancehall roots meet shoegaze pop, in-studio. (episode)
From Congo, the band Jupiter & Okwess make percussion-driven funky guitar-buoyed crackling dance music. They’ll unleash some of their latest tunes from the record, Kin Sonic, in-studio. (episode)
Junun is the India-based Israeli composer Shye Ben Tzur, a group of Indian musicians called The Rajasthan Express, and Radiohead’s guitarist Jonny Greenwood. They'll play in-studio. (episode)
Portland, Oregon-based virtuoso Marisa Anderson stretches the boundaries of guitar traditions - country, folk, blues - from spacious laments to transcendent minimalism, in the studio. (episode)
From Havana, Cuba, Orquesta Akokán harnesses the fire and soul of dance orchestras of the 1940’s and 1950’s. They'll join us to play some of these Mambo originals in-studio. (episode)
Hear the cumbia and chicha-inspired power trio, Sávila, from a performance recorded in The Greene Space in June 2018, part of the New York Guitar Festival. (episode)
The Bogotá-based band is 2015's Latin Grammy winner for best new artist, and they keep improving. They combine Afro-Colombian styles with guitar-driven swing, pop, and a lot of fun. (episode)
Singer-songwriter and producer Ebony Bones is a powerhouse, boundary-defying performer, whose latest music addresses the silencing of women's voices. She performs live in-studio. (episode)
The band La Luz recently moved to L.A. from Seattle and their surf-noir refracts that weird golden paradise. They'll play songs from their latest record, "Floating Features" in-studio. (episode)