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Composer and Producer Kelly Moran's Prepared Piano Meets Electronica, In-Studio
New York-based classically trained composer and musician Kelly Moran’s music draws on everything from classical to dance to metal, but ends up sounding like none of those. She has bec... Dec 18, 2025
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Montreal's Psych-Art Rockers The Besnard Lakes, In-Studio
The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse. The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night. The Besnard Lakes Are The Last Of The Great Thunderstorm Warnings. The Besnard Lakes are a rock band fro... Dec 15, 2025
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Brooklyn Band Momma Plays Unplugged, In-Studio
Brooklyn-based band Momma's immaculately composed yet immediately potent songs match raw rockage with sticky melodies and taut pop arrangements. They play as an acoustic duo, in-studio. Dec 11, 2025
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Icelandic Pianist Eydís Evensen Shares Elemental Lessons of LIfe and Nature
The Icelandic keyboardist and composer Eydís Evensen has released three albums of music that blends classical lyricism with the repeating patterns of post-minimalist music. "Her compo... Dec 8, 2025
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Boyish Brings Walls of Guitars to the 'Gun' Show, In-Studio
The L.A-based, Brooklyn-born band called Boyish is built around the songwriting of India Shore and Claire Altendahl, and while they’ve been releasing music since 2018, they’ve just pu... Dec 4, 2025
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English Singer Patrick Wolf Plays Artful Baroque Pop, In-Studio
English singer and multi-instrumentalist Patrick Wolf built his sizable reputation on a blend of Baroque pop and arty, classically-informed folk-rock. But a series of setbacks kept hi... Dec 1, 2025
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Soundcheck Special - American Musicians Ashley Jackson and Ken Pomeroy
Native American singer Ken Pomeroy, and African American harpist Ashley Jackson join host John Schaefer for music and conversation in a special Thanksgiving edition of Soundcheck. Nov 27, 2025
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Dusty Psych-Soul and Fiery Groove From Black Pumas (Archives)
Both old and new, Austin-based band Black Pumas is centered around guitarist and producer Adrian Quesada and 27-year-old songwriter Eric Burton. Grammy Award-winning Quesada has playe... Nov 27, 2025
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Irish Folk Duo Ye Vagabonds Go Backwards to Look Forwards
Dublin band Ye Vagabonds mixes traditional Irish and European music, old time American tunes, sibling harmonies, and the music of the 1960s folk revival. They play new tunes in-studio. Nov 24, 2025
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Indigenous Latin-Jazz-Ambient-Soul From Cochemea, In-Studio
Sax player, composer, and arranger Cochemea blends the sounds of funk, jazz, and Indigenous North American music and more in his solo work. He and his band play live, in-studio. Nov 20, 2025
