Janel Leppin has been played on NTS in shows including The Head Zone w/ Ripley Johnson, featured first on 6 July 2020. Songs played include The Royal Road, The Heart Sutra and Gilmore Blue.

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.