Alabaster DePlume's latest album, ‘Come With Fierce Grace,’ is a testament to how radical empathy can profoundly shape an artist's journey while also influencing those around them.

On an all-new episode of Discologist, we sit down with DePlume, aka Gus Fairbairn, to talk about his mission to make space for and facilitate joy, the beautiful chaos of his live shows, and much, much more.

Saxophonist and poet Alabaster Deplume is a true man of the people. With a focus on human interaction and togetherness, Deplume’s music, both on record and in live performance, serves one purpose, and one purpose only: To bring us all together. We’re taking a look at this legend-in-the-making’s remarkable To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals, Vol. 1, and uncovering some answers as to why music is such an essential force in our lives along the way.

PLUS: Percussionist Joe Westerlund’s Reveries In The Rift, uses jazz, folk, and more to create worlds for us to escape in a way that few albums can. Get lost with the rest of us and check out the single “Ituri Air” from this gorgeous, idiosyncratic gem.