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#4924, New Sounds From the Renaissance
Hear Renaissance re-workings by Kronos Quartet, violinist/composer Pauline Harris Kim, and the trio of violinist Alice Zawadzki, pianist Fred Thomas, and bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado.
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#4923, Non-Western music for String Quartets/Quintets
Hear music drawing on Sardinian choral polyphony, Indian classical music, Native American chant, and Syrian wedding music from Ligeti Quartet, Kronos Quartet, and New York-based ETHEL.
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#5174, Music in Waves
Listen to music that comes at you in waves in work by pianist and composer Sova, from American composer Dylan Mattingly, and from cellist Zoe Keating.
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#5022, African Pop
There’s music rooted in traditional dance music of the African continent by Ghanan band Santrofi, Ethiopian band Damakase, and music from Sudanese artist Noori & His Dorpa Band.
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#5173, From the Soundcheck Podcast: Gamelan Yowana Sari
Gamelan Yowana Sari is a Balinese art ensemble in residence at the Aaron Copland School of Music at CUNY Queens College that plays contemporary music. Hear the tuned metal percussion instruments, plus electric guitar and bass, as GYS performs new works, in-studio.
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#5021, Bang On A Can All-Stars Play Terry Riley's 'In C', From the 2025 Long Play Festival at Pioneer Works
From New Sounds Live, the Bang on a Can All-Stars mark minimalist composer Terry Riley's 90th birthday with a performance of ‘In C’, recorded in May 2025 at Pioneer Works.
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#5172, Celtic and British Fusion
There’s music from Scotland, Ireland, England, and Wales that encompasses the sounds of other parts of the world – from South Asia, Central Africa, the Balkans, and beyond.
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#4922, Music from Northeast Africa
Hear blend(s) of music rooted in Northeast Africa by Ethiojazz pioneer Mulatu Astatke with Hoodna Orchestra, London-based Somali-rooted Dur Dur Band, and Somaliland singer Sahra Halgan.
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#4918, With Laurie Anderson, on 'Amelia'
Composer and artist Laurie Anderson presents her latest – a retelling of Amelia Earhart’s final flight, with orchestra and soloists (including Anohni) and text taken from her pilot log.
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#5020, From the 2025 New York Guitar Festival
Hear sets by guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson and drummer Tomas Fujiwara; and by guitarist Bill Frisell and bassist Skúli Sverrisson, from the 2025 New York Guitar Festival.
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