The Tonic 20 [Canada, India-US, Norway]

Ancient tunings, Inuit throat singing, Carnatic lyricism, Doom Metal (but polite) and forbidden erotic poetry combine and cohere in a new episode of the Tonic, focusing on music by Norwegian, Canadian and Indian-American composers.With music by Marc Sabat, Bekah Simms, Alexina Louie, Shirish Korde, Asha Srinivasan, Shruthi Rajasekar, Arne Nordheim, Ruth Bakke and Bertil Palmar Johansen.The featured image shows Barricade (2016), part of a series of installations by Israeli artist Naama Tsabar.