For our final program, best-selling pioneers of Western mantra singing, Deva Premal and Miten join us from their rural recording studio to preview a live album.

Discover hypnotic rhythms, trance dancing, and Sufi ritual with the Fez Hamadacha, one Morocco's important Sufi Brotherhoods.

Almost 12 months after his death, and on the date of his birthday, we reveal David Bowie’s eclectic spiritual life and its role in his music - from a lifelong interest in Buddhism to his fascination with Magick, Christianity and the Kabbalah.

We head into the heartland of Americana music, the Appalachian mountains in Virginia, where old-time religion, flatfoot dancing, and old-timey mountain music come together in a cool young duo called the Whitetop Mountaineers.

The gamelan, an ensemble of tuned percussion and gongs found in Java and Bali, has enchanted listeners and inspired composers from Debussy and Britten to Steve Reich and Philip Glass. For Balinese Hindus, the music of the gamelan is a gift from the gods and performances are an offering of thanks.

From backing singer for 80s pop bands to touring the world with her own gospel ensemble. Meet Carol Pemberton, founder of one of the UK’s leading female vocal groups, Black Voices.

Singer-songwriter Shameem Taheri-Lee joins us for a live session of soulful grooves and jazz with teachings of the Baha’i faith.

Edo Kahn, from conscious music duo Edo & Jo, reveals how his life was turned upside-down by the death of his wife and musical partner Jo Mall Kahn (VAANI) from cancer in 2015.

The death of Leonard Cohen at the age of 82 has shocked and saddened millions around the world. In 2013, celebrated music journalist Sylvie Simmons, author of I’m Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen, shed some light on the Canadian poet, novelist, singer-songwriter, and rock star mystic.

She’s the artist simply known as Nell, but there’s nothing simple about her fusion of religious iconography with a rock ‘n’ roll aesthetic, where Buddhist ritual meets the music and imagery of rock legends AC/DC.