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Melbourne-based singer/songwriter Grace Cummings channels grief, self-destruction, and emotional violence into powerful tunes with lavish arrangements. She plays in-studio. (episode)
Composer and cornetist Graham Haynes, along with multi-instrumentalist Lucie Vitkova, do some improvisations involving cornet, electronics, accordion, synthesizer and more, in-studio. (episode)
Hear a new song from Common and Pete Rock; trippy News Of The Universe from La Luz; and Native powwow singing meets electronic rock. Plus, the Chicago art-rock duo Finom; and mui zyu. (article)
The Jazz Passengers emerged from the so-called “third-stream” jazz of the 1980s, mixing rock and world music in the stew. The band, now a mix of newcomers and veterans, plays in-studio. (episode)
This week, Billie Eilish gets quiet, of Montreal gets funky, and Kaia Kater gets nostalgic. Plus, emerging punk rap artist Wu-Lu; saxophone innovator Colin Stetson; and more. (article)
British-based German-Irish-Canadian singer-songwriter Alice Merton, who likes digging holes and hiding things inside them, performs in-studio. (episode)
Indian-Canadian artist Kiran Ahluwalia embraces traditional South Asian forms, West African Blues, Rock, and Jazz. She and her band play songs from 2024's "Comfort Food", in-studio. (episode)
This week, a historic Broadway cast record, a reimagined gospel favorite by Davóne Tines, and “Proxy Music.” Plus, Colombian band Meridian Brothers and outsider country by Orville Peck. (article)
London's Shabaka (Sons of Kemet, The Comet Is Coming) is a vital jazz heavyweight. Recently, he retired the saxophone and began an immersive flute journey. Shabaka plays in-studio. (episode)
Vocalist and "jazz singer for the hip-hop generation" José James brings his latest message-music with soul from his '1978', playing new songs in-studio. (episode)