John Schaefer
Soundcheck and New Sounds host John Schaefer (Marco Antonio)
John Schaefer has hosted Soundcheck since the show’s inception in 2002. He has also hosted and produced WNYC’s radio series New Sounds since 1982 (“The No. 1 radio show for the Global Village” – Billboard) and the New Sounds Live concert series since 1986.
Schaefer has written extensively about music, including the book New Sounds: A Listener’s Guide to New Music (Harper & Row, NY, 1987; Virgin Books, London, 1990); The Cambridge Companion to Singing: World Music (Cambridge University Press, U.K., 2000); and the TV program Bravo Profile: Bobby McFerrin (Bravo Television, 2003). He was contributing editor for Spin and Ear magazines, and his liner notes appear on more than 100 recordings, ranging from “The Music of Cambodia” to recordings by Yo-Yo Ma and Terry Riley.
In 2003, Schaefer was honored with the American Music Center's prestigious Letter of Distinction for his "substantial contributions to advancing the field of contemporary American music in the United States and abroad." In May 2006, New York magazine cited Schaefer as one of "the people whose ideas, power, and sheer will are changing New York" in its Influentials issue. He began blogging for WNYC when accompanying the New York Philharmonic on its historic (and apparently very weird) trip to North Korea in 2008 and continues to blog daily for the Soundcheck page at wnyc.org.
Shows:
John Schaefer appears in the following:
The Greene Space
The Robert Glasper Experiment
Monday, February 27, 2012
Join Soundcheck in The Greene Space as host John Schaefer presents the Robert Glasper Experiment with Grammy-nominated R&B artist Bilal.
The Super Bowl: the questions keep coming
Monday, February 06, 2012 - 12:20 PM
Overheard at John Schaefer's Super Bowl party...
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Richard Reed Parry, Son Lux and yMusic: Live from Merkin Hall
Monday, February 06, 2012
On Wednesday, February 8 at 7:30 pm ET, Q2 Music presents a live audio Webcast of Son Lux, Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry, and new-music heavyweights yMusic as part of the Ecstatic Music Festival.
Michael Gordon's Decasia: Live from the Winter Garden
Friday, February 03, 2012
On Friday at 7:30 pm, enjoy a live Webcast of composer Michael Gordon's live scores to the silent films of acclaimed American filmmaker Bill Morrison.
Jóhann Jóhannsson's The Miners' Hymns
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Tonight at 7:30 pm, Q2 Music and New Sounds Live present a live Webcast of Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson's visceral score to filmmaker Bill Morrison's silent film, "The Miners' Hymns."
Grappling With The Ultimate Question
Monday, January 30, 2012 - 01:49 PM
When You're Gone, You're Gone. Or not...
Great Minds Think Alike
Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 01:22 PM
John Schaefer hears something familiar in two of today's three picks.
Super Bowl Snack, or "The Great Chili Disaster of 2012"
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 01:15 PM
Football fans: YOUR SUPER BOWL PARTY NEEDS MY KILLER RECIPE FOR CHILI!
Downton Abbey: To Watch Or Not To Watch
Friday, January 20, 2012 - 11:31 AM
John Schaefer thanks listeners for their Downton Abbey suggestion.
A Bang On A Can Memory
Wednesday, January 04, 2012 - 01:24 PM
One moment in 25 years of Bang On A Can
John's Underwater Playlist
Tuesday, January 03, 2012 - 01:35 PM
John Schaefer is planning on taking this playlist underwater
3 Musical Obituaries
Monday, December 19, 2011 - 01:52 PM
I wonder if you can tell something about a person by the music he/she listens to. (And I wonder what that “something” might be.) The reason I’m wondering this today is not just that we begin our annual Critics’ Week, our year-end roundup of the best music, etc.; but also because of the passing this weekend of two world leaders and one barefoot diva.
Music of Lindberg, Lunsqui and HK Gruber
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Q2 Music is proud to announce three delayed Webcasts -- Wednesday, December 21 at 8 pm, Saturday December 24 at noon, Thursday, December 29 at 8 pm, and now an additional Saturday, December 31 at noon -- of The New York Philharmonic's CONTACT! series featuring music by HK Gruber, Magnus Lindberg, and Alexandre Lunsqui.
Got Live If You Want It
Tuesday, December 06, 2011 - 11:23 AM
John Schaefer's mixed feelings about live albums
A Rush Of Music To The Head
Monday, December 05, 2011 - 05:43 PM
John Schaefer on music that gives him goosebumps
Reasons To Be Cheerful
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 01:49 PM
What John Schaefer is thankful for this year...
Strange Musical Bedfellows
Wednesday, November 02, 2011 - 12:51 PM
Loutallica is part of a long history of musical collaboration, says John Schaefer.
I Wanted My MTV
Tuesday, November 01, 2011 - 03:37 PM
John Schaefer really wanted his MTV. Or so he thought...
The Takeaway's Halloween Playlist
Friday, October 28, 2011
It could be a tense orchestral crash of instruments ("Thus Sprach Zarathustra"), or held in just a few feverish notes on a piano ("Halloween"). Whatever it is, the music from movies we think of as spooky plays a big part in raising those hairs on our neck and getting us to reach out for a (hopefully live) hand to hold. John Schaefer, host of New York Public Radio’s "Soundcheck" joins us with a playlist of some of the scariest music ever recorded.
5 CMJ Artists to Watch
Friday, October 21, 2011 - 01:28 PM
5 artists who should not get lost in the CMJ crowd
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