Gretta Cohn

Associate Producer, Soundcheck

Gretta Cohn appears in the following:

Dear Abby, Dear Abby, Listen To My Song

Friday, January 18, 2013

The late advice columnist's humor and tart tongue endeared her to musicians as well as advice-seekers.

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Check Ahead: Red Baraat, 'Shruggy Ji'

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Red Baraat makes a high-octane sound drawing from Punjabi rhythms, New Orleans brass and New York hip hop. Hear the upcoming album from the "Brooklyn Bhangra" band until release on Jan 22nd. 

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Check Ahead: Mystical Weapons, 'Mystical Weapons'

Friday, January 11, 2013

Sean Lennon teams up with Deehoof's Greg Saunier for a new experimental-psych project called Mystical Weapons.

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Check Ahead: 'Dinner With Lenny, The Last Long Interview With Leonard Bernstein'

Tuesday, January 08, 2013

This week our Check Ahead is something you can read! Get a glimpse into the new book from Jonathan Cott, called Dinner With Lenny: The Last Long Interview With Leonard Bernstein. It's...
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Song Premiere: Free Energy, 'Girls Want Rock'

Thursday, January 03, 2013

The Philadelphia-based retro-rock band Free Energy returns on Jan. 15, with its sophomore album, Love Sign. Listen to our premiere of the hooky song, "Girls Want Rock."

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Producer Picks: Joel Meyer And Gretta Cohn Share Their 2012 Music Surveys

Friday, December 28, 2012

Soundcheck producers Gretta Cohn and Joel Meyer share some of their answers to the 2012 Music Survey -- and they nearly come to fisticuffs over K-pop star Psy and his megahit "Gangnam...

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Gretta Cohn's 2012 Music Survey

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Soundcheck producer Gretta Cohn shares her favorite music of year.

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Video Premiere: Dom La Nena, 'No Meu Pais'

Monday, December 10, 2012

The Brazilian cellist and vocalist Dom La Nena makes her debut amidst a collage of home movies and Super 8 footage. Watch a premiere of her video for "No Meu Pais."

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Check Ahead: Hortlax Cobra, '1984'

Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Hear the new album from Hortlax Cobra -- a.k.a. John Eriksson of Swedish pop trio Peter, Bjorn and John -- a tribute to Van Halen's classic 1984.

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Song Premiere: Nils Frahm Reworks The Presets 'Promises'

Monday, December 03, 2012

A remix is a remix is a remix. Unless it’s the German composer Nils Frahm reworking the Australian dance music duo The Presets. Listen to the premiere of the track "Promises."

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Exclusive Download: Lewis Watson, 'Even If'

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

The 20-year-old British singer-songwriter Lewis Watson is an unfamiliar name to American audiences -- but that may be about to change. Download the song "Even If" from his new EP, Ano...
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Check Ahead: Super Hi-Fi, 'Dub To The Bone'

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Super Hi-Fi's debut album Dub To The Bone will stream exclusively on our site through its release on December 4, 2012. Listen to the adventurous new album from Brooklyn's own trombone-heavy Afro-dub band.

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Exclusive Download: Portland Cello Project Teases Beck's 'Song Reader'

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Hear one band's take on the first "single" from Beck's upcoming sheet music collection.

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Video Premiere: Pearl And The Beard, '40K'

Friday, November 16, 2012

Folk-rockers meet the zombie apocalypse in this exclusive video premiere from Brooklyn trio Pearl And The Beard.

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Check Ahead: Azita, 'Year'

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

There are twelve months in a year, but only eight songs on Azita's Year. Listen to the new album from the avant-pop pianist and songwriter in this week's Check Ahead. 

 

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Check Ahead: Midnight Magic, 'Walking The Midnight Streets'

Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Hear an exclusive premiere of the upcoming album from the New York disco band Midnight Magic. Their debut full-length, Walking The Midnight Streets, is collection of funk, soul, an...
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Download: Jon DeRosa, 'Snow Coffin'

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

For nearly fifteen years, Jon DeRosa has written and recorded ambient works and sometimes shoegazey instrumental soundscapes under the name Aarktica. [Full disclosure: I contributed to one of those albums, years ago]. Now, he's shed the pseudonym and stepped up to the mic. The Danzig-loving songwriter presents like a post-punk Sinatra on his new album A Wolf In Preacher's Clothes -- a record that was self-released last year, and is now getting wider distribution. But this musical shift is not as dramatic a turn as it sounds.

On songs like "Snow Coffin," --  featuring cellist Julia Kent -- DeRosa crafts brooding arrangements under a noir storytelling sensibility. And with lyrics like "Got a knife, got a hunting blade too...Not much time before she awakes in my snow coffin tonight," DeRosa tells a chilling tale of wintry violence with a disarming sweetness.

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Check Ahead: Tracey Thorn, 'Tinsel and Lights'

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

This is the time of year where we are barraged with an onslaught of new holiday albums, but Tracey Thorn's Tinsel And Lights proves to be an inventive take on the theme, featuring ori...
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Check Ahead: Pinback, 'Information Retrieved'

Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Listen to an exclusive full album stream of the highly anticipated upcoming album from the San Diego indie rock duo. What has changed over five years? Not much -- which, at its core, ...
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Check Ahead: Rupa And The April Fishes, 'BUILD'

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

San Francisco-based band Rupa And The April Fishes is led by singer-songwriter and practicing physician Rupa Marya, who sings in a multitude of languages -- from Hindi to Tzotzil to F...
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