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Brooklyn Rider, Cross-Pollinating Chamber Music for 20 Years, and Counting
The string quartet Brooklyn Rider offers pieces from their latest record, The Four Elements, to mark their 20th anniversary and bring attention to climate change. They play in-studio. Jun 5, 2025
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Kentucky Singer/Songwriter S.G. Goodman Passes Down Stories in Song
Kentucky-based singer and songwriter S. G. Goodman blends a deeply-rooted Americana sound with indie rock and sharply observed tales of life, love and loss. Her songs acknowledge the ... Jun 2, 2025
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Brooklyn Bhangra Party With Red Baraat, In-Studio
The brass and dhol-led party band Red Baraat began as a Punjabi wedding band here in New York, but for the past 15 years they’ve brought their raucous energetic dance sound to everyon... May 29, 2025
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Songwriter/Guitarist Jill Sobule Keeps Moving on 'Nostalgic' Record (From the Archives)
Denver-born songwriter, guitarist, singer, activist, and performer Jill Sobule, is possibly best-known because of her breakthrough hit of “I Kissed a Girl” (pre-dating Katy Perry by m... May 26, 2025
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WIlliam Tyler's Haunted Guitar-Scapes Unspool Time
Nashville guitarist William Tyler has become associated with the so-called cosmic country style – expansive, atmospheric music, but now with an unsettled edge to his guitar-scapes... May 22, 2025
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Jlin's Percussive-Driven, Math-Loving, Adventurous Electronic Music, In-Studio
The artist, producer, and educator Jlin first came out of the electronic dance music scene. She plays a set of pieces that draw on an unusual array of sound sources, in-studio. May 19, 2025
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Chicago-Based Composer Macie Stewart Makes Music Out of the Spaces In-Between, In-Studio
Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist and composer Macie Stewart's latest album, "When the Distance is Blue" is of cinematic soundscapes that invite deep listens to the places in-between. May 15, 2025
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A New York Evening with Anoushka Shankar
The masterful sitarist and composer Anoushka Shankar presents music from her trilogy of mini-albums, which explores her fascination with Goa Trance. She plays live at National Sawdust. May 12, 2025
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Fiddlers Mark and Maggie O’Connor Connect Chamber Music and Bluegrass, In-Studio
The husband and wife fiddle team of Mark and Maggie O’Connor play everything from Beethoven to bluegrass in a chamber/folk way. They play some O’Connor classics, old and new, in-studio. May 8, 2025
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Revisiting Mike Peters of The Alarm, In-Studio (Archives)
The late Mike Peters of The Alarm, was all about making lemonade from lemons. He reflects on positivity, activism, and played an acoustic set in-studio from this 2023 session. May 5, 2025
