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Another month means another genre-spanning mix of new music chosen by public radio's top DJs. Download new songs by Neko Case, Jason Marsalis, Valerie June, Porter Ray and many other artists.

Baby orangutans sometimes need a little help when swinging from tree to tree.

In Italy hundreds of thousands of people are living directly on top of an active volcano.

In this episode, WBFO’s Jay Moran welcomes Murray Holman, Executive Director of Stop the Violence Coalition, to talk about the effects of gun violence. WBFO News Director Dave Debo talks about youth and parent engagement with Samuel L. Radford, III, from We the Parents of WNY. Finally, WBFO Managing Editor, Brigid Jaipaul Valenza, speaks with Ann Bowbak from Spectrum Health & Human Services who provides perspective on what the community needs as they work through trauma and grief after the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Markets on May 14 in Buffalo, NY.

Earlier this year TIME magazine included Buffalo’s Dr. Fatima Morrell PhD in their national list of education innovators and she joins hosts Jay Moran and Thomas O’Neil White on this edition of “Buffalo, What’s Next?” She is the associate superintendent of culturally and linguistically responsive initiatives for Buffalo Public Schools, and has worked on making sure that the city’s classrooms, teachers and parents all resonate properly for students of color. In the wake of the George Floyd killing and the summer of Black Lives Matters rallies, she developed and implemented an “Emancipation Curriculum” to address systemic oppression and she says anti-racism education plays a role in violence prevention, especially after the Tops shootings.

A chance meeting in a German airport resulted in a CD collaboration between Israeli pop star Idan Raichel and Vieux Farka Toure, the guitarist from Mali. The result, The Tel Aviv Session, is magic.

Vinyl sales grew for the 16th consecutive year in 2022, with 41 million albums sold — compared to 33 million CDs. Streaming is still the biggest driver of the music industry's growth.

In the film, Macaulay Culkin's character makes his way to a house at 51 West 95th Street, where he battles bandits. Scenes were shot at a studio but tourists take photos in front of the real building.

He started the band in 1964 with his brother. They are said to be the pioneers of the rowdy garage band genre of rock music. Just released is the new CD The Kinks: Come Dancing: Best of the Kinks 1977-1986 (Koch). This 18-track retrospective covers the most commercially successful era of British band, and features songs hand-picked by Ray Davies. Among the tracks are Come Dancing, Catch Me Now I'm Falling, Rock and Roll Fantasy, and Living on a Thin Line, with live versions of their two most classic numbers, Lola and You Really Got Me Now. (originally aired 10

Kathleen Hanna and Johanna Fateman of the band, Le Tigre . Hanna was the lead singer of the 90s band Bikini Kill. Bikini Kill was part of the music/cultural/feminist movement know as Riot Grrl, which focused on the concept of girl power and young womens empowerment. The movement was based primarily in Washington, DC and Olympia, WA, and its members formed bands, wrote fanzines, and held meetings, protests and festivals. Hanna was a leader and spokesperson for the movement. Her first solo project after Bikini Kill was called Julie Ruin. She then formed Le Tigre. Bandmate Fateman is an artist and zine writer. Le Tigres new CD is From the Desk of Mr Lady.