wnyc.org / 93.9fm / am 820

On Demand

Program Schedule

Topics


Soundcheck

Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Previous Episode | Next Episode
  • Iranian Women
    twocentsworth/flickr

    Music That Peeks Behind the Veil

    Women in Iran are prohibited from singing solo in public. But they're everywhere in pop music. Today, we explore the underground market for female singers in the Islamic republic. Also: Composer John Corigliano is among the few "serious" contemporary composers whose appeal has reached beyond the new-music crowd. As he turns 70 this month, we catch up with the Brooklyn-born composer, who is being honored with a festival at the Brooklyn Philharmonic.

    Rehearsal Space Photo Contest -- LAST DAY! Submit your practice space photo before midnight tonight for your chance to win a free copy of Apple's Logic Studio software bundle. NOTE: You're encouraged to email your submission. Click below for details.

    Photo Contest: Show Us Your Rehearsal Space!

Revolution, Veils and Rock Music

In Iran, women are forbidden from singing solo in public. Still, singers Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat presented a concert recently at the Italian Embassy in Tehran. The concert is out out on CD. Masha Vahdat joins us along with Niloofar Mina, an Iranian-born ethnomusicologist who teaches at New Jersey City University.

When Carnival comes to Queens

For the lucky nations of the Caribbean and South American that celebrate Carnival, the party is less than a week away. But it turns out that the festivities have started much earlier in New York neighborhoods like Richmond Hill. WNYC reporter Corey Takahashi found that this year, Carnival came early to southeast Queens.

John Corigliano at 70

Composer John Corigliano, best known for his score to the film "The Red Violin" and Symphony No. 1, in response to the AIDS crisis, joins us to talk about his career as he turns 70 next month.

John Corigliano Festival at the Brooklyn Philharmonic

Irma Thomas

Irma Thomas

Soundcheck

August 22, 2008
New Orleans singer Irma Thomas has survived 50 years in the music business - and at least two hurricanes. She joins us to talk about her record, Simply Grand.

Bon Iver

Soundcheck

July 30, 2008
Singer-songwriter Justin Vernon spent a winter holed up in his father's hunting cabin in remote Wisconsin, recording songs about solitude that would be released under the name Bon Iver. He joins us to play some of them live.

Billboard Chart

Who's On Top and Who Should Be?

Soundcheck

August 14, 2008
Soundcheck looks at the artists who are reigning atop the Billboard albums chart -- and what their rankings tell us about the state of pop music.

Janelle Monae

The Next Big Things

Soundcheck

Paste magazine editor-in-chief Josh Jackson joins us to talk about Johnny Flynn, Janelle Monae, Bon Iver, Amy MacDonald and other must-hear artists who made Paste’s list of "The Best of What’s Next: 26 Emerging Artists You Should Know."

  1. The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from Denver (08/29/2008)
  2. The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Republican National Convention: Day 4 (09/04/2008)
  3. The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Republican National Convention: Day 2 (09/02/2008)
  4. The Leonard Lopate Show: Young'Uns (09/03/2008)
  5. The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Republican National Convention: Day 3 (09/03/2008)
  6. The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Republican National Convention: Day 5 (09/05/2008)
  7. The Leonard Lopate Show: Big Storm (09/04/2008)