Janel Leppin has been played on NTS in shows including ARRHYTHMIA, featured first on 6 July 2020. Songs played include The Heart Sutra, Gilmore Blue and Uma's River Song Of Love.

A composer and cellist who’s honed a singular synthesis of composition, orchestration and improvisation, Janel Leppin is best known as half of the experimental duo Janel and Anthony, which she co-leads with her husband guitarist Anthony Pirog. The chamber-jazz Ensemble Volcanic Ash materialized after years of incubation on Washington D.C.’s verdant new music, jazz and improvised music scenes.