This week on arts24 we welcome on set Italian electro pop artist Gaia Banfi, whose new album "La Maccaia" takes us to the Gulf of Genoa. We also have a chat with psych rock Breton band Komodor and check out Arlo Parks' long-awaited third album "Ambiguous Desire".

From teenage pub gigs in London to a number one album at age 66 with Rod Stewart, Jools Holland has spent more than five decades at the heart of music. He's best known as the bandleader of his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, co-founder of rock group Squeeze and host of Britain's longest-running live music show, "Later... with Jools Holland", where guests have included Taylor Swift and Paul McCartney.

Musicians from the world of jazz have been speaking out about the sexism and sexual violence that has long cast a shadow over their corner of the music industry. FRANCE 24’s reporters went to meet the women who are now working to change that culture and are demanding justice and accountability.

The only person who managed to coax Daniel Day-Lewis out of his eight-year retirement was a certain Ronan Day-Lewis, whose début feature "Anemone" stars his father. Film critic Emma Jones tells us why a mesmerising Day-Lewis senior steals the show with the intensity of his performance.

The manga megahit "One Piece" was a global hit when the first season of its small screen adaptation was released on Netflix in 2023; TV critic Dheepthika Laurent tells us why the second season is set for similar success. We also discuss Steve Carrell's comic turn in "Rooster", a new HBO comedy set on a college campus from the makers of "Ted Lasso".

In this edition of our arts24 music show, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with Mariana Da Cruz from the band Da Cruz and rising star Morenike. Da Cruz make contemporary world music with a message, often about the political and social situation in Brazil. Their latest album "Son Sistema" is an exploration of Mariana's African and Brazilian roots through sound, and also looks at the future of Black club music. The genres range from South African amapiano to Brazilian baile funk and Caribbean shatta.

Her photographs of celebrated personalities, from Toni Morrison to Tupac Shakur, have become iconic images. Dana Lixenberg tells us about three decades of providing her unique perspective on the United States and the evolution of a society she first started documenting in the 1990s. As her major, monographic exhibition "American Images" opens at the Maison Européenne de la Photo in Paris, the Dutch photographer tells us about being surprised by the enduring success of her beautiful black-and-white image of Tupac, how a small community in South Central LA crystallised her love of image-making and why artifice in photography is all right in very small doses.

You’ll hear its unmistakable sound in tiny islands of the South Pacific, bustling capitals in West Africa and chilly ports in the northeast of the Americas. The French language is spoken by more than 390 million people all over the world, and that linguistic community is celebrated by the International Organisation of Francophonie. French content is also increasingly popular on social media, with lifestyle, culture and education influencers sharing linguistic tips online.

French director Xavier Giannoli's latest film sees Jean Dujardin embody the moral slide from pacifism to collaboration, as the Academy Award-winning actor helms the historical drama "Les Rayons et les Ombres". Film critic Manon Kerjean tells us why the complexity of its characters gives the film a powerful sense of nuance and why – at over three hours long – it's still a compelling watch.

Dancer, choreographer and singer Ralph Beaubrun has built a global following with his joyful dance classes and infectious energy online. Now the Franco-Haitian artist is stepping further into music with his new EP "ID.2", blending Afro-Caribbean rhythms, shatta and pop while singing in Creole, French and English.