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Avocet

Spinning On Air

Airs Sundays at 7PM on 93.9 FM
Amplified dangling forks and spoons provide accompaniment to the songs of Avocet. Avocet is Meara O’Reilly, who has visited Spinning On Air before with the band Feathers. An avocet is a kind of water bird, and avian themes abound in Meara’s songs. She talks about this, her instruments, and more, with host David Garland.

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Politics As Usual

The No Show

Airs Saturday at 4PM on AM 820 and Sunday at 8PM on FM 93.9
Today Steve is visited by The NO SHOW’s embedded political correspondent, Emily Levine, plus Steve shares his experiences of discomfort and personal loss.

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'Round Midnight

New Sounds

Airs daily at 11PM on 93.9 FM
Listen to an hour of reinterpretations and deconstructions of Thelonius Monk’s classic song, 'Round Midnight on this edition of New Sounds.

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Music from the 92nd Street Y with Sara Fishko

Airs Saturdays at 8PM on 93.9 FM, April 26 through June 28, 2008
Sara Fishko digs into the audio archives of the 92nd Street Y to bring us the greatest live performances from the stage of the Y's Kaufmann Concert Hall. Curated and hosted by Fishko, the series combines elements from different concerts over the past few years, designed to highlight a particular theme or performer with the radio listener in mind.

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The Wordless Music Series on WNYC

Four 1-Hour Specials Hosted by Radio Lab’s Jad Abumrad

Airs Fridays in June at 10PM on 93.9FM | Listen on Demand
The Wordless Music Series pairs rock and electronic musicians with more traditional chamber and new music performers, to create an entirely new concert experience. As Wordless Music opens on a new season, WNYC presents four one-hour specials that highlight and underscore the ground-breaking '07-'08 season, hosted by Radio Lab's Jad Abumrad.

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2008 American Music Festival

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Hosts Terrance McKnight and David Garland curate the 68th annual American Music Festival, featuring "America's Classical Music." Guests include LD Brown a.k.a. Grey Reverend; acclaimed jazz pianist Jason Moran; composer and musicologist Gunther Schuller; culture critic John Rockwell; new music guru John Zorn, and Pulitzer prize-winning composer William Bolcom.

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Rockwell Matters

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WNYC presents this series of free-form radio blog podcasts by John Rockwell, longtime New York Times arts critic and founder of the Lincoln Center Festival. Weaving together music, art, dance, film and theater, John makes personal sense out of New York City's wildly diverse cultural scene.

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Concerts from the Frick Collection

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For over sixty years, the series Concerts from The Frick Collection has delighted WNYC listeners with the finest in keyboard recitals, all manner of chamber groups, and groundbreaking early music ensembles. Many of the century's greatest artists have performed in the 175-seat music room at the Frick Collection, the former Upper East Side residence of industrialist Henry Clay Frick.

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The New Americans

A Station-Wide Celebration on WNYC-FM and WNYC2

WNYC announces The New Americans, an ongoing station-wide celebration of foreign-born artists now residing in the United States.

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Ear to Ear

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New York City is home to some of the world's most dynamic musicians. Ear to Ear takes innovative musicians off the New York stages and into the studio for relaxed, insightful conversation, as they share their personal recordings with host David Garland. From Carnegie to Southpaw, guests are drawn from a broad range of backgrounds and genres, from classical to experimental and beyond.

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Music Festivals and Specials Page

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Want to know what's in Mark Morris' ears? How about what music Alec Baldwin uses to prep for his role on "30 Rock"? And just what makes Wagner's "Ring" so special, anyway? Find the answers to all of those questions and more on wnyc.org's Music Festivals and Specials Page!

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