Soundcheck from WNYC

Pearla Explores, Builds, Plays in a Folk-Pop Sound World Like No Other

Pearla (Brooklyn-based artist Nicole Rodriguez) makes off-kilter folk-pop that mixes reality and...

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Jazz As Dance Music From Trumpeter Nabaté Isles

Grammy-winning trumpeter, composer, producer, and sports talk show host Nabaté Isles seeks to...

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Mary Lattimore & William Tyler Score 'Electric Appalachia'

The contemporary silent film, Electric Appalachia, is a surprising, and surprisingly poignant...

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Wally de Backer, aka Gotye, and the Ondioline (Archives)

Somebody that we used to know, Wally de Backer, Belgian-born Australian multi-instrumentalist,...

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Tropical Electronica 'DreamBow' by Balún (Archives)

Brooklyn-based via San Juan band Balún came from DIY electrified bedroom pop that embraced punk...

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Enchanting Acoustic Chamber-Folk by Irish Songwriter Anna Mieke

Irish multi-instrumentalist Anna Mieke writes songs that conjure expansive places and moving...

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Oddisee, True to Deep-Thinking Form, Questions Drive and Ambition

The Sudanese-American rapper Oddisee – born Amir Elkhalifa – has been making socially conscious...

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Glam Rock Art Collective UNI and The Urchins Learns How to Speak Robot

New York -based UNI and The Urchins was started by “bassist/director/engineer/probably wizard”...

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Punks Gogol Bordello, Doing the Work of Catharsis

The 8-piece multicultural gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello is based here in New York, but its...

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The Fantastic Playfulness in Kimbra’s Skewed Pop

New Zealand pop star Kimbra plays within the confines of pop music, bending and skewing and tone...

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Meridian Brothers Tweaks Traditions of Salsa and Cumbia

Meridian Brothers, founded by musician Eblis Álvarez, fuses a love of classic salsa with cumbia,...

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Rachael & Vilray Slyly Extend the American Songbook Tradition

The duo of Rachael & Vilray courtesy of Rachael Price, lead singer of the popular band Lake...

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Ranky Tanky Shares Uplift and Joy With Gullah-Rooted Soul

The band called Ranky Tanky won the Grammy for best Regional Roots Album back in 2020.  The group...

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Saxman, Bandleader, Astronomer Marcus Strickland's Twi-Life

Sax player Marcus Strickland has worked with many notable jazzers, including Roy Haynes, McCoy...

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Cambodian Psychedlic Pop Band Dengue Fever's Noir Romanticism

Los Angeles-based band Dengue Fever blends 60's Cambodian pop and psychedelic rock with danceable...

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Jazz-Looking Chamber Music by Joshua Redman and Brooklyn Rider (Archives)

Hear unpredictable and graceful melodic lines traded by sax and strings, as tenor sax superstar...

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Singer and Composer Alev Lenz's Continuing Adventures in Collaborations and Sync

Turkish-German singer and composer Alev Lenz has been something of a serial collaborator, working...

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Best of Soundcheck 2022, Part 2

Listen to more highlights from this off-again-on-again year of live performances from the...

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Poetic Balkan-Klezmer Balladry From Montréal's Black Ox Orkestar

Montréal’s Black Ox Orkestar has been making 'music of the Jewish diaspora not tied to any state'...

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The Quiet Brilliance of Guitarist, Collaborator, and Troubadour Steve Gunn

One of the marks of a dedicated and accomplished artist is that they continue to level up,...

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