Best of Soundcheck 2025, Part 2

Listen to music from South African-born, UK-based cellist and vocalist Abel Selaocoe; Hot Psychedelic Gnawa Blues By French-Moroccan band Bab L’ Bluz; guitarist, producer, bandleader Adrian Quesada of Black Pumas and his dramatic Latin pop 'Boleros Psicodélicos', featuring Grammy-winning Puerto Rican singer-songwriter iLe. Plus, composer and harpist Brandee Younger and her trio; and the Dublin-based brothers Ye Vagabonds with a preview of new songs for 2026.

Set list:

ARTIST: Adrian Quesada, with iLe
WORK: Mentiras con Cariño [2:02]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, Aug. 2025
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: The tune appears on Boleros Psicodélicos

ARTIST: Ye Vagabonds
WORK: The Flood [3:05]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast Nov. 2025
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: The album All Tied Together, comes out Jan. 30, 2026 | https://yevagabonds.bandcamp.com/album/all-tied-together

ARTIST: Bab L' Bluz
WORK: Imazighen [4:13]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, April 2025
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: The tune appears on Swaken

ARTIST: Abel Selaocoe
WORK: Ka Bohaleng [3:13]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, Feb. 2025
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: The tune appears Hymns of Bantu

ARTIST: Adrian Quesada, with iLe
WORK: Mentiras con Cariño [4:01]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, Aug. 2025
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: The tune appears on Boleros Psicodélicos

ARTIST: Brandee Younger Trio
WORK: BBL [5:26]
RECORDING: Live for the Soundcheck Podcast, July 2025
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: The tune appears on Gadabout Season