New Sounds

10/18/2024

Tabla master Zakir Hussain is the world's pre-eminent innovator on the instrument - from Indian classical music to collaborating with musicians across ALL genres - to putting together epic showcases of drummers and drumming, "Masters of Percussion". Here, he demonstrates the rhythmic syllables by speaking and playing them.

For this New Sounds, he is joined by santoor player Pandit Rahul Sharma, the son of santoor master Pandit Shivkumar Sharma. They play in-studio: http://bit.ly/ZakirHussan_RahulSharma

09/20/2024

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with this playlist of live performances and a week of nightly shows on New Sounds at 11PM, from Sept. 23-27.

Take a musical tour of Latin America and the Latinx diaspora.

09/05/2024

At 7 p.m. on Sept. 9, John Schaefer will join other WNYC hosts at SummerStage NYC in Central Park for a free evening of live music, great storytelling, comedy, trivia and more as part of WNYC's centennial celebration!

Featuring performances by Nada Surf, Freestyle Love Supreme, Laurie Anderson with Sexmob, and mxmtoon; and a DJ set by Donwill.

This event is free to attend, no RSVP required, and will be broadcast live on WNYC.

Click for more information: https://bit.ly/3YKf2ij

09/03/2024

Birthday shenanigans for mój mąż with at this here game!

07/08/2024

Happy 100th birthday, WNYC!
That's a century of news, culture, MUSIC and the New York conversation. Check out the calendar of centennial events, listen to historical audio, share your favorite WNYC or New York story, and learn about WNYC's first century of serving New York here: wnyc.org/100

07/01/2024

Tuareg singer and guitarist Mdou Moctar and his band combine rock and psychedelia, call-and-response and accelerating threes, melting faces and stunning audiences. They play in-studio for the . This is "Imajighen".
Listen to the whole session: https://www.newsounds.org/story/tuareg-guitar-shredder-mdou-moctar-brings-joy-studio

06/12/2024

The NEW YORK GUITAR FESTIVAL is back for its 25th year at Kaufman Music Center hosted by John Schaefer of New Sounds on WNYC. The Night Two includes exciting collaborations between artists including Medicine Singers featuring Yonatan G*t and Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), Innov Gnawa master Maalam Hassan Benjaafar, Laraaji, and Mamady Kouyate (Mandingo Ambassadors). Check out both nights and grab your tickets: https://linktr.ee/worldmusicinstitute

06/11/2024

Just ahead of their performance at this year's NEW YORK GUITAR FESTIVAL on June 15 at Kaufman Music Center, guitarist Yonatan G*t, Daryl Black Eagle Jamieson of Medicine Singers, and Innov Gnawa master Maalam Hassan Benjaafar caught up with the host of New Sounds John Schaefer, who will host both nights of the festival. Here Maalem Hassan Benjaafar plays a song that was a favorite of his friend the late Randy Weston. Listen to the full episode: https://www.worldmusicinstitute.org/wmi-plus-at-home-podcasts/

More about the event: https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/series/new-york-guitar-festival/

05/13/2024

London's (, ) is a vital jazz heavyweight. Recently, he put down the saxophone and began an immersive flute journey. Shabaka, along with and on drums, play in-studio for the .
Here, Shabaka plays a clay ocarina, shaped like a turtle on "As The Planets And The Stars Collapse".

Listen via link in bio or wherever you get podcasts.

04/30/2024

Latest hour-long show features music by , , together with , recorded at in April 2024. Listen via link in bio.

03/27/2024

on April 4: Composer and media artist Pamela Z and chamber group D-Composed Chicago play music by Pamela Z and Grammy-nominated flutist Nathalie Joachim at Kaufman Music Center at 7:30PM. Tickets : https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/pamela-z-d-composed/

12/22/2023

A playlist of Yuletide and holiday efforts, New Sounds-style. Happy Holidays! https://www.newsounds.org/story/new-sounds-weekender-holiday-classics

10/27/2023

Pianist and composer Pascal Trio draws on his combined backgrounds in jazz and electronic music in his high-energy work which can often communicate tension and release. He leads his chamber band in pieces from his album , in-studio for the . https://bit.ly/PascalLeBoeuf_ritualbeing

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10/13/2023

Relive our 2022 Festival with New Sounds, on the air every Friday starting this evening through November 3rd. Each week will feature highlights from our 76th Festival with Music Director AMOC* (American Modern Opera Company).

🔊 Tune in and learn more at newsounds.org

10/13: Part 1: Eastman. A conversation with bass-baritone Davóne Tines about this concert devoted to the music of Julius Eastman.

10/20: Part 2: Little Jimmy: Composer Andrew McIntosh introduces his atmospheric chamber music piece “Little Jimmy” for two pianos and two percussionists. Also, Davóne Tines sings Tyshawn Sorey and Margaret Bonds.

10/27: Part 3: The Book Of Sounds. Pianist Conor Hanick plays and discusses this overlooked masterpiece by the late Hans Otte.

11/3: Part 4: About Bach. Flutist Emi Ferguson explains how early music instruments, rock rhythms, and a song by Andrew Bird fit into the universe of Bach. Also, Julius Eastman’s “Stay On It” played by AMOC

09/29/2023

Grandbrothers mess with pianos and new ideas for John Schaefer WNYC New Sounds - Listen and watch https://bit.ly/3PW6uQJ City Slang

09/29/2023

Hear music by American composer Moondog, aka Louis T. Hardin, as played by NYC ensemble Ghost Train Orchestra with Kronos Quartet, Italian trio Hobocombo, and guitarist Sean Shibe.

09/25/2023

Bass player, songwriter, and bandleader Michael Olatuja plays songs with his cinematic Afrobeat sound from 'Lagos Pepper Soup', a tribute to Lagos, London, and New York, in-studio for the :

Bass player and songwriter Michael Olatuja plays songs from the new album, Lagos Pepper Soup, in-studio.

09/07/2023

Dardashti presents her record , (Persian, meaning an intimate dialogue with the Divine) which is a digital collaboration with the recorded voice of her grandfather Younes Dardashti, and an all-star ensemble. Listen to the show: https://www.newsounds.org/story/4788-galeet-dardashti/
Sept. 9. is the album release show at

Vocalist and anthropologist Galeet Dardashti presents her record "Monajat", a collaboration with her grandfather's recorded voice, and talks about bridging generations and geography.