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. 

L.A. singer Angélica Garcia draws on Latin pop and electronic music, and writes mostly in Spanish about spirituality and especially the feminine spirit. She plays at BAMcafé on March 19.

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.

Berlin-based producer and singer Jan Blomqvist makes song-oriented concert techno. His latest album, MUTE, riffs on silence with haunting melodies and pulsing beats. He plays in-studio.

Hear bells, either real, or a sonic approximation in music by Chicago-based Macie Stewart, These New Puritans, and instrumental works by Missy Mazzoli, Mary Lattimore, and Glenn Branca.

Oklahoma-based Cherokee singer and songwriter Ken Pomeroy combines rootsy guitar with raw storytelling - and coyotes. She plays songs from her 2025 album, "Cruel Joke", in-studio.

This week, new releases from Lil Nas X, Wilco guitarist Nels Cline, and English art-rockers These New Puritans. Also, Ben Frost and Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali.