Soundcheck
Summary: WNYC, New York Public Radio, brings you Soundcheck, the arts and culture program hosted by John Schaefer, who engages guests and listeners in lively, inquisitive conversations with established and rising figures in New York City's creative arts scene. Guests come from all disciplines, including pop, indie rock, jazz, urban, world and classical music, technology, cultural affairs, TV and film. Recent episodes have included features on Michael Jackson,Crosby Stills & Nash, the Assad Brothers, Rackett, The Replacements, and James Brown.
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Delta blues-inflected singer, guitar player, and songwriter Jake La Botz plays American traditional music from his latest, Sunnyside, live in the studio.
London-based dance music artist, classically trained pianist/composer, and Chicago native Kate Simko along with the London Electronic Orchestra, combine harp, violin, cello & laptop, live in the studio. Layers of clubby electronics and keyboards support delicate harp, violin and cello melodies. Altogether, the result is a buoyant, airy, and uplifting hybrid dance music - something like a film score for a documentary about a days-long party in Ibiza.
Multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, poet, performer, parent & businesswoman Ani DiFranco joins us live to play stripped-down songs from her latest record, "Binary."
Best known as the guitarist/singer of Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore has explored noise, drone, & metal territory with countless collaborators. His latest is "Rock ‘n’Roll Consciousness."
Cameroonian-born, France-based guitarist Blick Bassy, along with cello and trombone-playing co-conspirators, delivers intimate blues-chamber pop live in the studio.
Since going solo in 1984, Alison Moyet (of Yazoo) has had more hits, as well as time away from music. Now she's back, with a new record, "Other," and joins us in the studio.
Jen Goma, of A Sunny Day In Glasgow, unleashes hopeful exuberance in her solo project, Showtime Goma. It's DIY dream-pop forged with love, and she joins us to play some live.
Hear music from the Montreal-based one-woman band, Saltland, aka cellist Rebecca Foon, from her latest, “A Common Truth. ” She layers multiple loops of her cello, atop a rich set of drones, live in the studio.
Portland, Oregon-based Pink Martini whisks listeners away on globetrotting musical journeys, singing in Armenian, Portuguese, Arabic, French & Xhosa. They perform in our studio.
Galway-raised troubadour Adrian Crowley eloquently writes sad, dark & beautiful songs. He'll play some of these intimate songs live.
Fiery guitarist/songwriter Benjamin Booker's ecstatic, gritty, and soulful sounds channel punk rock & vintage soul, gospel and blues. He joins us live in the studio.
Jazz pianist Randy Weston has long been exploring the African roots of American music. In this web extra, hear some jazz, blues, Chinese, Cuban, West African, and North African music.
The Brooklyn-based five piece, Landlady, led by agitator Adam Schatz, brings their art/pop sound to our studio along with a string quartet.
New Orleans-based 7-piece outfit, The Revivalists, dig into all kinds of roots for their soulful rockenroll and they’ll play their hearts out for us in the Soundcheck studio.
The band Wilsen serves up fingerpicked folk guitar, crisp rhythms, & electronic flourishes, overlaid with Tamsin Wilson's voice. They play some of their dream-folk songs in the studio.
