Ari melber in the news media space. he is connecting with you on multiple levels and educating you culturally, and also reaching the depth of seriousness and journalistic integrity that we all deserve. you re very kind, very kind. and this is why this is why you can only be in so many newsrooms. we need to be around musicians pause then you get the energy up. they call it the hype man in hip-hop, the band leader, whatever you want to call it, you get the energy up. let s take it to world music radio. tell us about the new album. it took ten years, not 11 or 12 years to get to this. but i just couldn t do this until we had the support and the success that s allowed for this record to happen. it s an expansive global popular music album. and it really is a concept record. you re guided through the album.