New Sounds is hoping to find new major philanthropic funders and grants to keep New Sounds on the air past the current end date of May 31. 

Hear a conversation with Sona Jobarteh, the Gambian kora virtuoso, vocalist, educator, composer, and activist, recorded at Big Ears. Plus, hear samples of some of her music.

There’s music for big bands from Brazil’s Bixiga70, from Benin’s Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo, and Sweden's Langendorf United, as well as Iraqi-American Amir ElSaffar and his Rivers of Sound.

From New Sounds Live, hear the "Dream Trio" from Montreal of violinist Sarah Neufeld, multi-instrumentalist Richard Reed Parry and cellist Rebecca Foon, recorded at National Sawdust.

Hear works by kora master Ballaké Sissoko and cellist Vincent Segal, South African guitarist Derek Gripper, Tunisian oud player Anouar Brahem's quartet, and Australia's Ausecuma Beats.

Hear songs rooted in folk music, with art song or classical connections from Rhiannon Giddens and an adapted opera aria; the folk collective Spell Songs; and Irish band The Gloaming.

There’s an hour of contemporary Irish music including work by Dublin-based drone-folk quartet Lankum, Franco-Italian duo Varo, and Irish-American all-star group, The Gloaming.

Grammy-winning Pakistani-American vocalist Arooj Aftab describes the new collaborative trio record, Love In Exile, with pianist Vijay Iyer and multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily.

Hear every stop on NYC's F train in a work by Michael Gordon, sung by YPC; to a setting of “The Talk” from the opera 'The Grey Land'; and 'Lost Objects' from Bang on Can, in list songs.