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Listen to rhythmic music, whether for percussion, string quartet or vocal duet for this New Sounds. Hear works from percussionist Ian David Rosenbaum, Kelly Moran, and the Jasper String Quartet, and a vocal duet from Meredith Monk and Robert Een....
Hear prog-marching band music from Chicago's Mucca Pazza, ambient-gothic Norwegian-Icelandic music from the duo Jo Berger Myhre & Ólafur Björn Ólafsson, jazz-tronic ambient minimalism from London's Portico Quartet, and new work from Danish experimental supergroup Girls in Airports.
Hear music that begins with classical instruments, like the string quartet, piano, or an orchestra, but which is then augmented, enhanced by electronics, percussion, or preparation. Listen to works by English violinist, pianist, and composer Poppy Ackroyd, Netherlands-based composer Peter...
Guitarist Shane Parish, of the instrumental prog-punk band Ahleuchatistas, plays music from his solo record of “weird old Americana” live in the studio on acoustic & prepared guitar.
“Indian music does not stop and start with Ravi Shankar.” So says tabla master Zakir Hussain, who, along with young sitar virtuoso, Niladri Kumar, joins John in the studio for a live performance. Niladri Kumar and Zakir Hussain perform a...
Listen to chamber music packed with strong Americana flavors with works from ETHEL & flutist Robert Mirabal, violist/composer Jessica Meyer, and cellist/composer Erik Friedlander.
Hear traditional string instruments of Western Africa, like the kora, ngoni, & the guitar (now traditional), with music by Seckou Keita, Djelimady Tounkara, & Noura Mint Seymali.
South African guitarist Guy Buttery visits the studio to perform virtuosic feats of bending, tapping, picking, harmonics, and other techniques and textures yet to be named for guitar. Hear music from his latest record, his sixth, a self-titled wonder of...
Listen to ensemble pieces which incorporate or draw from the folk music of several different parts of the world on this New Sounds program. From music that simulates the sound of Norwegian folk fiddling to Argentine folktronica which uses the South African...
New Sounds returns to Ireland for the fourth part of our series on the country's contemporary music scene. For Part 4, in the 7-part series, host John Schaefer speaks with Derry-based composer Neil Burns whose work bridges atmospheric pop and contemporary classical...
On this New Sounds, music for violin, cello, and the 10-stringed Hardanger d’Amore, with music from Irish cellist Kate Ellis, and the duo of Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Dan Trueman.
Hear collaborative works, featuring music by Kaki King with ETHEL, a work by Chris Cerrone with Eighth Blackbird, and the Berlin Guitar Ensemble with producer 1605munro.
Hear music from the Near East & North Africa by Paris-based Palestinian oud player Adnan Joubran, the Montreal-based trio Bomata, & Tunisian percussionist Imed Alibi.
Listen to music from Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen, German-Afghan vocalist Simin Tander, and drummer Jarle Vespestad, plus Pakistani-Brooklyn group Sandaraa, & Congolese-Irish music.
Hear chamber music on this New Sounds from cellos performed by Ashley Bathgate, music from the Chicago-based Eighth Blackbird, the Tallin Chamber Orchestra, & more.
Hear music featuring larger ensembles, or that which might have a big band sound, from Debo Band, Eco-Music Big Band, music by Laura Jurd, Dutch band Jungle By Night, & something from Scottish drummer Corrie Dick.
Hear unexpected musical dream-teams, with an informed cross-cultural take on Balkan brass music from Raya Brass Band, tropical psychedelic cumbia from Peru-based band Bareto, music from Ghazalaw, who blend Indian Ghazals with Welsh folk traditional music, brass-driven Afro-pop from the Washington DC-based band Elikeh,...
Listen to new music with trumpet including music from the Paris-based trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf, Iraqi-American trumpeter Amir Elsaffar, Ben Neill's mutanttrumpet, and more.
North meets South, largely Europe meets Africa in music by French guitarist Titi Robin and Moroccan musician Mehdi Nassouli, the group Monoswezi, & the collaborative group Malithuanie.
Revisit John Schaefer's “Best Of 2015” shortlist, with works by Ballake Sissoko & Vincent Segal, Missy Mazzoli & Victoire, Public Service Broadcasting, Sam Lee & Friends, & Kaia Kater.
Violinist, vocalist, looper, composer and producer Emily Wells presents and performs songs from her record, “Promise,” plus music by Ben Folds/yMusic, and Julianna Barwick.
Hear music from Norway’s doom jazz piano trio Splashgirl, trombonist/composer Jacob Garchik and his band of heroes, the quintet Ye Olde, along with Allison Miller's Boom Tic Boom & more.
Hear old music, but rearranged and connected with other genres, to make surprisingly new folk music. Listen to Sam Lee and Friends arranging folk songs from the British travelers community, Kaia Kater's Appalachian folk music. Then Sam Amidon sings an Anglo-American...
Listen to electroacoustic music from Berlin, Iceland, the U.K., & New York, including the latest by NYC-based cellist & composer Julia Kent, new music for dance by Jon Opstad & more.
Hear unexpected musical dream-teams, with music from Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead), Shye Ben Tzur and The Rajasthan Express on Junun, plus brand new music from Raya Brass Band, & more.
Explore the unexpected musical combination of cello and trombone: with electronics, in an African music setting from Blick Bassy, in a post-rock way, as a chamber pop song, and more.
Hear Anglo-American Folk Songs for this New Sounds, including music from Scotland’s Furrow Collective, San Francisco-based Meg Baird, and the Boise, Idaho-based string-band trio, Hillfolk Noir. Hear some American folk from NY-based Last Forever, featuring the late Sonya Cohen (of the...
Chamber music unlike what you've heard before, featuring music by the band Forro in the Dark, which combines the driving dance rhythms of forro from Northeastern Brazil with rock, jazz, reggae, folk and country. Listen to selections from their latest...
Hear new music from several different mid-sized groups on this New Sounds. Listen to music from the recent album, “Dreamfall” by the NY-based chamber band Now Ensemble, playing Andrea Mazzriello’s “Trust Fall.” Then there’s a Nico Muhly two-fer, with Sufjan...
For this New Sounds, hear new indie chamber works from the NYC-based group, NOW Ensemble from their recent, "Dreamfall," and the Australian chamber band Nonsemble. Plus, music by composer/bandleader/singer Becca Stevens, from her daring and captivating record, “Perfect Animal.”
Hear Afropop and Afrobeat music from West Africa and elsewhere, including new music from Malian desert-blues queen Khaira Arby, from recent music from Afrobeat band Antibalas, from the father of Afrobeat, Fela Kuti, & more. For a full playlist, visit http://www.wnyc.org/shows/newsounds/articles/new-sounds-podcasts/
For this New Sounds, we’re at the Norwegian-Finnish border, with musicians who are either or both Finnish and Norwegian, and music which involves the Finnish folk-harp, the kantele (which is held in a player’s lap or on a small table.) Hear music from...
Listen to music from around the globe, in the music from Italy, India, Egypt, Tunisia and Mali on this New Sounds. Hear music of northeastern and southeastern Europe together in the eight members of Finno-Balkan Voices, a Finnish-Estonian folk singing...
Hear music created by a cyclical approach to composition: some of it driven by technology, whereby layering, looping, or overdubbing are used to fit patterns against one another. Listen to works from Icelandic composer and violinist of amiina Maria Huld...
This episode, each track has something in common: the music is put to the sounds of voices taken out of one context and put into another. Start off with Brian Irvine’s exciting piece “Just A Little Lighter Cut of the...
Listen to electronic music from as far back as the 1970’s, along with brand new music from Tyondai Braxton for this New Sounds. Tyondai Braxton is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist who has recorded for both Warp Records and Nonesuch. (He's...
This episode continues the series exploring the new music of Ireland. John Schaefer sits down with Jonathan Nangle at the Contemporary Music Centre in Dublin. Nangle tells how Donnacha Dennehy influenced him to explore more experimental music, and then shares how...
Hear electroacoustic music by Dublin-based Seán Mac Erlaine and Australian-born, London-based Leah Kardos. Plus, music from NY-based GABI, cellist Julia Kent, and Bing & Ruth.
Composer, keyboardist and bandleader, Missy Mazzoli, joins John Schaefer to introduce selections from her new recording, “Vespers for a New Dark Age.” The work, commissioned by Carnegie Hall for the 2014 Ecstatic Music Festival, is a 30-minute suite for singers,...
Listen to works that include gamelan, but take a more western approach for this New Sounds - like combining Celtic traditional music and Indonesian gamelan in music from Gamelan Son of Lion and composer/sax player and bagpiper Matthew Welch. In...
Hear unusual music for string quartet on this program, as Australian composer Andrew Byrne, now based in New York, uses the string quartet as a percussion instrument in his work called “Striking.” Then, listen to Bang on a Can All-Star...
Listen to world music that veers into psychedelic territory on this New Sounds, with Native-American inspired percussive drone music and Afrobeat from Brazil in music by Bixiga 70. Hear a mix of Afro-Ethiopian rock and jazz from the Brazilian band,...
Listen to new music for the instrument from Southwestern Norway known as the Hardanger fiddle, (or hardingfele), but of course there’s a twist. For this New Sounds, there’s post-rock, world music, electroacoustic music, and even an Irish-American duet on this...
Hear music for the combination of choir and percussion like "Whispers and Cries," by Australian born composer Andrew Byrne, which features fellow Aussie musicians Astra Choir and Speak Percussion. The show won't always stick to traditional choirs and percussion. In Daniel Lentz's...
Listen to music for two-somes by Xylouris White, Mary Lattimore & Jeff Zeigler, Jeffrey Zeigler (confusingly) & Jason Treuting, Piers Faccini & Vincent Segal, and more.
Hear some sax players leading the way on this edition of New Sounds, including new music from sax player Tamar Osborn and her London-based Afro-Eastern-space-jazz band, Collocutor. Listen to their dreamy Turkish & Middle Eastern percussion meets Sun Ra jazz...
