John Schaefer appears in the following:
Weekly Music Roundup: Dither, Popcaan, and Songhoy Blues
Monday, August 10, 2020
New Sounds
This week, experimental electric guitars by Dither, guitar rock from Mali by Songhoy Blues, Jamaican dancehall by Popcaan, and a reinvented British folk song from Bonny Light Horseman.
Weekly Music Roundup: Galya Bisengalieva, Run the Jewels, and Mike Block's Global Crew
Monday, August 03, 2020
New Sounds
Week of Aug 3: This week, music for an ecological catastrophe by Galya Bisengalieva; a global cast joins cellist Mike Block; and Run The Jewels return a favor.
Weekly Music Roundup: Taylor Swift, Ala.Ni, and Cinder Well
Monday, July 27, 2020
New Sounds
Week of July 27: This week, Taylor Swift’s surprising new album Folklore; captivating singer Ala.Ni’s lament for Emmett Till; and doom-folk from Irish-based artist Cinder Well.
Weekly Music Roundup: Lisel, Bab L’ Bluz, and Samora Pinderhughes
Monday, July 13, 2020
New Sounds
This week, a quiet song of protest from Samora Pinderhughes, a noisy song from quarantine by Lisel, and an ode to the NYC subways from Max Richter. Plus, Moroccan trance by Bab L' Bluz.
CONCERT WATCH – Cleveland Orchestra
Tuesday, July 07, 2020
The Cleveland Symphony Orchestra is making some of their finest recordings available for on-demand listening on their website.The series is called TCO Classics.
Weekly Music Roundup: Hachalu Hundessa RIP, Monte, and Jorja Smith
Monday, July 06, 2020
New Sounds
Sample bird song from Colombia from Monte (aka Simón Mejía of Bomba Estéreo), music by the late Ethiopian singer Hachalu Hundessa, and BRIT Award-winning singer Jorja Smith.
Weekly Music Roundup: Fantastic Negrito and Tank, Khruangbin, and The Chicks
Monday, June 29, 2020
New Sounds
This week, collaborative songs featuring Michael Stipe, The Streets, and Fantastic Negrito. Plus, Houston-based psych-funk trio Khruangbin's new album, and The Dixie Chicks drop "Dixie."
Weekly Music Roundup: Public Enemy, Yemi Alade, and Phoebe Bridgers
Monday, June 22, 2020
New Sounds
Week of June 22: This week, new music from Beyoncé, Bob Dylan, and Public Enemy, and a stunning return from Phoebe Bridgers. Plus, Japanese-Colombian collaborators, Minyo Crusaders.
Weekly Music Roundup: Jarvis Cocker, Naeem, and TENGGER
Monday, June 15, 2020
New Sounds
Jarvis Cocker’s tribute to Leonard Cohen; Sunny Jain’s tribute to Breonna Taylor; Tengger’s tribute to krautrock. Plus, new music from Naeem (fka Spank Rock), and CDMX's El Shirota.
Two Music Executives Reflect On Race In Their Industry
Monday, June 08, 2020
Nabil Ayers is the U.S. General Manager for 4AD Records, and Ed Eckstine was the first black man to be named president of a major record label when he took over Mercury Records in 1986.
Weekly Music Roundup: Fantastic Negrito, Andra Day, and The Knights
Monday, June 01, 2020
New Sounds
Week of June 1: This week, timely new songs from Fantastic Negrito and Andra Day; and songs from another time by The Raconteurs and The Knights.
Weekly Music Roundup: IDLES, J.S. Ondara, and Kaki King
Monday, May 25, 2020
New Sounds
This week, quarantine messages from punk band IDLES, guitarists J.S. Ondara and Kaki King, along with new music from country star Margo Price, and from violinist Owen Pallett.
Weekly Music Roundup: Moses Sumney, OK Go, and Moby
Monday, May 18, 2020
New Sounds
This week, subversive brilliance from Moses Sumney, an OK Go video from quarantine, and melancholy techno from Moby. Plus, Kamasi Washington's score for Michelle Obama's 'Becoming.'
Little Richard and Florian Schneider: Two Artists Who Changed Pop Music
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
John Schaefer, host of WNYC's Soundcheck and New Sounds, joins us to remember Kraftwerk's Florian Schneider and Little Richard.
Weekly Music Roundup: Buscabulla, Eve Owen, and Rhiannon Giddens
Monday, May 11, 2020
New Sounds
New music from Rhiannon Giddens, Lettuce, and Natalia Lafourcade all pay tribute to older music, and Puerto Rican duo Buscabulla looks to summer with a beach-ready dance tune.
Music Venues Scramble To Survive Amid COVID-19 Shutdown
Friday, May 08, 2020
“There’s a lot of weird wording in a lot of these loans,” says one club owner, “and it seems like they don’t want to help bars or anything on the fringe.”
Weekly Music Roundup: Ghostpoet and Los Cumpleaños
Monday, May 04, 2020
New Sounds
Week of May 4: This week, dance the cumbia in a premiere from Los Cumpleaños, and unintentional pandemic songs from Ghostpoet and Son Lux.
Weekly Music Roundup: Fiona Apple, July Talk, and Alex Winston
Monday, April 20, 2020
New Sounds
Week of April 20: This week, many (happy?) returns! Comeback music from Fiona Apple, Alex Winston, and The Airborne Toxic Event.
Weekly Music Roundup: Laura Marling, Twenty One Pilots, and Surfer Blood
Monday, April 13, 2020
New Sounds
This week, responses to isolation from Twenty One Pilots, Laura Marling, and Surfer Blood; also composer Molly Joyce uses disability as a creative tool and a West African dance party.
