New Sounds
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#4615, Irish Story-Songs
Hear an hour of Irish story-songs in music from Franco-Italian duo Varo, Americans Anna & Elizabeth, Anglo-Indian singer Sheila Chandra, and the Irish bands Lankum and Ye Vagabonds. Apr 20, 2024
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#4872, Unexpected Flutists: Shabaka Hutchings and Andre 3000
Hear new music featuring unexpected flutists Shabaka (Hutchings) and rapper Andre 3000, solo, and with vocalist Ganavya, American saxophonist Kamasi Washington, and drummer Yusef Dayes. Apr 19, 2024
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#4733, Inadvertent Songs
Hear inadvertent songs from the late New York-based composer and guitarist Scott Johnson, UK composer/violist Jocelyn Pook, and American Minimalist composer Steve Reich. Apr 18, 2024
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#4735, David Cieri, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Live at Brookfield Place
Listen to composer David Cieri’s new score to the 1928 film "The Passion of Joan of Arc", including Sardinian vocal quartet Tenores de Aterúe, recorded in Jan. 2023 at Brookfield Place. Apr 17, 2024
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#4871, With Roger and Cecily Eno
From the Soundcheck Podcast series, British composer and musician Roger Eno and vocalist Cecily Eno perform in-studio. Plus, hear selections from Eno's the skies, they shift like chords. Apr 16, 2024
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#4870, Updating Folk Roots
Hear voices and percussion in folk traditions from Southern France by San Salvador; Mauritania by Veyrouz Mint Seymali; Portugal by Ana Lua Caiano; and Italy/Iran by Hysterrae. Apr 15, 2024
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#4614, Music For Hammered Dulcimers
There's music for hammered dulcimers from Brooklyn-based Max ZT, Korean composer Park Jiha, Finnish musician Pauliina Syrjälä, and Laraaji’s electronically-enhanced zither. Apr 14, 2024
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#4613, Music from the Mediterranean
Hear Newpoli interpret an Italian song with an Arab instrument, traditional Sephardi/Mizrahi Jewish music by Divahn, and a Lebanese-Christian song from Greek singer Savina Yannatou. Apr 13, 2024
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#4732, Contemporary Blues
Hear contemporary takes on the blues by Kentucky-based Nat Myers with Dan Auerbach, Welsh fingerstyle guitarist Gwenifer Raymond, and Afrofuturistic spoken-word blues by Moor Mother. Apr 12, 2024
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#4869, Arab-American Music
Hear new music by Syrian-American hip-hop artist Omar Offendum; Tunisian singer Emel; Lebanese-American violinist Layale Chaker; Iraqi-American santur player Amir ElSaffar, and others. Apr 11, 2024
