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Friday, February 27, 2004
  • Revolutionary Snake Ensemble Photo by Claire Folger
    Revolutionary Snake Ensemble (Claire Folger)

    Red Hot Sounds from Beantown

    Soundcheck wraps up its portion of WNYC's fund drive week with some rollicking New Orleans party music. The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble is a funk and street beat brass band, playing New Orleans and other modern improvised celebratory styles. Led by saxophonist Ken Field, the group's flamboyant costumes and crowd-pleasing rhythms have earned it a cult following in its home town of Boston. As we hear, the group's latest album features New Orleans style arrangements of tunes from Sesame Street to Central Africa.

Introducing our Video Contest

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John Schaefer gives the lowdown on Soundcheck's music video challenge with the Fiery Furnaces.

In Studio: Angel Deradoorian

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The 22-year-old multi-instrumentalist performs live in our studio.

Cucu Diamantes Performs Amor Cronico

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Cucu Diamantes went from a tough childhood in Havana, Cuba, to an art school in Rome to underground New York City, where she co-founded the Latin alternative band Yerba Buena.

In Studio: Stephanie McKay

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The local singer-songwriter performs "Jackson Avenue," a nostalgic toast to her childhood in the South Bronx.

In Studio: The Decemberists

The Portland, Ore., band's latest album, "The Hazards of Love," is a concept album with a mythological flair. They joined Soundcheck to play live for a studio audience in WNYC's Greene Space.

Sound Off

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Throughout May, Soundcheck presents “Sound Off” a Friday series on the many aspects of noise in music and our lives. The series -- which coincides with “Better Hearing and Speech Month” -- looks at issues like New York’s noisiest neighborhoods, the latest research on iPods and hearing loss, and what happens when noise becomes a musical ingredient.