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  • #5006, From Soundcheck, Ben Verdery, Peter Gregson

    Guitarist, composer, and teacher Benjamin Verdery performs original works, in-studio; the British cellist, producer, and composer Peter Gregson plays music from his latest, in-studio. May 12, 2025

    #5006,  From Soundcheck, Ben Verdery, Peter Gregson
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    A New York Evening with Anoushka Shankar

    The masterful sitarist and composer Anoushka Shankar presents music from her trilogy of mini-albums, which explores her fascination with Goa Trance. She plays live at National Sawdust. May 12, 2025

    A New York Evening with Anoushka Shankar
  • #5005, Guitar and Guitar-Like Instruments

    Hear music from London-based Turkish composer and bağlama player Ozan Baysal, Canadian-Palestinian guitarist Bilal Nasser, and American guitarist and composer William Tyler. May 9, 2025

    #5005, Guitar and Guitar-Like Instruments
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    New Sounds Live: Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble with Alarm Will Sound at Kaufman Music Center

    Vocalist, choreographer, and composer Meredith Monk and her Vocal Ensemble team up with new music supergroup Alarm Will Sound to perform her music at Kaufman Center on May 30.  May 30, 2025

    New Sounds Live: Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble with Alarm Will Sound at Kaufman Music Center
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    Ancient-to-Future Hot Psychedelic Gnawa Blues from Bab L' Bluz, In-Studio

    French-Moroccan band Bab L' Bluz makes ancient-to-future music, serving hot psychedelic blues spiked with the Gnawa trance rhythms of northern Africa's Maghreb. They play in-studio. Apr 28, 2025

    Ancient-to-Future Hot Psychedelic Gnawa Blues from Bab L' Bluz, In-Studio
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    Weekly Music Roundup: billy woods, Moses Sumney with Hayley Williams

    This week, a posthumous song from Jill Sobule, a dark album for dark times by billy woods, and Moses Sumney’s unexpected duet with Hayley Williams. Also, Quinquis and Kara-Lis Coverdale. May 10, 2025

    Weekly Music Roundup: billy woods, Moses Sumney with Hayley Williams
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    Fiddlers Mark and Maggie O’Connor Connect Chamber Music and Bluegrass, In-Studio

    The husband and wife fiddle team of Mark and Maggie O’Connor play everything from Beethoven to bluegrass in a chamber/folk way. They play some O’Connor classics, old and new, in-studio. May 8, 2025

    Fiddlers Mark and Maggie O’Connor Connect Chamber Music and Bluegrass, In-Studio

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New Sounds is New York Public Radio’s home for the musically curious, since 1982. It’s a hub for discovering weird and wonderful music from artists, composers and traditional musicians. Follow us on YouTube and Instagram. Email us at hello@newsounds.org.

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