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The Calm Spark of South African Jazz Master Abdullah Ibrahim Persists
On this episode of Soundcheck, revisit the solo piano performance and interview of the late South African pianist and composer, Abdullah Ibrahim.
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Best of Soundcheck: Meklit, The Bad Plus
On this episode of Soundcheck, revisit the live performances and interviews featuring American avant-garde group The Bad Plus and the Ethiopian pop artist Meklit.
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Alt-Country Artist Tift Merritt Shares Her New Confessional Songs, In-Studio
After almost a decade-long wait, the Grammy-nominated alt-country artist Tift Merritt returns with her new record Sugar, and performs some of her new songs solo for this edition of Soundcheck.
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Chamber Pop Duo Gracie and Rachel Sing New Introspective Songs, In-Studio
Chamber pop duo Gracie and Rachel bring their confessional lyrics, ethereal vocals, dreamy soundscapes drenched in strings, guitars, and synths, back to our studio: this time with Asher Kurtz on guitar and Connor Parks on drums, for this edition of Soundcheck.
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Best of Soundcheck: Marilina Bertoldi, Julieta Venegas
On this episode, revisit our Soundcheck sessions with Mexican multi-instrumentalist Julieta Venegas and Argentine rock 'n' roll icon Marilina Bertoldi.
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Experimental Jazz Artist Zoh Amba Presents Their Brand of Gritty Folk-Rock Music, In-Studio
Multi-instrumentalist Zoh Amba, who is known in the avant-garde jazz world as a standout saxophonist, turns their attention to seemingly new territory that is really a homecoming: gritty, Appalachian folk-rock music.
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Helado Tropical Feels Like 'Summer's Warmth on a Sunday', In-Studio
Helado Tropical is a warm and friendly collaboration between Helado Negro, the experimental pop project of Ecuadorian-American singer/songwriter Roberto Carlos Lange, and Reyna Tropical, which is the work of the Mexican-American musician Fabi Reyna (also of the cumbia band Savila). They play in-studio.
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Best of Soundcheck: O'Farrill Family Band; Michael Winograd's TANZ
This week on Soundcheck, Afro-Latin jazz from Arturo O’Farrill and his Family Band. And a klezmer jazz classic, from Michael Winograd and his band.
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Funky Afrobeat Brass Band EMEFE Rekindles Old Songs, In-Studio
Jazz-funk/afrobeat collective EMEFE returns after their hiatus with a new album and a special performance for the Soundcheck podcast.
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Tunisian-American Artist and Activist Emel, In-Studio
The Tunisian-born, American-based singer and activist Emel Mathlouthi plays North African-inflected electronic songs, enhanced with tamboras (drums) in-studio.
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Soundcheck
Live performances and conversations in which artists talk about their work, their process, and themselves. Genre-blind but open-eared. Hosted by John Schaefer.
