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Zar Electrik brought their boundary-pushing sound to WFHB for a special Lotus Live Session on September 26, 2025. With members hailing from France and Morocco, the trio fuses North African and Sub-Saharan traditions with electronic textures, creating an intercontinental groove that blurs the lines between trance, funk, and global folk. Hosted by Adriane Pontecorvo, the …

Estonian duo Puuluup joined WFHB for a special Lotus Live Session on September 26, 2025. With their playful, genre-defying approach, Puuluup reimagines the ancient Talharpa (a traditional bowed lyre) by blending it with modern loops, electronics, and quirky humor. The result is music that’s earthy, experimental, and full of charm — equal parts tradition and …

On September 30, 2023, Madalitso Band joined us at the station for a live performance and interview ahead of their Lotus Festival performance. Host: Adriane Pontecorvo Engineers: Alyssa Gray and Chama Henry Producer: Christine Brackenhoff Post-Production Engineer: Chama Henry

On September 30, 2023, Larry & Joe joined us at the station for a live performance and interview ahead of their Lotus Festival performance. Host: Adriane Pontecorvo Engineers: Alyssa Gray and Chama Henry Producer: Christine Brackenhoff Post-Production Engineer: Chama Henry

On September 29, 2023, Kavita Shah joined us at the station for a live performance and interview ahead of her Lotus Festival performance. Host: Adriane Pontecorvo Engineer: Jim Lang Producer: Christine Brackenhoff

On September 24th, 2022, Vân-Ánh Võ joined us at the station for a live performance and interview ahead of that evening’s Lotus Festival performance. We learned more about her various instruments and inspiration behind her compositions. Host: Christine Brackenhoff Co-producer: Adriane Pontecorvo Engineer: Kirsten Payton

On September 24th, 2022, Seffarine joined us at the station for a live performance and interview ahead of that evening’s Lotus Festival performance. We discussed the band’s formation and their various musical influences. Host: Christine Brackenhoff Co-producer: Adriane Pontecorvo Engineers: Kirsten Payton, Chama Henry, and Aidan Scott-Harmon

On Friday, September 24th (2021), Martha Redbone Roots Project joined us at the station for a live performance and interview ahead of that evening’s Lotus Festival performance. Host: Christine Brackenhoff Engineer: Jim Lang

On Friday, September 24th (2021), Saraswathi joined us at the station for a live performance and interview ahead of that evening’s Lotus Festival performance. Host: Jennifer Brooks Engineers: Jim Lang and Jeffrey Morris

On Saturday, September 25th, Yacouba Sissoko and Moussa Diabate joined us at the station for a live performance and interview ahead of that evening’s Lotus Festival performance. Host: Adriane Pontecorvo Engineer: Jim Lang

Nohe & Sus Santos (Nohe and Her Saints) is a four-piece band replete with the musical vibes of Central and North America. Incorporating Alt-Rock en Espanol and quirky Cumbia, Nohe & Sus Santos deliver a Latinx vibe full of soul, passion, and a good dose of attitude, accentuated by electric guitar, bass, percussion and the …

The Friel Sisters (Anna, Sheila, and Clare Friel) are young traditional musicians born and brought up in Glasgow, Scotland – with their family roots firmly entrenched in the Donegal Gaeltacht in North West Ireland. They play a mixture of music interspersed with songs in English and Irish, many from their family repertoire. Songs by The …

Fierce energy, beatbox rhythms, and other-worldly harmonies: TUULETAR (Goddess of The Wind in Finnish mythology) is taking Finnish music abroad with a novel approach. The band’s virtuoso singers create a sonic landscape, where beatbox rhythms meet global influences and Finnish poetry tradition. With freshly invigorating original music, Tuuletar enchants audiences globally with their heartfelt, tribal, …

Fanfara Station is a celebration with a brass band, an entire North African rhythm section, and contemporary electro Dance beats. It’s a dance party created live by only three musicians thanks to the use of loop stations for live over-dubbing. Fanfara Station’s stage is filled with instruments: percussion: scascika, tar, bendir, darbuka, and tabla sit …

Long before they were a band, the members of Lula Wiles sang folk songs and traded fiddle tunes at camp in Maine. The trio, all of whom grew up in rural Maine, carry those lessons of community and the meaning of shared art with them as they create music that explores cultural virtues, soothes aching …