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Nigerian musician, singer, songwriter, and activist Seun Kuti, is the youngest son of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, and leads the Egypt 80 band. Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 play in-studio.

Singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and author Valerie June draws on a wide spectrum of American roots music. She and her band activate their superpowers of joy, in-studio.

This week, Pulp and Tune-Yards return; and Larum riffs on the 12th Century German abbess and composer Hildegard of Bingen. Plus, Puerto Rican superstar Rauw Alejandro goes back to bomba.

The extraordinary quartet of Sissoko-Segal-Peirani-Parisien mixes chamber music, French chanson, West African folk, and jazz for kora, cello, accordion, and sax, in-studio.

Hear guitar in unconventional settings: a trio of guitarist Ben Monder, vocalist Sunny Kim, and pianist Vardan Ovsepian; a duo called Titanic, and lap-tapping guitarist Yasmin Williams.