Music from around the world is featured. Bringing the audience into the realm of other cultures through music, hopefully expanding empathy for the “other,” and recognizing that “other” in ourselves. From Dennis Darrah at WGDR, Goddard College Plainfield, VT. wgdr.org/.

This week: Majid Bekkas is a Moroccan Gnawa musician who fuses his indigenous music with other forms such as blues and jazz. We hear him today in three different contexts, as a leader, as side man and as a member of a quartet.