New Sounds
Hand-picked music, genre free. 24/7 radio from New York City.
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#4723, Voices From East Africa To South Asia
Hear music with roots in South Asia, Kuwait, and East Africa, in work by the trio of Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, and Shahzad Ismaily, composer Fatima Al Qadiri, and Ethiopian band QWANQWA. Jan 21, 2025
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#4968, With Lara Downes and Friends, In-Studio
American pianist and producer Lara Downes, violinist Curtis Stewart, and singers Martha Redbone and Brian Stokes Mitchell, present and play works reflecting a range of American music. Jan 20, 2025
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#4724, Baroque Instruments
Hear new music with baroque instruments: lute by Josef Van Wissem with Jim Jarmusch, harpsichord by Polish composer Jacaszek, and violas da gamba by New York composer Molly Herron. Jan 19, 2025
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#4721, Ostinati
Hear works by pianist, producer, and composer Kelly Moran, multi-instrumentalist Erik Hall playing Dutch composer Simeon ten Holt, and zither player, pianist, and composer Laraaji. Jan 18, 2025
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#4967, With Adam Tendler
The New York-based contemporary music pianist Adam Tendler visits the studio to present and perform works from a collection of recently commissioned pieces called "Inheritances". Jan 17, 2025
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#4966, Music From North Africa and the Near East
Hear music connecting the Tuareg "Desert Blues" sound and Ethiogroove traditions, from the Afropentatonism project, Mauritanian griot Noura Mint Seymali, Moroccan Gnawa music, and more. Jan 16, 2025
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#4824, A Meeting of Musics
Hear some recently released music from Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars, a tune from Americana band Nefesh Mountain, and a 1993 recording of the Simon Shaheen Frank London Project. Jan 15, 2025
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#4965, Featuring Rappers and Spoken Word Artists
Hear music by American bluegrass musician Jake Blount, contemporary classical ensemble W4RP TRIO, and Anglo-Indian musician Sarathy Korwar, all joined by spoken word artists and rappers. Jan 14, 2025
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#4823, Geeking Out On P. Glass With Timo Andres
Brooklyn-based composer and pianist Timo Andres performs some of the Philip Glass Etudes, and nerds out about his work on a new special edition of the Philip Glass Piano Etudes. Jan 13, 2025
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#4719, With Lisel (Eliza Bagg)
As Lisel, vocalist and composer Eliza Bagg creates hybrid music that blends her classical vocal training with electronic production techniques found in hyperpop. She performs in-studio. Jan 12, 2025
