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#5049 From the Soundcheck Podcast: Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith Present Disiniblud
Disiniblud is the collaborative album project from the composers/producers/multi-instrumentalists Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith. They present music from their 2025 debut album, in-studio.
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#5048, Arvo Pärt: A New Sounds Primer
Estonian composer Arvo Pärt’s work ushered in a style of composition called tintinnabuli, Latin for "little bells". Listen to some of his best-known pieces for this New Sounds.
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#5204, Multiple Cellos
Explore pieces that highlight the versatility of the cello in multiples, from Cello Octet Amsterdam, Zoe Keating, and more.
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#4951, With Jarana Beat
New York-based band Jarana Beat, led by Sinuhé Padilla-Isunza, draws from Mexican folk and Afro-Indigenous music. They play some of these cross-cultural celebratory sounds, in-studio.
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#4950, Modern Medieval-Inspired Works
Hear works that blend modern and medieval from American composers Kate Soper, Majel Connery, and Lisel, along with music from Irish soprano Caitriona O’Leary and her band Anakronos.
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#5047, Ethio-Groove
Sample Ethiopian music with that swinging groove – from Addis Abbaba and the “Golden Age” of Ethiopop, and music from Sweden, the Netherlands, England, and the U.S.A.
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#5203, Global Chamber Music
On this episode of New Sounds, we take a global tour of chamber music, with pieces played by a variety of unconventional instruments such as the Chinese pipa, Indian sitar, and more.
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#5202, With Erik Hall, Sandbox Percussion, and Metropolis Ensemble, Live
Michigan-based composer and pianist Erik Hall, members of the Metropolis Ensemble, and Sandbox Percussion play (and dance) an exclusive live performance of Simeon ten Holt's "Canto Ostinato", in-studio.
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#4804, Songs for Peace
Listen to songs that hope, imagine, and wish for, or are about peace in work from Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe, Montréal’s Black Ox Orkestar, and Kenyan sound artist Nyokabi Kariuki.
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#5045 NS Live/NYGF: Rahim AlHaj and Derek Gripper From Kaufman Music Center
The South African guitarist Derek Gripper plays together with oud master Rahim AlHaj, from the 2025 New York Guitar Festival, recorded at Kaufman Music Center's Merkin Hall.
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