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Fred Hersch performing on WNYC's Steinway Grand (Christine Butler)A Whitman Sampler
Hem, the Brooklyn band whose sound is known as "countrypolitan" has released their second album, Eveningland, featuring not only the regular eight-piece unit, but also the Slovak Radio Orchestra. The combination added a more lush and complex element than the group had realized when they set themselves to recording an old fashioned album: no samples, no fancy protools edits. They'll join us to discuss their sound, and this record in advance of their Saturday night show at Southpaw. Also: jazz pianist Fred Hersch and vocalist Kate McGarry join us to perform music from their Walt Whitman tribute album, "Leaves of Grass." The CD is an orchestration of Whitman's 150-year-old masterpiece written for a 10-piece chamber jazz ensemble and vocalists. This is an encore edition of Soundcheck.
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Brooklyn-based Hem - which will be on Lincoln Center's American Songbook series in February - performs its brand of new country.
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Pianist Fred Hersch and vocalist Kate McGarry
The duo performs music set to the words of Walt Whitman.
» Fred Hersch Interprets 'Leaves of Grass' on NPR
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