Ep 140 - Randy Armstrong

Ep 161 - Palaver Strings

 Ep #161 with Palaver Strings. Palaver Strings is a 13 piece String Orchestra based in Portland Maine. Elizabeth . . .

Ep 160 - Mathieu Borgne

Mathieu Borgne lives in Paris, France and plays the steel pan. I discovered him on Facebook when I heard his version . . .

Ep 159 - Sylvain Leroux

Ep #159 with Sylvain Leroux, composer and Fula flutist Sylvain Leroux has been playing the Fula flute, a West African . . .

Ep 158 - Frank London

Ep #158 with Frank London, Klezmatics founder and composer Frank London is an eclectic composer who works in an . . .

Ep 157 - Ruth Mendelson

Ep #157 with Ruth Mendelson, film composer and multi-instrumentalist. Ruth Mendelson is an award-winning film composer . . .

Ep 156 - Yehuda Glantz

Ep #156 with Yehuda Glantz, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Yehuda was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina . . .

Ep 155 - Cecilia Zabala

Episode #155 with Cecilia Zabala - Argentinian singer-songwriter and guitarist. She has released 8 CDs and has a . . .

Ep 154 - Christopher Adler

Ep #154  with Christopher Adler, khaen player and composer Christopher Adler plays an unusual instrument - the khaen - . . .

Ep 153 - The World Fusion Show Sampler #3

Our Sampler #3 includes unreleased music by six of our previous guests. Pitz Quattrone, Elsa Nilsson, Pablo DeReyes, . . .

Ep 152 - Kevin Nathaniel

Kevin Nathaniel is a mbira player and percussionist from NYC. He is the host of AfroRoots Tuesdays, a live show . . .

Ep 151 - Opium Moon

Ep #151 with Opium Moon, World Fusion Quartet bring a seamless blend of Middle Eastern and Asian music. They all have . . .

Ep 150 - The Fula Brothers

Ep #150 - The World Fusion Show brings you Fula Brothers, a duo of kamale ngoni and guitar with Mamadou Sidibe (Mali) . . .

Ep 149 - Mei Han

Ep #149 with Mei Han, zheng player and composer. Mei Han grew up in China during the cultural revolution and her . . .

Ep 148 - Okaidja Afroso

Ep #148 with Okaidja Afroso, singer songwriter and percussionist. Okadjia Afroso was born and raised on the coast of . . .

Ep 147 - Issa Ndour

Ep #147 with Issa Ndour, Fulani flute player. Issa Ndour plays the traditional Fulani flute which combines flute tones . . .

Ep 146 - Yulia Musayelyan

Ep #146 with Yulia Musayelyan, flutist and composer. Yulia Musayelyan grew up in Russia and started playing classical . . .

Ep 145 - Mal Maiz

Latin World Fusion band. Maiz Vargas is the founder of Mal Maiz, a Latin World Fusion band from Burlington VT. Maiz . . .

Ep 144 - John Sheldon

Ep #144 with John Sheldon, guitarist and singer-songwriter. John Sheldon was childhood friends with James Taylor and . . .

Ep 143 - Stephanie Sylla

Ep #143 with Stefanie Sylla, composer, violinist, singer and visionary musician. Born in Germany, Stefanie has . . .

Ep 142 - Pablo DeReyes

Ep #142 with Pablo DeReyes, singer-songwriter and guitarist. This week on The World Fusion Show we feature Pablo . . .

Ep 141 - Loire Cotler

Ep #141 with Loire Cotler, rhythm vocalist and composer   Loire Cotler has a unique way of singing that draws on the . . .

Ep 140 - Randy Armstrong

Ep #140 with Randy Armstrong - composer and multi-instrumentalistRandy Armstrong is a long time member of the World . . .

Ep 139 - Annette Philip

Ep #139 with Annette Philip, singer, pianist and composer  Annette Philip was born in India and grew up in Singapore . . .

Ep 138 - Moonlight and Morningstar

Ep #138 with Moonlight and Morningstar, singer-songwriters. Moonlight Davis and Morningstar Chenven spread their . . .

The World Fusion Show Ep 137 - Hanyaks - CD by Derrik Jordan

Ep #137 with Derrik Jordan's CD "Hanyaks" which features his original Appalachian, Bluegrass, Cajun and Americana . . .

Ep 136 - Dave Kobrenski

Ep #136 with Dave Kobrenski - multi-instrumentalist and artist Dave Kobrenski is a musician, artist, writer and . . .

Ep 135 - Mike Rivard

Mike Rivard has had a long career in World Music playing the sintir, a bass lute from Morocco. He also plays the bass . . .

Ep 134 - Ian Ethan Case

Ep #134 with Ian Ethan Case, composer and multi-neck guitarist Ian Ethan Case is a multi-neck guitarist and composer . . .

Ep 133 - The Sultans Of String

Episode #133 with The Sultans Of String. I interview Chris McKhool who is the violinist for the group, based in the . . .

Ep 132 - Ruben Monteiro

Ep #132 with Ruben Monteiro, composer and multi-instrumentalist. Ruben Monteiro lives in Portugal and is a life-long . . .

Ep 131 - Gharana Fusion

Ep #131 with Gharana Fusion, Indian World Fusion trio. Gharana Fusion are based in Calcutta, India but have brought . . .

Ep 130 - Steve Shehan (Part 3)

Ep #130 with Steve Shehan, composer, multi-instrumentalist and percussionist - Part 3. We continue our interview with . . .

Ep 129 - Steve Shehan (Part 2)

Ep #129 with Steve Shehan, composer and multi-instrumentalist - Part 2 Steve Shehan is an eclectic composer in World . . .

Ep 128 - Steve Shehan (Part 1)

Ep #128 with Steve Shehan, composer, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist. Steve Shehan is legendary for his . . .

Ep 127 - Kaoru Watanabe

Ep #127 with Kaoru Watanabe, flute player, taiko drummer and composer. Kaoru Watanabe was born and grew up in the US . . .

Ep 126 - Barbora Xu

Ep #126 with Barbora Xu, singer, guzheng player and composer. Barbora Xu was born in Czechoslavakia and lives in . . .

Ep 125 - Miguel Espinoza Flamenco Fusion

Ep #125 with Miguel Espinoza Flamenco Fusion. From the Southwest of the US, Miquel grew up playing guitar from a very . . .

Ep 124 - Derek Gripper

Ep #124 with Derek Gripper, guitarist and composer. Derek Gripper, who is from Capetown, South Africa, discovered the . . .

Ep 123 - Max ZT

Ep #123 on The World Fusion Show brings you Max ZT, a hammer dulcimer player and composer who has been deeply . . .

Ep 122 - Tone Of Voice Orchestra

Tone Of Voice Orchestra is a very unusual band with 10 members that include 4 female singers who sing together in a . . .

Ep 121 - Ara Dinkjian

Ep #121 with Ara Dinkjian, oud player and composer. Ara Dinkjian is steeped in the Armenian tradition but he is a . . .

Ep 120 - Mamek Khadem

Mamak Khadem was born in Tehran, Iran and came to the US when she was a teenager. It was a very hard transition for . . .

Ep 119 - Annette Philip

Annette Philip was born in India and grew up in Singapore and India, eventually moving to the US. She discovered . . .

Ep 118 - Derrik Jordan - World Fusion Classical

This episode features a selection of my World Fusion Classical music - compositions of mine for classical groups that . . .

Ep 117 - Mathieu Borgne

Mathieu Borgne lives in Paris, France and plays the steel pan. I discovered him on Facebook when I heard his version . . .

Ep 116 - Shane Shanahan

Shane Shanahan is a frame drummer and composer and is a founding member of The Silk Road Ensemble. He has travelled . . .

Ep 115 - Fula Brothers

The World Fusion Show brings you Fula Brothers, a duo of kamale ngoni and guitar with Mamadou Sidibe (Mali) and Walter . . .

Ep 114 - Yinon Muallem

Yinon Muallem is a composer, percussionist and oud player. He grew up in Israel and lived in Turkey for 20 years where . . .

Ep 113 - Sweet Plantain - World Fusion String Quartet

Sweet Plantain is a dynamic latin-influenced string quartet from NYC but they are quite unusual in that their . . .

Ep 112 - Mike Block

Mike Block is an eclectic composer, singer-songwriter and cellist who performs with Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble. He . . .

Ep 111 - Anbessa Orchestra

Ep #111 with Anbessa Orchestra, Ethiopian influenced dance band Anbessa Orchestra is a horn-driven group of Israeli . . .

Ep 110 - Arun Ramamurthy and Trina Basu

Ep #110 with Arun Ramamurthy and Trina Basu, Indian violinists and composersArun Ramamurthy and Trina Basu are Indian . . .

Ep 109 - Samirah Evans

Ep #109 wth Samirah Evans, singer and songwriter Samirah Evans, a singer and songwriter, who shares her stories of her . . .

Ep 108 - Kevin Nathaniel

Kevin Nathaniel is a mbira player and percussionist from NYC. He is the host of AfroRoots Tuesdays, a live show . . .

Ep 106 - Hassan Hakmoun

Hassan Hakmoun was born in Morocco in Marakesh and grew up in a musical family. His mom was a powerful healer in the . . .

EP 105 - Frank London

Ep #105 with Frank London, Klezmatics founder and composer Frank London is an eclectic composer who works in an . . .

EP 104 - Forward Kwenda

Forward Kwenda is an internationally known mbira player and singer from Zimbabwe, who feels he has a very strong . . .

EP 103 - Maetar

Ep #103 on The World Fusion Show features Maetar, a trio that includes two brothers from Israel and an American . . .

EP 102 - Derrik Jordan and SuperString Theory

Episode # 102 with Derrik Jordan and SuperString Theory This episode features 9 tracks taken from my 5 SuperString . . .

EP 101 - Milford Graves - A Celebration (Part 2)

Milford Graves was a master drummer, herbalist, acupuncturist, martial artist, teacher, scientist and inspirational . . .

EP 100 - Andy Akiho

Episode #100​ with Andy Akiho, composer and steel pan player. Andy Akiho is an intense and rhythmically charged . . .

EP 99 - Milford Graves - A Celebration Part 1

Milford Graves was a master drummer, an herbalist, acupuncturist, martial artist, teacher, scientist and scholar. I . . .

EP 98 - Opium Moon

Ep #98 with Opium Moon, World Fusion Quartet bring a seamless blend of Middle Eastern and Asian music. They all have . . .

EP 97 - Olox

Olox is a very unusual duo that features Siberian singer Zarina and Armenian-Greek percussionist and singer, Andreas. . . .

EP 96 - Sampler #8

Ep #96 - Sampler #8 showcases six of our inspiring guests with some live music videos that were not included on their . . .

EP 95 - Lisa Sokolov

Ep #95 with Lisa Sokolov, singer, composer and teacher. Lisa Sokolov is a free jazz singer living in NYC, a composer . . .

EP 94 - Kotoko Brass

Ep #94 with Kotoko Brass, Ghanaian Fusion dance band is a Boston-based high energy group known for their wild dance . . .

EP 93 - Paul Richmond

Ep #93 with Paul Richmond, performance poet and spoken word artist. Paul Richmond is the current National Beat Poet . . .

EP 92 - Amit Kavthekar

Ep #92 with Amit Kavthekar, tabla player and composer. Amit Kavthekar grew up in India and began studying tabla at age . . .

EP 91 - Loire Cotler

Ep #91 with Loire Cotler, rhythm vocalist. Loire Cotler has a unique way of singing that draws on the ancient Konokol . . .

EP 90 - Jacob Edgar

Ep #90 with Jacob Edgar, ethnomusicologist. Jacob Edgar has traveled the world for decades in search of great music . . .

EP 89 - Evan Ziporyn

Ep #89 with Evan Ziporyn, composer and Bali expert. Evan Ziporyn is a composer, a teacher at MIT and has a . . .

EP 88 - Christopher Adler

Ep #88 with Christopher Adler, khaen player and composer Christopher Adler plays an unusual instrument - the khaen - . . .

EP 87 - Sampler #7

Ep #87 - on The World Fusion Show - Sampler #7 - Featuring 5 unreleased live music videos from our previous guests - . . .

EP 86 - Ruth Mendelson

Ep #86 with Ruth Mendelson, film composer and multi-instrumentalist. Ruth Mendelson is an award-winning film composer . . .

Ep 85 - Guy Mendilow

Ep #85 with Guy Mendilow, composer and multi-instrumentalist. Guy Mendilow has a strong interest in Sephardic music . . .

EP 84 - Yousuf Kerai

Ep #84 with Yousuf Kerai, tabla player, composer and teacher. Yousuf Kerai lives in Karachi, Pakistan and is an . . .

EP 83 - Gao Hong

Ep #83 with Gao Hong, pipa player and composer. Gao Hong grew up during the cultural revolution in China. Her mother, . . .

EP 82 - The Senegal-America Project and Tony Vacca

Ep #82 with The Senegal-America Project and Tony Vacca. Tony Vacca was our first guest on the show in July 2017 and . . .

EP 81 - Kenny Endo

Ep #81 with Kenny Endo, composer and Taiko drummer. Kenny Endo has been a Taiko drummer and enthusiast for most of his . . .

EP 72 - Barou Sall

Ep #72 with Barou Sall, master hoddu player. Barou Sall has been performing with Baaba Maal for decades. He plays the . . .

EP 71 - Mo Maie

Ep #71 with Mo Maie, singer and multi-instrumentalist. Mo Maie is from Bahia, Brazil and met Tony Vacca in Senegal in . . .

EP 68 - Sampler #6

Ep #68 - The World Fusion Show - Sampler #6 features 7 of our amazing guests without any interviews - just music! This . . .

EP 67 - Brazilliance with Derrik Jordan

Ep #67 - Brazilliance with Derrik Jordan. This episode features six of my original Brazlian inspired sambas and bossa . . .

EP 66 - Arcomusical

Ep #66 with Arcomusical, berimbau and vocal sextet. What's a berimbau? A musical bow. Hence the name of this truly . . .

EP 65 - Frevo

EP #65 with Frevo, World Fusion Chamber Quartet. Frevo is a quartet of mixed stings and winds - flute, clarinet, cello . . .

EP 64 - Glen Velez

Ep #64 with Glen Velez, frame drummer and composer. Glen Velez is a master of the frame drum and works with many . . .

EP 63 - Sampler #5

Ep #63 on The World Fusion Show - Sampler #5. We bring you six of our fantastic guest artists with unreleased . . .

EP 62 - Mei Han

Ep #62 with Mei Han, zheng player and composer. Mei Han grew up in China during the cultural revolution and her . . .

EP 61 - Steve Gorn

Ep #61 with Steve Gorn, bansuri flutist and composer. Steve has devoted his life to the study of the Indian bansuri . . .

EP 60 - Howard Levy

Ep #60 with Howard Levy, composer, harmonica and piano player. Howard Levy is a truly innovative musician who has . . .

EP 59 - Jamshied Sharifi

Ep #59 with Jamshied Sharifi, composer, orchestrator and keyboardist. Jamshied Sharifi is in great demand as an . . .

EP 58 - Om Shalom Trio

Ep #58 with Om Shalom Trio, Indian and Jewish fusion. They bring together Indian classical and folk along with Jewish . . .

EP 57 - Yulia Musayelyan

Ep #57 with Yulia Musayelyan, flutist and composer. Yulia Musayelyan grew up in Russia and started playing classical . . .

EP 56 - Senie Hunt

Ep #56 with Senie Hunt, percussive guitarist and singer songwriter is this week's guest on The World Fusion Show. . . .

EP 55 - Christiane Karam

Ep #55 with Christiane Karam, singer and composer. Christiane Karam grew up in Lebanon during the war and is a true . . .

EP 54 - Derrik Jordan, World Fusion String Quartets

This episode features excerpts of 4 of my 7 World Fusion String Quartets, each one inspired by a different style of . . .

EP 53 - Sampler #4

Sampler #4 on The World Fusion Show. Featuring six of our deeply talented musical guests with unreleased performances . . .

EP 52 - Worldbeat band Simba

Ep #52 with the Worldbeat band Simba. Simba has been one of the most popular groups in southern VT for 30 years. . . .

EP 51 - Leni Stern

Ep #51 with Leni Stern, guitarist and singer-songwriter. Leni Stern plays a gold Fender Stratocaster and is very . . .

EP 50 - Yehuda Glantz

Ep # 50 with Yehuda Glantz, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Yehuda was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina . . .

Ep 49 - Carpe Diem String Quartet

Ep #49 with Carpe Diem String Quartet. From their roots as orchestral Classical musicians, Carpe Diem have taken on . . .

Ep 48 - Joel Veena

Ep #48 with Joel Veena, Indian slide guitarist and composer. Joel Veena plays an unusual instrument that is now well . . .

Ep 47 - Joris Feuillatre

Ep #47 with Joris Feuillatre, ngoni player and composer. Joris Feuillatre lives in France and plays the kamale ngoni . . .

Ep 46 - Gokh-Bi System

Ep #46 with Gokh-Bi System, World Fusion hip hop. Gokh-Bi System began in Senegal, arrived in the US twenty years ago . . .

Ep 45 - Mohamed Amine Kalai

Ep #45 with Mohamed Amine Kalai, kanun player and composer. Mohamed Amine Kalai plays the kanun, a Turkish zither, and . . .

Ep 44 - Crocodile River Music

Ep #44 with Crocodile River Music - Malian Fusion. Based in Worcester, MA, The Crocs are a dynamic Malian World Fusion . . .

Ep 43 - Layth Sidiq

Ep #43 with Layth Sidiq, violinist, singer and composer. Layth was born in Baghdad and grew up in Jordan in a very . . .

Ep 42 - Moonlight and Morningstar

Ep #42 with Moonlight and Morningstar, singer-songwriters. Moonlight Davis and Morningstar Chenven spread their . . .

Ep 41 - Sampler #3

Our Sampler #3 includes unreleased music by six of our previous guests. Pitz Quattrone, Elsa Nilsson, Pablo DeReyes, . . .

Ep 40 - Shingetsu Billy White

Ep #40 with Shingetsu Billy White, sound healer and composer. Billy White started out his musical journey as a hard . . .

Ep 39 - Issa Ndour

Ep #39 with Issa Ndour, Fulani flute player. Issa Ndour plays the traditional Fulani flute which combines flute tones . . .

Ep 38 - with your host Derrik Jordan - World Fusion songs

Ep #38 with your host Derrik Jordan - World Fusion songs. I began writing songs when I was 15 in 1970 and for the next . . .

Ep 37 - Paul Austerlitz

Ep #37 with Paul Austerlitz, bass clarinetist and composer. Paul Austerlitz has immersed himself deeply in the music . . .

Ep 36 - Tantra Zawadi

Ep #36 with Tantra Zawadi, spoken word artist. Tantra has an unmistakable style of language in her poetry and her . . .

Ep 35 - John Sheldon

Ep #35 with John Sheldon, guitarist and singer-songwriter. John Sheldon was childhood friends with James Taylor and . . .

Ep 34 - Erik Lawrence

Ep #34 with Erik Lawrence, sax and flute player. Erik Lawrence has played with many great jazz and pop luminaries in . . .

Ep 33 - Mac Ritchey

Ep #33 with Mac Ritchey, composer, oud player and producer. Mac Ritchey plays the oud, a Middle Eastern lute, and . . .

Ep 32 - Elsa Nilsson

Ep #32 with Elsa Nilsson, composer and flute player. Born in Sweden and coming to the US as a teen to study music, . . .

Ep 31 - Siselabonga

Ep #31 of The World Fusion Show features the World Fusion trio Siselabonga. With a Senegalese kora player, an Italian . . .

Ep 30 - Pitz Quattrone

Ep #30 with Pitz Quattrone, didgeridoo player and singer-songwriter. Pitz Quattrone calls himself the "Johnny . . .

Ep 29 - Pablo DeReyes

Ep #29 with Pablo DeReyes, singer-songwriter and guitarist. This week on The World Fusion Show we feature Pablo . . .

Ep28 - Sampler #2

The World Fusion Show Sampler #2 featuring six of our previous guests doing live in the studio music, most of which . . .

EP #27 - Eugene Uman

Ep #27 with Eugene Uman, composer and pianist. Eugene is the director of The Vermont Jazz Center in Brattleboro, VT. . . .

Ep #26 Emily Lanxner

Ep #26 with Emily Lanxner, steel pan player and composer. Emily lives in Hardwick, VT and is an exceptional steel pan . . .

Ep #25 with Abiodun Oyewole (Part 2)

Ep #25 with Abiodun Oyewole (Part 2). Abiodun is an original member of The Last Poets, considered by many to be the . . .

Ep 23 - Dale Stuckenbruck

Ep #23 with Dale Stuckenbruck, multi-instrumentalist. Dale comes from a musical family, growing up in Germany where he . . .

Ep 22 - Pape Sakho

Ep #22 with Pape Sakho, kora player and singer. This is our second "on location" show from Sobobade in Senegal, West . . .

Ep 20 - Jeff Greene

Ep #20 with Jeff Greene, composer and multi-instrumentalist. Jeff has traveled the world for decades and everywhere he . . .

Ep 19 - Stefanie Sylla

Ep #19 with Stefanie Sylla, composer, violinist, singer and visionary musician. Born in Germany, Stefanie has traveled . . .

Ep 18 - Eshagh Shaoul

Ep #18 with Eshagh Shaoul, Iranian composer and violinist. Eshagh Shaoul was born in Teheran and was drawn to music . . .

Ep 17 - Jim Matus

Ep #17 with Jim Matus, composer and laoutar player. Jim plays the laoutar, an electrified Greek Lute, which has an . . .

Ep 16 - Massamba Diop

Massamba has played tama (aka talking drum) with Baaba Maal for 40 years in almost every country in the world. He is a . . .

Ep 15 - Jed Blume

Ep #15 with Jed Blume​, composer, handpan and tabla player. Jed has traveled to India to deepen his study of tabla and . . .

Ep 14 - Sampler Show

Episode #3 with Eugene Friesen - composer, virtuoso cellist and teacher at The Berklee School where he directs the . . .

Ep 13 - Stephen Katz

Episode #13 with Stephen Katz , composer, cellist and visionary musician. He began his musical journey as a classical . . .

Ep 12 - host Derrik Jordan

Recording artist, singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer and teacher Derrik Jordan continues his . . .

Ep 11 - Bideew Bou Bess

Episode #11 with Bideew Bou Bess, a singing trio of brothers from Senegal who write songs of love and deep . . .

Ep 10 - Aliya Cycon

Ep #10 of The World Fusion Show with Aliya Cycon, composer and oud player. Aliya has a passion for Arabic music and . . .

Ep 9 - Todd Roach

Episode #9 of The World Fusion Show with Todd Roach, composer and percussionist. Todd plays frame drums and multi-drum . . .

Ep 8 - Julian Gerstin

Composer and percussionist Julian Gerstin joins host and Derrik Jordan on this 8th episode.

Ep 7 - John Hughes

Innovative composer, kora player, percussionist and vocalist John Hughes joins Derrik for this seventh episode as they . . .

Ep 6 - Natural History

A show that brings you the leading innovators of world fusion music with your host Derrik Jordan. Produced in . . .

Ep 5 - Cafe da Silva and Yaniel Matos

A show that brings you the leading innovators of world fusion music with your host Derrik Jordan with guests Cafe da . . .

Ep 4 - Derrik Jordan

Recording artist, singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer and teacher Derrik Jordan continues his . . .

Ep 3 - Eugene Friesen

Episode #3 with Eugene Friesen - composer, virtuoso cellist and teacher at The Berklee School where he directs the . . .

Ep 2 - Cecilia Zabala

Episode #2 with guest Cecilia Zabala - Argentinian singer-songwriter and guitarist. She has released 8 CDs and has a . . .

Ep 1 - Tony Vacca

Join recording artist, singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer and teacher Derrik Jordan for the . . .