Featuring new music from Anoushka Shankar, a tribute to the music of Niger featuring a brand new song by Bombino, the great Japanese guitarist Ryo Kawasaki + more!

Featuring a Best of 2023 edition of the show feat. music from Brazilian artist Tagua Tagua, Dutch ensemble Zuco 103, the Ivory Coast's Peter One + more!

Featuring music from Norwegian singer Susanna, a new collection of the music of the late Mexican percussionist Tito Contreras, a tribute to the recently-passed Irish singer Sinead O'Connor + more!

Featuring music from South Africa's Wren Hinds, Italian Funk band Calibro 35, a tribute to the late Jane Birkin + more!

Featuring music from the newly-released collaboration from the late Nigerian drummer Tony Allen w/ Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge, the new release from African Head Charge, Israeli musician Dudu Tassa & Radiohead's Johnny Greenwood + more!

Featuring music from the new collaboration between Pedro Ricardo & Damian Botigue, South Korea's Say Sue Me, a new live recording from Khruangbin at Radio City Music Hall + more!

Featuring music from Iran's Kayhan Kalhor & Mali's Toumani Diabate, a new live compilation of Paco de Lucia's past performances at Montreux, the Indonesian-influenced Amsterdam sextet Nusantara Beat + more!

Featuring music from Brazilian percussionist Cyro Baptista, the legendary trio Shakti feat. Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Hussain & John McLaughlin, Cuba's Omara Portuondo + more!

Featuring music from the Tuareg band, Tinariwen, Toronto's Pantayo, a tribute to the late Astrud Gilberto & more!

An encore presentation of our 1/1/23 episode featuring a look back at the second half of 2022 in international releases including music by Syria's Maya Youssef, Icelandic icon Bjork, Brazil's Charlotte Dos Santos & more!