May 23, 2024 – Kaia Kater + Thanya Iyer

Kaia Kater’s new album, Strange Medicine (coming May 2024 on Free Dirt Records), opens with a haunting vision. Accompanied by Aoife O’Donovan, Kater sings of the women burned at the stake as witches in 17th century Salem, Massachusetts …

February 14, 2024 – Ethnic Heritage Ensemble + Elena Stoodley + Svens Telemaque

The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble was formed in 1974 shortly after Sir Kahil El Zabar graduated from Lake Forest College, with the goal, “To combine concepts of African American music with its earlier roots in traditional African music, to produce new motifs and sounds true to their origins yet firmly pointed in a new artistic direction of enlightenment and deep listening”.

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September 12, 2023 – أحمد [Ahmed] and Sam Shalabi

أحمد [Ahmed] (UK/France/Sweden) is Pat Thomas (piano), Antonin Gerbal (drums), Joel Grip (double bass), and Seymour Wright (alto saxophone). The group reworks the music of the late musician Ahmed Abdul-Malik …

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