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This week my guest will be Wu Man, a virtuoso on the pipa, a traditional Chinese Instrument that's roughly 2,000 years old. We will be discussing her work with Philip Glass, and her experiments playing the pipa the wah wah and distortion pedals.

This show is all about ContraBanned #MusicUnites, which is a South by Southwest showcase featuring music from the countries targeted in Donald Trump's executive order travel ban. I'll be speaking with Tristra Newyear Yeager of the music PR firm Rock Paper Scissors, a co-sponsor of ContraBanned. I'll also talk with two musicians performing at ContraBanned: Dena El Saffar of Salaam, and Bassel Almadani of Bassel & The Supernaturals. Plus music from Yussef Kamaal, Ash Koosha, and Mohsen Namjoo.

Joining Kyle on this episode, special guest sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar, who discusses her music. She is the daughter of Ravi Shankar.

Words and music from Jazz guitarist Charlie Hunter about collaborating with artists from Rob Dixon to Frank Ocean, and we talked about Indianapolis guitar masters like Scrapper Blackwell and Steven Weakley. Also, hits like "Creole" with Mos Def, and "Spanish Joint" off D'Angelo's Voodoo LP.

Gil Scott-Heron was born on April 1, 1949. Cultural Manifesto host, DJ Kyle Long, plays a full hour of the author, songwriter and music pioneer Gil Scott-Heron's music.

"The Lion of Zimbabwe" Thomas Mapfumo, Palestinian oud maestro Simon Shaheen, and the brilliant Indianapolis new music collective Forward Motion. Plus a preview of my upcoming interview with Richard Edwards of Margot and The Nuclear So and So's.

Part one of Kyle Long's conversation with jazz legend Charles Lloyd.

The second part of my interview with Charles Lloyd on 90.1 WFYI. Kyle Long plays a couple rarities from The Beach Boys, along with Charles Lloyd's extended commentary on his collaborations with the band.

On this episode of Cultural Manifesto, C. Niambi Steele of the legendary Stax Records group 24-Carat Black talks with Kyle.

Joining Kyle on this episode is Rob Dixon. Kyle and Rob discuss his new album "Coast to Crossroads."