Bridges: Cross-Cultural Collaborations
On January 10, 2026, we presented some musicians working across traditions.
First hour playlist:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Tamsin Elliott & Tarek Elazhary | Taqasim Nahawand; Hope Is the Thing with Feathers | So Far We Have Come (s/p) |
| Wu Man | Love Song | Wu Man and Friends (Traditional Crossroads) |
| Kayhan Kalhor and Brooklyn Rider | Ascending Bird | Silent City (World Village) |
| New Set | ||
| Kayhan Kalhor and Erdal Erzincan | Improvisation | Kula Kulluk Yakişir (ECM) |
| Kronos Quartet, feat. Marjan Vahdat | Gisuanam dar Bad (My Tresses in the Wind) | Placeless / La Makan (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) |
| Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita | Dual Rising | Echo (Bendigadig) |
| New Set | ||
| Martin Simpson and Wu Man | One More Day | Music for the Motherless Child (Water Lily Acoustics) |
| R. Carlos Nakai & Udi Bar-David | Y’did Nefesh / Companion of My Soul | Voyagers (Canyon) |
| Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita | Cofiwch Dryweryn | Soar (Bendigadig) |
| Seckou Keita with the BBC Concert Orchestra | Tamala’s Caravan Trail | African Rhapsodies (Claves) |
Second hour playlist:
| Artist | Song Title | Album (Label) |
|---|---|---|
| Mamak Khadem | Little Gem | The Road (Innova) |
| Skruk & Mahsa Vahdat | Dar Ayeneh-ye Sherab (I Vinens Speil) | I Vinens Speil (Kirkelig Kultuverksted) |
| Mahsa Vahdat & Mighty Sam McClain | Xorshid-e Iran (Sun of Iran) | A Deeper Tone of Longing (Valley Entertainment) |
| New Set | ||
| Mamak Khadem | Those Eyes | The Road (Innova) |
| Bagad Penhars and Kolektif İstanbul | Karadinez | Bagad İstanbul (Coop Breizh) |
| Faun, feat. Fatma Turgut | Umay | Hex (Pagan Folk) |
| New Set | ||
| Eric Bibb & Habib Koité | Send Us Brighter Days | Brothers in Bamako (Story Plain) |
| Silkroad | Far Down Far | American Railroad (Nonesuch) |
| Ellika Solo Rafael | Nanibaly | Now (Country & Eastern) |
| Spell Songs | Red Is Your Art | Let the Light In (Quercus) |
| New Set | ||
| Martin Simpson, David Hidalgo, Viji Krishnan, Puvalur Srinivasan | He’ll Have to Go | Kambara Music in Native Tongues (Water Lily Acoustics) |
| Wu Man | I’m Going Back to North Carolina | Wu Man and Friends (Traditional Crossroads) |