Today's Top Tune

Get ready to groove with Canadian fusionists Eccodek, who blend a fiery mix of dub, funk, jazz, and electronics. Recalling Cameroonian luminary Manu Dibango, “I Wanna Talk To You” taps into an international lineage of collaborators that stretches from Nigeria to the Balkans.

Kate Bollinger got a big push when Kanye West sampled her song “Candy” on his album “Donda.” Bollinger writes her songs at home in Richmond, Va. in a pensive state that lets whatever is brewing underneath her conscious mind rise to the surface. Inspired by tracks from the ‘60s and ‘70s “Look at it in the Light” is the title track off her new album. Delve further into her process and inspiration with Bollinger’s episode of Three Song Story on FREAKS ONLY .

Naming themselves after their idols, Staples Jr. Singers were a family band back in 1971, performing in school talent shows and churches and selling hand-pressed vinyl records on their front lawn. They recorded one album, “When Do We Get Paid,” in 1975, with only a handful of albums surviving the last 40 odd years. Standout cut “I Know You’re Going To Miss Me” still feels fresh today.

Sunny Ozuna became a star straight out of high school back in the ‘50s, and has been a shining light in the Chicano/Lowrider Soul pantheon ever since. Thanks to Big Crown Records, Ozuna’s San Antonio-based Sunny & The Sunliners’ music has been enjoying reissues, including the 7-inch A-side of “I Can Remember,” a cult classic for fanatic fans.

Try to stand still as you check out the debut song by Cincinnati and LA duo JJ & The Mood with their disco-inspired ode to libidinous youth, “How Many Times.” Prepare to put your hands in the air!

R&B artist Yuna is a familiar voice to KCRW music lovers. Smooth and sexy, this prolific creator shares a new song about approaching a crush on “Make A Move.”

Hailing from Sudan, Noori and his Dorpa Band capture the sound of Beja (pronounced Bee-Jah) music. A gifted musician who welded and tuned a ‘70s-era four-stringed instrument called the tambour to the neck of an electric guitar, Noori wields the tambo-guitar, a new instrument that he invented. “Al Amal” explores its sound and the band’s brand of Sudanese electric soul.

Rebirth is a driving force for Austrian avant-garde electronic artists Richard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huber, known as the duo Tosca. From their early electronic experiments to their dub-infused grooves, Tosca have been sonic pioneers. Prepare to be transported into a blissed out meditative state on their latest single “Clean Up.”

Based in New Orleans, Leyla McCalla is a talented multi-instrumentalist known for her work in Carolina Chocolate Drops and her project Our Native Daughters, alongside Rhiannon Giddens, Allison Russell, and Amythist Kiah. At the age of 10, McCalla spent her summer vacation at her grandmother’s home in Haiti, while her mother, a lawyer, traveled throughout the country working on legal advocacy during a turbulent time. This was a seminal experience for McCalla and became the driving theme for her new album, “Breaking The Thermometer.” “Le Bal est Fini,” French for “The party is over,” is based on an editorial piece and one of the highlights from her new recording.

Mexico City’s marimba madness comes from the Gama brothers and their family band Son Rompe Pera, who keep tradition alive through the historic instrument with a concoction of punk-folk-cumbia on ‘Pájaro Cenzontle.’