New Sounds
Hand-picked music, genre free. 24/7 radio from New York City.
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#4837, Music for Multiple Pianos
Hear work for multiple pianos by English composer Jane Antonia Cornish for Vicky Chow, percussionist/composer Chris P. Thompson (of Alarm Will Sound), and music by American Kyle Gann. Dec 21, 2025
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#4836, New Music From South Africa
Hear new music from South Africa, including the 15-piece ensemble IzangoMa, Soweto band BCUC, and a cappella choir Afrika Mamas. Plus, a sound art piece by cellist Abel Selaocoe. Dec 20, 2025
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#4937, Tabla Master Zakir Hussain and Santoor Player Rahul Sharma, In-Studio
Hear the late master musician and tabla player Ustad Zakir Hussain in his final appearance in-studio, with santoor player Pandit Rahul Sharma, the son of master Pandit Shivkumar Sharma. Dec 19, 2025
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#5089, Unusual Orchestral Works
Hear music by the late sax player Pharoah Sanders, electronic musician Floating Points, and the London Symphony Orchestra. Plus, music by the late Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson. Dec 18, 2025
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#5088, Silence and Space
Hear music in Colorado’s The TANK from The Westerlies' trombonist Andy Clausen, and by Native American flutist R. Carlos Nakai and percussionist Will Clipman. Plus, work by Brian Eno. Dec 17, 2025
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#5087, Old Sounds
Hear old sounds from restored 78rpm recordings and field recordings of voices from around the planet, from the Excavated Shellac and The Secret Museum Of Mankind series, among others. Dec 16, 2025
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#4936, Postminimalist Works With Winds
Hear work from California-based composer/software developer Brian Baumbusch, London-based producer/multi-instrumentalist Akusmi, and Montreal-based sax player/composer Colin Stetson. Dec 15, 2025
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#4835, Dark, Doom, Drone Folk
There’s dark doom- or drone- folk from the Balkans, Ireland, Estonia, and The North: Norway, Sweden, and Denmark from Montreal-based BIG|BRAVE, Ireland’s ØXN, and Danish artist Myrkur. Dec 14, 2025
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#4834, With Huang Ruo: Angel Island
Chinese-American composer Huang Ruo's multimedia work, 'Angel Island', for strings and voices, is inspired by the dark history of that detention center and the poetry on its walls. Dec 13, 2025
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#5086 Unusual Songs
Hear works that blend classical minimalism to hyperpop by Brooklyn-based composer Catherine Brookman; composer/violinist Darian Donovan Thomas; and songwriter/composer Gabriel Zucker. Dec 12, 2025
