New Sounds
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Recent New Sounds Episodes
#5137, Prayer, Part 1
#4986, Voices From Half the Globe
#5136, New Music From Mexico For Battle of Puebla Day
#4985, From Soundcheck, Third Coast Percussion With Salar Nader
#4881, From the Soundcheck Podcast, Yungchen Lhamo
#4880, From the Soundcheck Podcast: Kiran Ahluwalia
#4879, From the Soundcheck Podcast: Sheherazaad
#5135, With Jessie Montgomery & The Everything Band
#5134, New Releases, April 2026
#4984, Music for Strings
#4983, Songs to Nature
#4882, From New Sounds Live: D-Composed at Merkin Hall
#4883, Music from the Caribbean and South America
#4982, With Abel Selaocoe, From the Soundcheck Podcasts
#4874, Shakespearean Music
#4873, Music That Celebrates Nature
#5133, Simplicity
#4980, Bells and Bell-Like Sounds
#4878, Musical Prayers
#4876, New Sounds Live: Pamela Z at Merkin Hall
#4979, From Soundcheck: Amaro Freitas
#5132, Ambient Landscapes
#5131, Not Quite Jazz
#5130, Choral Works
Weekly Roundup
Weekly Music Roundup: Gabrielle Cavassa, Cinder Well, and The Klezmatics
Weekly Music Roundup: Modest Mouse, Cocanha, and Punch Brothers
Weekly Music Roundup: M.I.A. Has a Gospel Album, Reyna Tropical Releases New Single, and Massive Attack Collaborates with Tom Waits
Weekly Roundup: New Singles from Kelela and Julieta Venegas, and Gracie and Rachel's Third LP
Weekly Roundup: Anne Hathaway Sings FKA Twigs, Kronos Quartet's Glorious Mahalia, and Adrian Quesada
Weekly Music Roundup: mary in the junkyard, Ruido Tovar, and The New Pornographers
Weekly Music Roundup: Miles Caton, Nubiyan Twist, and Marisa Anderson
Weekly Music Roundup: Bruce Springsteen, Anjimile, and Umut Adan
Weekly Music Roundup: The Charity Compilation "Help(2)", Aldous Harding, and Raye
Weekly Music Roundup: Gnarls Barkley, Mitski, and Bruno Mars
Weekly Music Roundup: U2, Genesis Owusu, and Justin Hicks
Recent Soundcheck Episodes
Gamelan Yowana Sari Brings the Brilliant Bursts of Metal
Sofía Rei Connects Traditional and Future Sounds, In-Studio
Indie Rock Songwriter Morgan Nagler Sings Her Unfiltered Songs, In-Studio
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein Wonders 'Bout Sound and Meaning, In-Studio
Folk-Rock Trio The Lone Bellow Plays Some Hard-Won Songs, In-Studio
Texas-Born Folk Artist Jana Horn Weaves a Gentle Atmosphere, In-Studio
English Post-Punk Outfit Art Brut Doesn’t Seem Like It’s Planned! (In-Studio)
Alternative Rock Artist Mike Doughty Reinterprets Musical Memories, In-Studio
Omar Offendum Fuses Hip-Hop, Poetry, and Arab Heritage, In-Studio
Soulful Folk Music Composer Annahstasia Embraces Dynamism, In-Studio
Storyteller Dessa Calls Attention to Current Events, In-Studio
Julia Úlehla and Dálava Forge Ancestral Connections Via Moravian Folk Songs, In-Studio
Argentine Singer and Guitarist Marilina Bertoldi Rebrands Rock 'n' Roll, In-Studio
Recent Gig Alerts
Alarm Will Sound: 25th Anniversary Concert at Roulette
Bill Callahan at Knockdown Center
75 Dollar Bill Residency at Union Pool
Sofia Rei –"El Mundo Es Redondo" (Soundcheck Podcast)
Bang On A Can All-Stars Play Philip Glass at Roulette
DAVE at Brooklyn Paramount
Niia at Blue Note
Alisa Weilerstein – "The Last Moho Braccatus" (Osvaldo Golijov)
Pearla at Purgatory
Red Baraat at Barbès
Chanticleer at Trinity Church
New Sounds
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