New Sounds
Hand-picked music, genre free. 24/7 radio from New York City.
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#4784, Wordless Vocal Ensembles
Hear voice as instrument, in work by drummer Tyshawn Sorey for pianist Awadagin Pratt and Roomful of Teeth, by Swedish-Iranian pianist Shida Shahabi, and by playful producer Johan Lenox. Aug 3, 2025
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#4783, Music Based on the Bhagavad Gita
Hear music inspired by a 700-verse Hindu scripture, The Bhagavad Gita, by American composers Philip Glass, Douglas Cuomo, and John Adams; and English composer Jocelyn Pook. Aug 2, 2025
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#4893, Music for the Native Americans
Hear extensions of pow-wow traditions along with psych-rock, hip hop, jazz, and pop from Medicine Singers, singer Joe Rainey, bassist Mali Obomsawin, and song carrier Jeremy Dutcher. Aug 1, 2025
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#5034, New Releases, July 2025
There’s work by Disiniblud (Rachika Nayar & Nina Keith), along with a Kronos Quartet reworking of Bob Dylan, plus, glitchy-pop from multi-instrumentalist Darian Donovan Thomas. Jul 31, 2025
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#4889, With Jason Treuting, Sō Percussion, Angélica Negrón, and Caroline Shaw
Hear collaborative music by vocalist/composer Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion from 'Rectangles and Circumstance'. Also, hear new work by Sō member Jason Treuting with friends, in-studio. Jul 30, 2025
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#4888, New Music From Colombia
Hear new music from Colombia and the Colombian diaspora, including Queens band Combo Chimbita, Japan’s Minyo Crusaders, and electronic music composer and environmentalist Savan. Jul 29, 2025
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#4887, Music in Just Intonation
Hear works in just intonation by La Monte Young, Untight, and Swedish artist Catherine Christer Hennix. Plus, Glenn Branca’s re-tuned electric guitars, and Kyle Gann’s re-tuned pianos. Jul 28, 2025
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#4782, Strings and Things
Hear music for violin, viola, and/or cello with other sounds by transdisciplinary composer Yaz Lancaster; cellist and composer MIZU; and Cuban-American Bryan Senti, among others. Jul 27, 2025
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#4781, Groove Jazz
There's groove-based jazz, post-rock, and minimalism in music by Oregon-based quintet Blue Cranes, by Manchester-based trio GoGo Penguin, and the reinvented quartet, The Bad Plus. Jul 26, 2025
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#4886, From the Soundcheck Podcast: Hatis Noit
The Japanese singer-composer-producer Hatis Noit layers her own voice - using Balkan singing, classical opera, percussive rumbles, and/or experimental pop. She performs in-studio. Jul 25, 2025
