New Sounds
Hand-picked music, genre free. 24/7 radio from New York City.
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#5070, Ojai on the Air, 2025, Part 2
Hear music by Tania León based on writings of Rita Dove; work by percussionist Susie Ibarra for Chinese sheng; and by minimalist composer Terry Riley, from the 2025 Ojai Music Festival. Nov 5, 2025
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#4924, New Sounds From the Renaissance
Hear Renaissance re-workings by Kronos Quartet, violinist/composer Pauline Harris Kim, and the trio of violinist Alice Zawadzki, pianist Fred Thomas, and bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado. Nov 4, 2025
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#4923, Non-Western music for String Quartets/Quintets
Hear music drawing on Sardinian choral polyphony, Indian classical music, Native American chant, and Syrian wedding music from Ligeti Quartet, Kronos Quartet, and New York-based ETHEL. Nov 3, 2025
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#4818, From Soundcheck: Jeremy Dutcher, Allison Miller, and Others
Hear performances from the Soundcheck Podcast by two-spirit song carrier and activist Jeremy Dutcher; drummer and bandleader Allison Miller; blues guitarist Buffalo Nichols, and more. Nov 2, 2025
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#4817, Old Weird Britannia
Hear songs from the British Isles: re-imagined folk songs from Irish experimental folk-doom quartet ØXN and others, and the latest by author, composer, and singer-songwriter PJ Harvey. Nov 1, 2025
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#5069, New Releases, October 2025
New for October 2025, music by Montreal violinist/composer Jessica Moss; Brighton, UK-based "American primitive" guitarist Gwenifer Raymond; and New York composer Tristan Perich. Oct 31, 2025
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#4922, Music from Northeast Africa
Hear blend(s) of music rooted in Northeast Africa by Ethiojazz pioneer Mulatu Astatke with Hoodna Orchestra, London-based Somali-rooted Dur Dur Band, and Somaliland singer Sahra Halgan. Oct 30, 2025
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#5068, From Soundcheck: La Banda Chuska and Adrian Quesada's Boleros Psicodélicos
Adrian Quesada (of Black Pumas) crafts psychedelic boleros merging vintage soul with Latin flair. Also, New York group La Banda Chuska plays their irresistible cumbia-surf, in-studio. Oct 29, 2025
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#4920, New York Guitar Festival 2024: Marc Ribot and Leyla McCalla
From the 25th Annual New York Guitar Festival at Kaufman Music Center, hear the duo of Marc Ribot, the New York guitarist, and Leyla McCalla, the New Orleans cellist and banjo player. Oct 28, 2025
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#5067, Back to Basics: Piano and a Microphone
Hear works for piano and voice by New York-based composer Meredith Monk; Tibetan singer Yungchen Lhamo and Russian pianist/composer Anton Batagov; and English poet Benjamin Clementine. Oct 27, 2025
