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#4929, From the Soundcheck Podcast: Orquesta Akokán, Ivan Llanes
Hear music by Cuban dance band Orquesta Akokán and Cuban singer, percussionist, and bandleader Ivan Llanes, from the Soundcheck Podcast series.
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#4928, From the Soundcheck Podcast: STEFA*, LA LOM
Hear Queens-based Colombian-influenced artist STEFA*, and the Latin twang of instrumental trio LA LOM, recorded for the Soundcheck podcast.
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#5184, Americana Roots, New Routes
Hear tunes that take American roots music in unusual directions, whether rearranged and/or connected with other sounds – especially minimalism- and in Jake Blount’s case – Afrofuturism.
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#5030, Neo-Classical
Hear keyboard-based, lyrical music by Icelandic pianist and composer Ólafur Arnalds & Talos, Polish composer and pianist Hania Rani, German composer and pianist Nils Frahm, and others.
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#5183, A World Tour of Bagpipes
Listen to music featuring bagpipes from France, the Balkans, Central Asia, and from Oman and Iran in music by Francois Robin & Mathias Delplanque, the Oman Bagpipe Singers, and from the Afro-Iranian musician Saeid Shanbehzadeh.
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#5182, From the 2026 New York Guitar Festival
Listen to performances and conversations from this year’s New York Guitar Festival, featuring Brazilian guitarist Gabriele Leite and Australian duo Ziggy and Miles.
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#5032, From NSL: Meredith Monk and Alarm Will Sound, From Merkin Hall, Part 2
Vocalist, choreographer, and composer Meredith Monk and her Vocal Ensemble and new music supergroup Alarm Will Sound perform Monk's music at Kaufman Center in May 2025. (Part 2 of 2).
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#4936, Postminimalist Works With Winds
Hear work from California-based composer/software developer Brian Baumbusch, London-based producer/multi-instrumentalist Akusmi, and Montreal-based sax player/composer Colin Stetson.
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#4935, Based On Folk Songs
Hear many ways of interpreting American folk songs from musician/scholar Jake Blount and bassist/bandleader Mali Obomsawin, pianist Lara Downes, and American composer Peter Gena.
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#5181, 9/11 Works
Revisit works that commemorate the 9/11 attacks by Steve Reich, John Adams, and Elodie Lauten.
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