Matt Byars and Lee Gardner

Kuwaiti-Israeli musician Dudu Tassa's latest record, a collaboration with Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, is a love letter of sorts to a variety of favorite, but potentially lost-to-the-ages songs of the Middle East.

Alasdair MacLean, frontman of the Clientele, discusses how music by Boards of Canada, Love and Michael Jon Fink influenced him.

Australian experimentalist Oren Ambarchi talks about how music by Keith Jarrett, Miles Davis and Alvin Lucier shaped his work.

Nate Amos of Water From Your Eyes discusses how music by Scott Walker, Jute Gyte and Ben Johnston shaped the group's sound.

Stephen O'Malley of metal band Sunn0))) discusses how music by Fugazi, Pita and Iancu Dumitrescu influenced his work.

Harpist Brandee Younger discusses how music by Alice Coltrane, Tank and the Bangas, and Dorothy Ashby shaped her work.

Folk singer June Tabor discusses Danny Kaye, Anne Briggs, learning to sing, Frank Sinatra and Robert Plant with guest host Will Oldham.

Bassist William Parker discusses how Duke Ellington, Don Cherry and Cecil Taylor shaped his work.

Musician Green Gartside discusses how tracks by the Paragons, Robert Wyatt and the Albion Country Band shaped his work.

Guitarist Bill Orcutt discusses how music by Jimi Hendrix, Judy Garland and Joseph Spence shaped his course.