Guitarist Jesse Cook grew up between France, Barcelona and Canada, so it’s no surprise his music merges worlds. He’s come to love flamenco, world music, jazz, pop, Brazilian samba, and Persian music.

During the 1980s, Californian Chuck Prophet became an adopted son in the hearts of Tucsonans as a member of first-wave desert rockers Green on Red. On his follow-up to 2017’s Bobby Fuller Died for ...