Music critic, cultural commentator, journalist and author Ben Ratliff, formerly of The New York Times, shares music he’s been listening to over the past months: contemporary composed, world, experimental noise, improvisational, and even some plain ‘ole songs. Long-time friends and globe-traveling festival goers, Ben and host Rob Saffer banter about music, culture, the arts, and politics in between listening to Ben’s selections of sounds, including those by Arto Lindsay, Wong Hin Yan, Kwami Coleman, Abdul Wadud, Mary Lou Williams, Joseph Shabason, Cornelius, Eddie Palmieri, and Catherine Christer Hennix.