Gabriel Kahane

Gabriel Kahane appears in the following:

Bad Band Names; Apple Eyes Beats Music; Gabriel Kahane Plays Live

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

In this episode: Dan Ozzi, the editor for VICE’s music site, Noisey, talks about his article “How To Ruin Your Band Name;” -- and argues that he shouldn’t have to know the secret history behind a name like SUNN O))) in order to pronounce it.

Then: Last week, it was widely reported that Apple -- the home of iPads, iPhones, and iTunes -- might soon have a new product line under its wing: Beats Electronics, the company known for its Beats by Dre headphones and Beats Music subscription music service. Soundcheck speaks with The New York Times' arts reporter Ben Sisario about the implications of this historic deal. 

And: For his latest album, The Ambassador, Gabriel Kahane turns toward a place that his family has sometimes called home, Los Angeles. Watch the pianist and composer plays some of his L.A.-centric chamber pop songs live in the Soundcheck studio.

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Watch: Gabriel Kahane, Live On Soundcheck

Friday, May 09, 2014

Watch the prolific songwriter and composer perform selections from his ambitious Los Angeles-centric, The Ambassador, in the Soundcheck studio.

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Gabriel Kahane: A Little Bit Of Everything

Monday, December 03, 2012

Singer, songwriter and pianist Gabriel Kahane performs songs in our studio, including an excerpt from his musical February House.

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Bettye LaVette, Oscars Preview, Gabriel Kahane

Monday, December 03, 2012

Iconic R&B singer Bettye LaVette tells all in her dramatic new memoir. Melena Ryzik of the New York Times' Carpetbagger column on this year's Oscars season. And Gabriel Kahane perform...

The Many Worlds of Gabriel Kahane

Friday, May 25, 2012

On a given weekend, you might find Gabriel Kahane performing a piano sonata in a concert hall … or stumble upon him at a bar, playing with a rock band. He composes classical music for...

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The Two Worlds of Gabriel Kahane

Friday, September 23, 2011

On a given weekend, you might find Gabriel Kahane performing a piano sonata in a concert hall ... or stumble upon him at a bar, playing with a rock band. He composes classical music ...

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In Studio: Gabriel Kahane

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Gabriel Kahane is a singer and songwriter who is equally at home in the worlds of contemporary classical music and indie rock.  The man who once created a very weird song cycle out of Craigslist postings has a new album and joins us for a live performance.

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Jeffrey and Gabriel Kahane

Friday, April 24, 2009

Jeffrey Kahane is a globe-trotting concert pianist and conductor of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. His son, Gabriel Kahane, is a singer-songwriter whose music blends classical and rock traditions. The two exist in largely separate musical universes but this weekend at Lincoln Center, dad will ...

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Gabriel Kahane

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane is part of a new generation of art-song composers whose music defies easy classification. On his self-titled debut album, due out this fall, he writes wry observational songs that incorporate the sounds of string quartets, folk, brass chorales and jangly piano pop. He joins us to perform ...

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