WNYC, New York Public Radio, brings you Soundcheck, the arts and culture program hosted by John Schaefer, who engages guests and listeners in lively, inquisitive conversations with established and rising figures in New York City's creative arts scene. Guests come from all disciplines, including pop, indie rock, jazz, urban, world and classical music, technology, cultural affairs, TV and film. Recent episodes have included features on Michael Jackson,Crosby Stills & Nash, the Assad Brothers, Rackett, The Replacements, and James Brown.
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WNYC, New York Public Radio, brings you Soundcheck, the arts and culture program hosted by John Schaefer, who engages guests and listeners in lively, inquisitive conversations with established and rising figures in New York City's creative arts scene. Guests come from all disciplines, including pop, indie rock, jazz, urban, world and classical music, technology, cultural affairs, TV and film. Recent episodes have included features on Michael Jackson,Crosby Stills & Nash, the Assad Brothers, Rackett, The Replacements, and James Brown.
London-based Polish pianist and composer Hania Rani works in a space between classical music, jazz, and electronic music, always seeking connection in her solo piano pieces, film scores, collaborations, and her latest - a piano concerto called 'Non Fiction'. She plays original works in-studio.
Electric violinist L. Shankar plays everything from Indian classical to Western instrumental pop and worked with Frank Zappa and Peter Gabriel. He plays, solo, in-studio.
Singer, guitarist and songwriter Brad Barr of The Barr Brothers is a versatile collaborator and risk-taker who revels in making unusual sounds. Brad Barr, along with Stuart Bogie on sax and clarinet and Shahzad Ismaily on bass play (and improvise a bit) on some songs from the new album, Let It Hiss, in-studio.
Meklit's Ethio-jazz storytelling blends jazz, pop, and soul with the echoes of Ethiopian pop. She and her band perform some of her songs from the new album, "A Piece of Infinity", in-studio.
The Jordanian/Palestinian band 47SOUL plays "Shamstep" - a mix of dubstep, hip-hop and electro-Arabic dabke in a smart dance party of celebration and political awareness, in-studio.
The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble is a musically free-ranging band of brothers based between Brooklyn and Chicago. They'll bring their tight funky brassy jazzy groove to play in-studio.
Rumbo Tumba is the project of the Argentine musician Facundo Salgado, who uses a looping station to record and mix traditional wooden instruments in real time. He plays in-studio.
Soundcheck offers a special selection live performances and brief interview clips from artists around the world who share a connecting sonic thread: the blues. Hear Ruthie Foster, Fantastic Negrito, Bab L’Bluz, Yemen Blues, Mdou Moctar and more.
WNYC, New York Public Radio, brings you Soundcheck, the arts and culture program hosted by John Schaefer, who engages guests and listeners in lively, inquisitive conversations with established and rising figures in New York City's creative arts scene. Guests come from all disciplines, including pop, indie rock, jazz, urban, world and classical music, technology, cultural affairs, TV and film. Recent episodes have included features on Michael Jackson,Crosby Stills & Nash, the Assad Brothers, Rackett, The Replacements, and James Brown.
