Brooklyn native Bette Smith reconnects with her Memphis and Mississippi roots, marrying gospel fervor with soul moxie. She plays new songs from her latest, "Goodthing", in-studio.

Instrumental trio LA LOM (The Los Angeles League of Musicians) blends the sounds of twangy surf guitar, romantic boleros, Peruvian Chicha, and 60’s soul ballads. They play in-studio.

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 new music in-studio.

The California-raised, Ireland-based songwriter Cinder Well weaves together traditional folk, ambient drone, and doom metal's space in one dark and trancey tapestry. She plays in-studio.

Colombian-American artist STEFA*, the genreless vocalist, composer, and multimedia performer combines punk, experimental rage-pop and classical maximalism. They play in-studio.

Icelandic-based American musician John Grant’s songs range from bangers to ballads, injected with sharp streaks of mordant wit. The storytelling baritone plays unplugged, in-studio.

Recorded live in June of 2024 at Kaufman Music Center, hear the duo of Marc Ribot, the New York guitarist, and Leyla McCalla, the New Orleans cellist and banjo player.

London-based Akusmi blends the churning rhythms of minimalism with the sounds of jazz and, occasionally, the gamelan music of Indonesia. He and his trio play in-studio.

Straight out of Havana, Cuba, Orquesta Akokán plays deeply soulful mambo reminiscent of banda gigante of the 1940’s and 50’s. They play new songs from "Caracoles", in-studio.