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Jazz / R&B Ensemble Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science Amplify Progressive Issues, In-Studio
Episode 289
Grammy-nominated jazz and R&B ensemble, Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science, are back with their sophomore album, Trip the Night Fantastic, after …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Best of Soundcheck: We Are Scientists, Art Brut
Episode 290
Welcome to the WASABI edition of Soundcheck! No, not the spicy green paste that comes with your sushi order. We’re talking about the collaborative pr…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Yasser Tejeda y Palotré Celebrate Ancestral Dominican Traditions
Episode 288
Brooklyn-based guitarist and composer Yasser Tejada & the group Palotré combine African-rooted Dominican traditional folk styles and fuse them with R…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Calm Spark of South African Jazz Master Abdullah Ibrahim Persists
Episode 283
The late South African pianist and composer Abdullah Ibrahim (aka "Dollar Brand") had a notable career, helped early on by Duke Ellington, and ackno…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Best of Soundcheck: Meklit, The Bad Plus
Episode 287
On this episode of Soundcheck, a great band bids farewell after a monumental career that lasted more than a quarter of a century. American avant-gard…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Alt-Country Artist Tift Merritt Shares Her New Confessional Songs, In-Studio
Episode 286
After almost a decade-long wait, the Grammy-nominated alt-country artist Tift Merritt returns with her new record Sugar, in which she sings, “I didn’…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Chamber Pop Duo Gracie and Rachel Sing New Introspective Songs, In-Studio
Episode 285
Chamber pop duo Gracie and Rachel, formed by keyboardist Gracie Coates and violinist Rachel Ruggles, spent many years playing music together, living …
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Best of Soundcheck: Marilina Bertoldi, Julieta Venegas
Episode 282
Latin music culture has produced countless artists who amplify decades of traditions and stories through their unique point of view. Two of those art…
2 months ago
Experimental Jazz Artist Zoh Amba Presents Their Brand of Gritty Folk-Rock Music, In-Studio
Episode 281
Multi-instrumentalist Zoh Amba is widely known in the avant-garde jazz world for their remarkable talent as a saxophonist. Having cemented their repu…
2 months ago
Helado Tropical Feels Like 'Summer's Warmth on a Sunday', In-Studio
Episode 280
Helado Tropical ("tropical ice cream") is a collaboration between Helado Negro, the experimental pop project of Ecuadorian-American singer/songwriter…
2 months ago