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Best of Soundcheck: Everlast, Ghost Hounds
Everlast wrote some of the 90s most enduring hits, blending rap with blues and rock; he plays a gritty set. And Ghost Hounds is a band with a classic blues-rock sound; their new record is full of apocalyptic imagery and striking vocals. They also play in-studio.
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Raw and Punchy Soul From Brooklyn-Based Eli Paperboy Reed, In-Studio
Brooklyn-based Eli Paperboy Reed and his band play some of their latest horn-heavy grown-folks tunes that look to soul, gospel, and R&B and add country and early rock and roll, in-studio.
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Welsh Indie Rock Band The Royston Club Bare Their Emotions, In-Studio
Liverpool-based Welsh indie rock band on the rise, The Royston Club, plays a few songs from their latest record, Songs for the Spine, for this episode of Soundcheck.
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Best of Soundcheck: Helado Tropical, Martin Hayes With Kyle Sanna
There's music from Helado Tropical who are Fabi Reyna and Roberto Carlos Lange. They bring their langorous brand of Latin electro-pop to our studio. And another duo takes a more acoustic approach, as Irish fiddler Martin Hayes and guitarist Kyle Sanna play traditional airs and dances.
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Mexico City Cumbia Punk Marimba Band Son Rompe Pera Brings the Sweaty Mayhem, In-Studio
Son Rompe Pera, marimba-playing cumbia punks from Mexico City, fuse together tropical dance beats, hard-hitting punk, modern cumbia, and fuzzed-out guitars. They play in-studio.
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The Messthetics With Marc Ribot Leave Space For Play and Crunch, From the New York Guitar Festival 2026
Hear a set from the Messthetics with a special cameo appearance by Marc Ribot. There's shred, melodies, and space from the 2026 New York Guitar Festival, recorded live at Bryant Park.
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Best of Soundcheck: Humbe, The Lone Bellow
Mexican singer-songwriter Humbe and the Nashville-based folk-rock trio The Lone Bellow share stripped-down, heartfelt renditions of their songs for this episode of Soundcheck.
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Mexican Alternative R&B/Pop Artist Girl Ultra Reinvents Her Musical History, In-Studio
Mexican Alternative R&B/Pop artist Girl Ultra’s new album RRRomeo, which is out today, took five years to finalize. Hear the story behind it, alongside exclusive live performances, on this episode of Soundcheck.
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Adventurous Harpist Lara Somogyi Weaves Time Patterns, In-Studio
Hawaii-born, California-based experimental harpist Lara Somogyi performs in-studio with her time-bending effects pedals and a string quartet for the latest episode of the Soundcheck podcast.
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Best of Soundcheck: Steve Earle, Anjimile
Hardships take time to overcome, and some songwriters turn to music to process their emotions as they move from one battle to the next. Two of those songwriters are Steve Earle and Anjimile, who come from very different walks of life.
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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.
