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.
Hear favorite live performances from the WNYC studios this year including music by Portuguese fado singer Carminho; Grammy-winning classical quartet Third Coast Percussion; Ethiopian-born singer and bandleader Meklit, and more.
New York-based drummer Matt Wilson's melodic playing has shaped many a bandstand, but at this time of year, he might be best known for his Christmas Tree-O. They play in-studio.
The debut album by the L.A-based, Brooklyn-born Boyish called 'Gun', feels lush and expansive, with layers of crunchy growly guitars, crisp and punchy drums, and soaring vocals. They play these new tunes and share the lore, in-studio.
Harpist, educator, and soloist Ashley Jackson, performs music from her latest album, Take Me To The Water, which ranges from works by Debussy to the blues, to music by the jazz harpist Alice Coltrane. She plays some of her arrangements of spirituals in-studio. Plus, Oklahoma-based Cherokee singer and songwriter Ken Pomeroy.
Cochemea Gastelum is a sax player, composer, and arranger who records as Cochemea. His albums blend the sounds of funk, jazz, Indigenous North American music and more. He and his percussion-heavy band play in-studio.
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.
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.
