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09/29/2023

Grandbrothers mess with pianos and new ideas for John Schaefer WNYC New Sounds - Listen and watch https://bit.ly/3PW6uQJ City Slang

09/29/2023

Hear music by American composer Moondog, aka Louis T. Hardin, as played by NYC ensemble Ghost Train Orchestra with Kronos Quartet, Italian trio Hobocombo, and guitarist Sean Shibe.

Bass player, songwriter, and bandleader Michael Olatuja plays songs with his cinematic Afrobeat sound from 'Lagos Pepper...
09/25/2023

Bass player, songwriter, and bandleader Michael Olatuja plays songs with his cinematic Afrobeat sound from 'Lagos Pepper Soup', a tribute to Lagos, London, and New York, in-studio for the :

Bass player and songwriter Michael Olatuja plays songs from the new album, Lagos Pepper Soup, in-studio.

 Dardashti presents her record  , (Persian, meaning an intimate dialogue with the Divine) which is a digital collaborati...
09/07/2023

Dardashti presents her record , (Persian, meaning an intimate dialogue with the Divine) which is a digital collaboration with the recorded voice of her grandfather Younes Dardashti, and an all-star ensemble. Listen to the show: https://www.newsounds.org/story/4788-galeet-dardashti/
Sept. 9. is the album release show at

Vocalist and anthropologist Galeet Dardashti presents her record "Monajat", a collaboration with her grandfather's recorded voice, and talks about bridging generations and geography. 

Argentine vocalist Sofía Rei and Peruvian bassist   are both Brooklyn-based. They combine quietly thrilling textures and...
08/29/2023

Argentine vocalist Sofía Rei and Peruvian bassist are both Brooklyn-based. They combine quietly thrilling textures and dramatic melodies as they play originals in-studio for the .

Argentine vocalist Sofia Rei and Peruvian bassist Jorge Roeder are both Brooklyn-based. They combine quietly thrilling textures and dramatic melodies as they play originals in-studio. 

08/25/2023

Cellist MIZU, (fka Issei Herr), classically trained at Juilliard, creates expansive waves of sound through the processing and layering of her instrument. Her debut record, , includes that explore openness, vulnerability, and a sense of wonder. xMIZU plays some of these works in-studio, for the . Download or listen via http://bit.ly/IsseiHerr2023 or wherever you get podcasts.

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08/17/2023

: , Divino Niño, Sara Curruchich at on Aug. 18:

Puerto Rican artist iLe takes on colonialism and patriarchy, mixing boleros and ballads with reggaeton and pop. She plays Aug. 18 at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn.

08/05/2023

Classical Korean guitarist and improviser Jiji plays adapted Paganini and a work by Gulli Bjornsson on the , recorded live at the 2023 New York Guitar Festival in the Greene Space.

Listen or Download via https://bit.ly/jiji_pod

Did you miss Paul Simon on   last night? You can listen now via https://bit.ly/3Oh2PLb to hear about his newest release,...
08/04/2023

Did you miss Paul Simon on last night? You can listen now via https://bit.ly/3Oh2PLb to hear about his newest release, Seven Psalms. Plus a slightly extended version of the interview.

Paul Simon joins John to present Seven Psalms, a guitar-based song cycle of musings on life and death, faith and technology - and to hold forth about ways of manipulating sound. 

08/03/2023

TONIGHT at 11p, Paul Simon joins John to present his newest release, Seven Psalms, on .

Tune into WNYC or listen live at newsounds.org

08/01/2023

Black Belt Eagle Scout’s latest album The Land, The Water, The Sky pairs musings on land, love, and community with roaring guitars and pounding drums. plays songs from the album in-studio on the . Listen or Download via https://bit.ly/45de8uX

07/31/2023

The band Altin Gün has gained global attention for their psychedelic, glam rock and disco-tinged sound. They play new tunes from their latest album, Ask, in-studio for the . And they play at Brooklyn Steel TONIGHT. Listen or Download via https://bit.ly/3qa8V8a

Joined up on Threads. We'll also see y'all there:
07/17/2023

Joined up on Threads. We'll also see y'all there:

Home for the musically curious. Serving hand-picked, genre-free music 24/7, from NY Public Radio. Newsounds.org | https://campsite.bio/newsounds. 552 Followers.

07/13/2023

has released his third LP, Spanish Villager #3, and while it has a more produced, electric sound, he’s touring around doing solo acoustic performances. He plays in-studio for the . Listen or Download via https://bit.ly/3XSu0k7

Check out our Weekly Music Roundup!This week, returns for  and  And The Johnsons;  goes dancing; and  goes to Galicia.ht...
07/10/2023

Check out our Weekly Music Roundup!

This week, returns for and And The Johnsons; goes dancing; and goes to Galicia.

https://bit.ly/44xXq9L

This week, returns for PJ Harvey and Anohni And The Johnsons; Aluna goes dancing; and C. Tangana goes to Galicia.

Listen to Spanish string musician Efren Lopez as part of two different trios, along with lute music of the Hazara people...
07/07/2023

Listen to Spanish string musician Efren Lopez as part of two different trios, along with lute music of the Hazara people of central Asia, and lute music from Crete, Cyprus, Iran, Syria, and Turkey: https://www.newsounds.org/story/4768-whole-lotta-lutes

GOTTA WHOLE LOTTA LUTES...

Listen to Spanish string musician Efren Lopez as part of two different trios, along with lute music of the Hazara people of central Asia, and lute music from Iran, Syria, and Turkey.

06/27/2023

Vanessa Wagner Pianiste is an omnivorous and accomplished classical pianist who has been able to explore contemporary music usually rarely played by classical musicians. She performs some New York-minded new music in-studio for the latest edition of New Sounds. Also, she chats about some of the music she has recorded for InFiné.

06/21/2023

Dither, Flexible Music, JIJI, and the GFA Convention Guitar Orchestra in Concert!

Thursday, June 22 - 8pm
Neidorff-Karpati | Manhattan School of Music

Featuring music by Andriessen, Reich, Assad, Webb, and Verdery!

06/08/2023

Dominican guitarist, vocalist, composer, and producer Yasser Tejeda explores the African roots of Dominican music, and combines the folkloric with jazz, rock, highlife, and Afrobeat. Tejada and his band tear it up in the studio with music from his latest, 'La Madruga' for the . DL/Listen via https://bit.ly/YasserTejeda23

TONIGHT, June 8, Latin GRAMMY Award-winning Colombian stars Monsieur Periné  perform songs from their new album Bolero A...
06/08/2023

TONIGHT, June 8, Latin GRAMMY Award-winning Colombian stars Monsieur Periné perform songs from their new album Bolero Apocaliptico live in The Greene Space at WNYC/WQXR :

Latin GRAMMY Award-winning Colombian stars Monsieur Periné perform songs from their new album live in The Greene Space!

John Schaefer Reflects on Bob Sherman's Legacy WQXR
06/05/2023

John Schaefer Reflects on Bob Sherman's Legacy WQXR

“Bob’s knack for pulling back the curtain and revealing the people who made the music was incredibly important for me as an aspiring college radio DJ.”

Latest show, Drums and the Drummers Who Drum Them. Behold drum-centric music from Ezra Collective led by Femi Koleoso , ...
05/16/2023

Latest show, Drums and the Drummers Who Drum Them. Behold drum-centric music from Ezra Collective led by Femi Koleoso , Lombardo solo album, improviser and percussionist Valentina Magaletti (Holy Tongue, Tomaga), tabla master Zakir Hussain Tabla, Marcus Gilmore, and Val Jeanty, among others :

Behold drum-centric music from Ezra Collective led by Femi Koleoso, Dave Lombardo's solo album, Valentina Magaletti (Holy Tongue), tabla master Zakir Hussain, Marcus Gilmore, and others.

Save the dates June 12-13 for the 2023 New York Guitar Festival at  with a stylistic smorgasbord of guitar heroes: .fris...
05/08/2023

Save the dates June 12-13 for the 2023 New York Guitar Festival at with a stylistic smorgasbord of guitar heroes: .frisell , , .yaz , , , , and .sessa.sessa TICKETS NOW ON SALE/ full schedule via link in bio

05/08/2023

Serbian quartet EYOT draws on traditional Balkan folk music, jazz, classical piano, punk, and art-rock, and fits neatly into none of these categories. Their music - partly composed, and partly improvised - never loses its groove, even as it frequently makes use of odd rhythm patterns. EYOT plays in-studio for the . DL/Listen via https://bit.ly/EYOT2023 or wherever you get your podcasts.

05/01/2023

Catalan folk duo Tarta Relena 's vocal-based music limns centuries and borders, and often uses electronics. They sing a ca****la on location from a remote session recorded at the Big Ears Festival for the latest . DL/Listen via https://www.newsounds.org/story/tarta-relena-their-voices-travel or wherever you get your podcasts

This week on The NY Phil Story: In 1893, crowds gathered outside Carnegie Hall to hear the historic premiere of Antonín ...
04/19/2023

This week on The NY Phil Story: In 1893, crowds gathered outside Carnegie Hall to hear the historic premiere of Antonín Dvořák’s New World Symphony by the New York Philharmonic. In 2008, the orchestra traveled to North Korea and played the same piece, once again making history. Listen here: https://link.chtbl.com/nyphilstorypodcast?sid=newsounds

Image One:

The New York Philharmonic upon arrival at Pyongyang Sunan International Airport, February 25, 2008.

Image Credit: Chris Lee

Image Two:
English horn original manuscript score part to the Largo of Antonin Dvorak's Symphony no. 9, "From the New World", 1893.
Dr. Dvorak's manuscript score was delivered to the Philharmonic's librarian less than four weeks before the first performance. These hand-copied parts which were used by the Orchestra for the next 40 years.

Image Credit: Credit line: NY Phil Shelby White & Leon Levy Digital Archives

04/17/2023

Harpist, bandleader, and improviser Brandee Younger brings the killer bass lines, wide expressive range, and the delicate chords, trills, and sweeps, - and uses the different extended harp techniques (pedal slide, prepared harp, playing near the board) playing solo, in-studio for the . Her latest album is , which pays tribute to the trailblazing and barrier-breaking harpist . DL/Listen via https://bit.ly/BrandeeYounger_SCpod

04/06/2023

French-Canadian pianist Alexandra Stréliski creates minimalist and cinematic music which conjures longing and hope, dream and imagination. She plays melancholic and lovely melodies from her latest, 'Neo-Romance', in-studio. DL/Listen via https://bit.ly/Streliski_Pod

04/06/2023

The New Pornographers reliably bring the power pop; one can always count on big hooks, anthemic choruses, glittery vocal harmonies, and impeccably arranged orchestrations. They play new songs from 'Continue as a Guest' in a trio setting for the . DL/Listen via https://bit.ly/NewPs_2023.

Remembering Ryuichi Sakamoto 坂本龍一, in his own words, and works via in-studio performances, live concert recordings, and ...
04/06/2023

Remembering Ryuichi Sakamoto 坂本龍一, in his own words, and works via in-studio performances, live concert recordings, and highlights from some of the interviews he gave New Sounds on the latest hour-long episode:

It's a New Sounds tribute to the late Japanese-born composer, producer, pianist, actor, activist, DJ, and electronic music pioneer, Ryuichi Sakamoto, who passed in late March 2023.

 : Catalan folk duo  AT  on Thurs, 3/30, in partnership with . Folk melodies, electronically enhanced... https://www.nat...
03/29/2023

: Catalan folk duo AT on Thurs, 3/30, in partnership with . Folk melodies, electronically enhanced... https://www.nationalsawdust.org/event/tarta-relena

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAQQnaOZHnE

Catalan folk duo Tarta Relena make their New York premiere at National Sawdust, performing work from the award-winning 2019 album Ora Pro Nobis. Started in 2016 as an acapella project between Helena Ros and Marta Torrella, Tarta Relena’s electronic-accented folk reimagines the traditional music of...

"AI and algorithms work on logic.  Music, and discovery, work beyond logic, in the realm of intuition and inspiration an...
03/27/2023

"AI and algorithms work on logic. Music, and discovery, work beyond logic, in the realm of intuition and inspiration and chance." - Host John Schaefer on AI and Algorithms, and the human element in discovery and curious listening:

AI and algorithms work on logic. Music, and discovery, work beyond logic, in the realm of intuition and inspiration and chance.

03/17/2023

Have you checked out New Sounds recent program? Program 4726, Music for Voice and String Quartet, features selections from Landfall by Laurie Anderson, Forgetting by Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson, as well as Factory Girl, performed by Rhiannon Giddens.

Also featured is Attacca Quartet, who will be joining us for our 50 For the Future Weekend in Amsterdam on May 6th and 7th.

Tune into New Sounds to hear more Kronos and other incredible handpicked artists.

https://www.newsounds.org/story/4726-music-voice-and-string-quartet/

02/23/2023

Grammy-winning trumpeter, composer, producer, and sports broadcaster Nabaté Isles Trumpet seeks to bring the groove and movement back to jazz, in order to get people to dance. He and his band play new songs from 'En Motion' in-studio for the . DL/Listen via: https://bit.ly/nabate_SCpod

02/06/2023

New York-based UNI and The Urchins brings a glam rock sensibility to the band’s artful mix of psychedelia and post punk. The conversation includes AI ; a love of David Bowie; their favorite Japanese food (the sticky, slimy kind); tuba sound effects and more. They play catchy, dance-y, sometimes cheeky songs in-studio for the : https://bit.ly/UNIandUrchins

02/06/2023

The rapper has just released his first album in five years, called , tackling big ideas of home, race, and family. He and the live band, Good Company, play in-studio for the . DL/Listen: https://bit.ly/oddisee_pod

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Happy 40th Anniversary of New Sounds to John Schaefer and team! I was lucky to meet John in 1990 for my Mode Records release and had dinner a few weeks later with he and his wife. Lovely people. John has had a huge and lasting impact on the NYC music scene and adventurous music nationally as well.
Here's to no 'sunsets', John!
NEW SOUNDS GIG ALERT! Estonian duo Puuluup at Joe's Pub this Thursday, Sept 22 at 7PM - More info & tickets: https://bit.ly/wmipuuluup

(and Happy 40th anniversary to our friends at New Sounds!)
This year, John Schaefer celebrates 40 years of guiding New Yorkers in their discovery of genre-free music on New Sounds – New York Public Radio’s home for the musically curious. If you’re unfamiliar, the radio show is a stalwart of WNYC's programming, airing nightly at 11 pm, and centers on a shared, unique musical theme. Genres, languages, and countries of origin vary from episode to episode with topics ranging from “typewriter music” to “music for didgeridoo.” Composer Julia Wolfe asks John Schaefer all about the program, and process for finding “New Sounds” in an exclusive interview with WQXR. Read the full interview here. https://bit.ly/3Br870u
New Sounds Soundcheck features Venezuelan musician Mafer Bandola, previewing her upcoming performance at
Flushing Town Hall on Sunday.

OUT NOW! TTimothy McAllisterand LLiz Ames Project Encore, Volume 1.

PROJECT ENCORE, VOL.1, featuring today’s most celebrated classical saxophonist Timothy McAllister and acclaimed pianist Liz Ames, was born from the idea that recital curation often relies too much on tradition and time-honored chestnuts while ignoring fresh, innovative and diverse voices. Alongside the duo’s conscious efforts to weave a wide array of influences into their playing, from modernism to minimalism or popular idioms including latin, jazz, funk, and musical theater, they believe it is increasingly crucial to foster partnerships with living composers representing a broad spectrum of styles and backgrounds. The result of their efforts includes these virtuosic showpieces and vignettes which they hope will find a home as true ‘encores’ following larger compositions, dazzling concert openers, or, simply, the perfect introductions to these composers themselves as a means to round out any recital programming.

From mechanical stutterings framing arguably the most famous pop sax solo in history to a crooning theater ballad; from elegiac music inspired by pandemic lockdowns to jubilant outbursts of renewal and hope, PROJECT ENCORE, VOLUME 1, is a channel-surfing mosaic of modern composition at its finest. McAllister notes, “there is a mission and a level of musical activism behind this album, and nothing can speak to the state and richness of concert music today like the saxophone.”

The collected works on this first volume, and the Ann Arbor-based duo’s third album since 2020, features the music of
NNina ShekharJJennifer JolleyAAndre MyersKKaralyn Schubring BolognaGGriffin CandeyCCorey DundeeMMarianne PlogerCChad SirWick HughesGGonzalo Garrido-LeccaAAndres Eloy RodriguezAArmando BayoloZZoe CutlerJJim Territo
https://timothymcallister.bandcamp.com/








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Happy Birthday, Hildegard von Bingen! Her contributions to the modern world are second to 'nun!' 🎂🎶

An instrumental force in early music, her legacy lives on in a multitude of ways. From penning what laid the foundation for opera, to inspiring composers creating "Bardcore" on YouTube in 2020, you can learn all about how modern composers have been influenced by Hildegard and medieval music in this episode of New Sounds.
Join us tonight for a very hip event

CompCord Chamber Orchestra Featuring Suzanne Vega
– Songs & Poems from the Village –

Wednesday, September 14
Part of The Village Trip Festival

With Music by NYC Composers Including the Legendary
Suzanne Vega - Singing Some of Her Classic Songs in
New Orchestral Arrangements by
Gene Pritsker, William Anderson & Jonathan Dawe;
Poetry Recitations Pay Tribute to Greenwich Village

Still some tickets available (but not too many)
https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/1132071

and check out the nice promo New Sounds did for this event
https://www.newsounds.org/story/suzanne-vega-players-theater-part-village-trip-festival/?fbclid=IwAR24zLCiEWN_cAare28cnC6K9huuIF55VmPG6mgdcKtJxmKMMZmRcZPE42E

Composers:
William Anderson, Seth Boustead, Dan Cooper, Peter Jarvis, Debra Kaye, Mark Kostabi, Arkady Leytush, Milica Paranosic@, Gene Pritsker, Suzanne Vega.

Poets:
Robert C. Ford, Erik T. Johnson, Jim Kempner, Cheri Magid, Imelda O'Reilly, Paul L. Mills / Poez.

Performers:
CompCord Chamber Orchestra
conducted by Arkady Leytush

Sharon Harms - soprano
Carla Auld - flute
Katie Scheele - oboe
Ford Fourqurean - clarinet
Alexander Davis - bassoon
Franz Hackl - trumpet
John Clark - horn
Michael Sgouros -percussion
Kyle Miller - acoustic guitar
Gene Pritsker - electric guitar

Violins
Funda Cizmecioglu (concertmaster)
Mark Zaki
Russell Kotcher
Lynn Bechtold (principal 2nd)
Gabriela Rengel-Rohdin
Yoonjung Hwang

violas
Lev Ljova Zhurbin
Beth Holub

cellos
Allison Seidner
Molly Aronson

bass
Laurence Goldman
Come party with us & New Sounds with John Schaefer on Sept. 21st at Brooklyn Bowl as we celebrate 40 years on the air.

We bringing the CANDELAAAA 🔥

🎟: https://bit.ly/CC-NS-40
Cool, New Sounds did a little promo podcast for Composers Concordance's concert on the 14th with special guest Suzanne Vega
Check it out - AND there are still some tickets available so go and get yours - link in comments

WITH:
Composers:
William Anderson, Seth Boustead, Dan Cooper, Jonathan Dawe, Pete Jarvis, Debra Kaye, Mark Kostabi, Arkady Leytush, Milica Paranosic, Gene Pritsker, Suzanne Vega.

Poets:
Robert C. Ford, Erik T. Johnson, Jim Kempner, Cheri Magid, Imelda O'Reilly, Paul L. Mills / Poez.

Performers:
CompCord Chamber Orchestra conducted by Arkady Leytush
Sharon Harms - soprano
Carla Auld - flute
Katie Scheele - oboe
Ford Fourqurean - clarinet
Alexander Davis - bassoon
Franz Hackl - trumpet
John Clark - horn
Michael Sgouros -percussion
Kyle Miller - acoustic guitar
Gene Pritsker - electric guitar

Violins
Funda Cizmecioglu (concertmaster)
Mark Zaki
Russell Kotcher
Lynn Bechtold (principal 2nd)
Gabriela Rengel-Rohdin
Yoonjung Hwang

violas
Lev 'Ljova' Zhurbin
Beth Holub

cellos
Allison Seidner
Molly Aronson

bass
Laurence Goldman
CD Available Now!
A Must Have!
Nate White "Up Close" CD
Genre: Jazz, R&B, Funk (Instrumental)

Website: https://natewhitemusic.com/

Amazon Buy:
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Photo from the premiere performance of John Luther Adams' Sila from 2014
Photo Credit: John Schaefer for New Sounds

Sila: The Breath of the World comes out September 23rd!
Preorders your copy at the link below!
https://johnlutheradams.bandcamp.com/album/sila-the-breath-of-the-world
As the U.S. heads back to school, BATTLE TRANCE heads on a U.S. TOUR. The tenor-sax quartet's new Billboard-charting album, GREEN OF WINTER, is loved by NPR, Bandcamp, The Wire, The New York City Jazz Record, PopMatters, Big Takeover Magazine, New Sounds, and more! CATCH A SHOW!

Sat, Sep 17 @ Trinosophes, Detroit, MI
Sun, Sep 18 @ Constellation, Chicago, IL
Mon, Sep 19 @ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Tue, Sep 20 @ Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY
Wed, Sep 21 @ 2640 Space, Baltimore, MD

Sat, Oct 29 @ Angel City Jazz Festival, LA, CA
Sun, Oct 30 @ House Concert (contact for details), Berkeley, CA
Tue, Nov 1 @ Audium-Theatre of Sound, San Fransisco, CA
Thu, Nov 3 @ The Old Church, Portland, OR
Fri, November 4 @ Earshot Jazz Festival, Seattle, WA
Badieh are part of this beautiful collection of Afghan music on New Sounds NPR.
Join New York Public Radio’s celebration of 40 years of John Schaefer’s New Sounds, Wednesday, September 21st at Brooklyn Bowl. The show begins at 7:30, and doors open at 7 pm. This event is ages 21 and up.

Dance or groove on the future-funk-trancey-cumbia of Combo Chimbita, a quartet based in New York City by way of Colombia. Brooklyn-based Red Baraat brings the Bhangra party with their dhol and brass and funk, and on-stage dance-offs. There will also be a DJ set by Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley. Reserve a lane, order snacks and mingle with the on-air and podcast talent, hosts, producers, and staff on and off the lanes.

Purchase your tickets here: https://bit.ly/3AMHLW3
Thrilled to be included on a new all-sax edition of WNYC's New Sounds, hosted by john Schaefer - featuring PRISM recordings of music by Jacob TV and Gavin Bryars (with The Crossing).
Fantastic New Sounds feature highlighting my work for flute and electronics, in collaboration with Claire Chase and Talea Ensemble! This instrumentation has always had a celebrated place in my writing (my first attempt dates back to a 2001 work for Erin Bouriakov), so the support and context is greatly appreciated! Delighted to also be featured alongside longtime collaborator and friend Jeremiah Cymerman (a work he dedicated to me), Du Yun, and a stunning work by Frank Becker from 1982!
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