Lebanese-born Paris-based trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf has opened the doors between all kinds of music, especially on his latest album, Capacity to Love. He and his band play in-studio. 

This week, hotly anticipated returns for British rapper Stormzy and songwriter Beth Orton; dystopian Afrofuturism by musician/scholar Jake Blount; and a new/old sound for Margo Price.

Cuban-born pianist Omar Sosa is a serial collaborator. He's just put together a new band, Quarteto Americanos, which features sax player Peter Apfelbaum. This duo plays in-studio.

From the 2022 New York Guitar Festival at The Greene Space, listen to cosmic inventions from guitarist and composer Vernon Reid together with Laraaji on zither and electronics. 

Butcher Brown’s big band jazz meets hip hop; Death Cab For Cutie’s dark night of the soul; and the sound of Mozart’s own piano. Plus, Native Alaskan songwriter Quinn Christopherson.

Lean Year is Virginia-based singer Emilie Rex and filmmaker/musician Rick Alverson, who make songs that are heavy on dreamlike melodies as they sl-ooow-ly unfold. They play in-studio. 

From Venezuela, Mafer Bandola, aka Maria Fernanda González, is one of the few women who plays bandola, a 4-stringed traditional instrument related to the mandolin. She plays remotely. 

This week, 8 centuries of covers: Sun Ra Arkestra covers Chopin; Norah Jones sings Leonard Cohen; Daisy Press reinvents Hildegard of Bingen. 

Guitarist Bill Frisell is sometimes classified as a jazz player, yet he's also adapted country, West African, folk and blues. He plays solo acoustic for the New York Guitar Festival.