Music

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 17:37 — 24.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWFHB’s Nicki Seven recently sat down via Zoom with Grammy Award–winning percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi ahead of his upcoming performance at IU Auditorium on Thursday, March 12. Turrisi will be performing as part of Silkroad’s program Sanctuary: The Power of Resonance and Ritual, featuring Grammy-winning singer …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 20:00 — 27.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | More Tabla virtuoso Sandeep Das has been a member of the Silkroad Ensemble since its founding in 2000. Ahead of Silkroad’s performance at the IU Auditorium on March 12, 2026, he spoke with WFHB programmer Adriane Pontecorvo about his background as an artist, the collaborative dynamics of …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 20:00 — 27.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBorn in Iran and based in Canada since 1996, santur player Amir Amiri has an extensive background in Persian classical music and decades of experience in many other styles. He spoke with WFHB programmer Adriane Pontecorvo about his instrument, his musicking philosophies, and upcoming album Metamorphose, an …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 20:00 — 27.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreSinger Parisa Karimi Molan grew up in Iran and now lives in Canada, where she will soon be releasing her debut album Unveiled with the group Tehrani Drom. She spoke with WFHB programmer Adriane Pontecorvo about her journey, her lifelong singing practice and education, and realizing her dream of …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 15:35 — 19.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWFHB’s Music Director Abby Noroozi recently had the pleasure of sitting down via Zoom with Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy—the long-running project of songwriter Will Oldham—for a thoughtful conversation about the new album We Are Together Again. Recorded ahead of the album’s release, the interview explores the spirit of …

1. Ratboys – Singin’ to an Empty Chair 2. Lucinda Williams – World’s Gone Wrong 3. Tinsley Ellis – Labor Of Love 4. Boy Golden – Best of Our Possible Lives 5. Iron & Wine – Hen’s Teeth 6. Debutants – Fiddle & A Rose 7. La Luz – Extra! Extra! 8. Mon Rovîa – BLOODLINE 9. Mississippi Heat – …

1. Lucinda Williams – World’s Gone Wrong 2. Ratboys – Singin’ to an Empty Chair 3. Ian Dogole – Last Trane to Africa 4. Boy Golden – Best of Our Possible Lives 5. Katzin – Buckaroo 6. Cardinals – Masquerade 7. Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore – Tragic Magic * 8. Tinsley Ellis – Labor Of Love 9. Cris Derksen …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:36 — 70.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOn February 9, we had a great night in the studio with The Spatulas. Their new single “Flowers” dropped the same week as the session, and they gave us a strong preview of what’s ahead as they gear up for the release of their album A Blue …

1. Imarhan – Essam 2. Courtney Marie Andrews – Valentine 3. Aoife Ní Bhriain and Cormac McCarthy – Cosán Casta 4. Delaney Bailey – Concave 5. Ian Dogole – Last Trane to Africa 6. Lucinda Williams – World’s Gone Wrong 7. The Sha La Das – Your Picture 8. Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore – Tragic Magic 9. Tinsley Ellis …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:31 — 38.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreWFHB welcomes David Brown to Saturday’s Child on Saturday, February 14, from 11am to noon. Join us as we experience the meaningfully meandering melodies of this talented writer and multi-instrumentalist, also known for his work with Technicolor Band, who writes small songs about love, death, little insects, …