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.

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, new releases from Momma, Marlon Williams, and Wet Leg. Also Sonny Singh & Qais Essar, S.G. Goodman, and Navajo singer/songwriter Hataałii.

New York-based early music group Ruckus plays with rock band energy, the groove and jangle of American roots music, and the improvisatory flair of a jazz combo. They play in-studio.

Sister duo CocoRosie collects musical detritus from other times, which they fashion into their own baroque, theatricalized pop. They play music from "Little Death Wishes", in-studio.

This week, Allison Russell’s duet with Annie Lennox, CocoRosie’s return, and Sam Akpro’s good first impression. Plus, Irish singer/songwriter CMAT announces her new album.

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.

Harpist Ashley Jackson fuses music and storytelling in "Take Me To The Water" which celebrates the transportive nature of water, and of the rivers that unite us. She plays in-studio.