John Schaefer appears in the following:
Why Streaming Music "Year End" Lists Strike a Chord
Friday, December 06, 2019
"New Sounds" host John Schaefer stops by to talk about why most-listened-to lists allow music fans be their own critics.
Martin Scorsese & Robbie Robertson: A Match Made In Hollywood
Friday, November 29, 2019
"The Irishman" is full of music, carefully chosen by this music-obsessed director and his longtime musical consigliere.
Weekly Music Roundup: Reggie Watts, Bonny Light Horseman, and Xenia Rubinos
Monday, November 25, 2019
New Sounds
This week, new songs from the creator of Hadestown, Anaïs Mitchell, late night TV show bandleader Reggie Watts, the mercurial Beck. Plus, new music from Xenia Rubinos and Antibalas.
Weekly Music Roundup: Offering Thanks and Brian Shankar Adler
Monday, October 21, 2019
New Sounds
Week of Oct. 21: This week, music inspired by film noir, telenovelas, and Moroccan trance – but first, a word of thanks to the New York Public Radio and New Sounds community.
'Largest Hip Hop Festival in the World' Is in NYC for First Time This Weekend
Friday, October 11, 2019
Headliners this weekend include Wu Tang Clan, the Bronx's Casanova, ASAP Rocky and Lil Uzi Vert.
Weekly Music Roundup: The Comet Is Coming and Songs of the Bardo
Monday, September 30, 2019
New Sounds
Week of Sept. 30: Two different takes on “spiritual jazz”: one by Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, and Jesse Paris Smith and one by The Comet Is Coming, plus new The New Pornographers.
Weekly Music Roundup: FKA twigs, Angel Olsen and Luke Temple
Monday, September 16, 2019
New Sounds
Week of September 16: This week, new music from FKA twigs, Angel Olsen, Perfume Genius, and Luke Temple.
Weekly Music Roundup: The Hold Steady, Ala.Ni, Ikebe Shakedown
Monday, August 19, 2019
Week of Aug. 19: This week, The Hold Steady channels Led Zeppelin; the singer Ala.Ni celebrates our differences; and another lost album by John Coltrane is found.
Weekly Music Roundup: Rare "Barbershop Gospel" Reissues, iLe, and Bat for Lashes
Monday, August 12, 2019
New Sounds
Week of Aug. 12: This week, reissued "barbershop gospel" rarities, a Springsteen soundtrack, new songs from Bat for Lashes and iLE, along with Bon Iver’s 8-part surprise.
Weekly Music Roundup: HAIM, Dizraeli, and Penguin Café
Monday, August 05, 2019
New Sounds
Week of Aug. 5: This week, HAIM celebrates summer, songs about penguins by Penguin Café, the decidedly NOT-punk IDLES, and a band whose name means 'remove worry.'
Weekly Music Roundup: Wilco, Resavoir, and Beyoncé
Monday, July 22, 2019
New Sounds
Week of July 22: This week, sounds from West Africa, and Chicago, courtesy of Beyoncé, Wilco, and more, and music from Senegal by Shaheed & Dixa, Featuring Marieme.
The Secret Sound Of The Vessel Orchestra
Friday, July 12, 2019
Look around you. Chances are there’s something nearby — a jar, a vase, a bottle, a glass — that is silently singing.
Weekly Music Roundup: Frank Turner, Tanya Tucker, and Vanessa Wagner
Monday, July 08, 2019
New Sounds
Week of July 8: A spooky summer soundtrack from Bobby Krlic, aka The Haxan Cloak, a celebration of women in history by Frank Turner, and the return of country outlaw Tanya Tucker.
Weekly Music Roundup: Lucy Dacus, San Fermin, and Fantastic Negrito
Monday, July 01, 2019
New Sounds
Week of July 1: This week, a “holiday” song from Lucy Dacus, some avant-pop from San Fermin, a trippy musical trip out west, and a new video from Grammy-winning Fantastic Negrito.
Weekly Music Roundup: Angélique Kidjo, Bat for Lashes, and Team Dresch
Monday, June 10, 2019
New Sounds
This week, a tribute to the Queen of Salsa from Angélique Kidjo, a new album from Santana, romance and menace by Bat for Lashes, and the return of queer punk icons Team Dresch.
A Brief, Strange History of 20th Century Europe
Tuesday, June 04, 2019
The German-born composer and director Heiner Goebbels returns to the Park Avenue Armory with an ambitious work Everything That Happened And Will Happen.
Weekly Music Roundup: Philip Bailey and Lila Downs
Monday, May 13, 2019
New Sounds
Week of May 13: This week, looking back to the 70s with Philip Bailey of Earth Wind & Fire, Lila Downs, and Doomsquad. Plus Flying Lotus teams up with Anderson .Paak, and more.
Weekly Music Roundup: Stormzy, Kelly Moran, and The Oddysy
Monday, April 29, 2019
New Sounds
Week of April 29: This week – musical returns for Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen, and Stormzy. Plus new music by The Oddysy and Chuck D, Kelly Moran, and The Mystery Lights.
Weekly Music Roundup: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer Ellen Reid And Immigrant Songs
Monday, April 15, 2019
New Sounds
This week, hear immigrant songs from T-Bone Burnett and Sinkane, plus Ellen Reid wins the Pulitzer Prize winner for Music, and Aretha Franklin's Special Citation.
Roll Over Rembrandt: Rock & Roll Comes To the Met
Monday, April 08, 2019
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has collaborated with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland on a new exhibition called "Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll."
