Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 19:41 — 45.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreZar Electrik brought their boundary-pushing sound to WFHB for a special Lotus Live Session on September 26, 2025. With members hailing from France and Morocco, the trio fuses North African and Sub-Saharan traditions with electronic textures, creating an intercontinental groove that blurs the lines between trance, funk, …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 19:30 — 44.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreEstonian duo Puuluup joined WFHB for a special Lotus Live Session on September 26, 2025. With their playful, genre-defying approach, Puuluup reimagines the ancient Talharpa (a traditional bowed lyre) by blending it with modern loops, electronics, and quirky humor. The result is music that’s earthy, experimental, and …
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On Saturday, October 5th, 2024, we welcomed two of the most fascinating voices in modern Delta blues, Corey Harris and Cedric Watson who joined us for a Lotus Live Session. Check out their conversation with Adriane Pontecorvo and hear them perform live in the studio before their Lotus performance. WFHB Production Team: Host: Adriane Pontecorvo Producer: Abby Noroozi Session Engineers: …
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WFHB and the Lotus Education and Arts Foundation have always shared close ties with each other and the Bloomington community. Our first broadcast hit the airwaves in 1993; Lotus threw its first festival a year later, bringing culture bearers from around the world into various Bloomington venues, including the WFHB studios. Now, a small team of Lotus staff is chronicling …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 20:06 — 46.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOn September 30, 2023, Madalitso Band joined us at the station for a live performance and interview ahead of their Lotus Festival performance. Host: Adriane Pontecorvo Engineers: Alyssa Gray and Chama Henry Producer: Christine Brackenhoff Post-Production Engineer: Chama Henry
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 21:39 — 49.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOn September 30, 2023, Larry & Joe joined us at the station for a live performance and interview ahead of their Lotus Festival performance. Host: Adriane Pontecorvo Engineers: Alyssa Gray and Chama Henry Producer: Christine Brackenhoff Post-Production Engineer: Chama Henry
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 22:01 — 15.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOn September 29, 2023, Kavita Shah joined us at the station for a live performance and interview ahead of her Lotus Festival performance. Host: Adriane Pontecorvo Engineer: Jim Lang Producer: Christine Brackenhoff
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:43 — 63.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOn September 24th, 2022, Vân-Ánh Võ joined us at the station for a live performance and interview ahead of that evening’s Lotus Festival performance. We learned more about her various instruments and inspiration behind her compositions. Host: Christine Brackenhoff Co-producer: Adriane Pontecorvo Engineer: Kirsten Payton
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 20:14 — 46.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOn September 24th, 2022, Seffarine joined us at the station for a live performance and interview ahead of that evening’s Lotus Festival performance. We discussed the band’s formation and their various musical influences. Host: Christine Brackenhoff Co-producer: Adriane Pontecorvo Engineers: Kirsten Payton, Chama Henry, and Aidan Scott-Harmon
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 25:10 — 57.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOn Friday, September 24th (2021), Martha Redbone Roots Project joined us at the station for a live performance and interview ahead of that evening’s Lotus Festival performance. Host: Christine Brackenhoff Engineer: Jim Lang
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