Caryn is a drummer and recovering pianist. When not breathing music, she is also a softball player, biker, and kid and adult-inspirer.
Caryn is a drummer, recovering pianist, and long-time radio producer at WNYC, on the show New Sounds with John Schaefer. Also called "The New Sounds All-Purpose Assistant" (NSAPA, for short), she enjoys trying to get brass bands more airtime, is smitten with almost all kora music ever, and loves sending clearance form letters to artists, composers, publishers and labels for use on podcasts. Yes, Schaefer's desk clutter is legendary. If it's not broke, don't fix it.
She is the drummer of the metal-folk band Zelenaya and Mortals (Relapse Records), has recorded with The All Things, and she is a Dream Cymbals Artist. Caryn teaches drums, keyboard, and audio production to folks aged 5 to 65 at the Willie Mae Rock Camp, Tom Tom Academy, and through private lessons. Her articles, interviews, and reviews on music, drumming, and not sucking at softball have been published in both Decibel and Tom Tom Magazine, the latter of which she served as the Metal issue’s co-editor (No. 13.)
When not breathing music, Havlik is a competitive softball player on three different teams, a kamikaze biker, and an acupuncture junkie. Little known facts: she holds a B.A. in Japanese Language and Literature and studies Polish on her phone in her spare time; she grew up as a classical pianist and had a pretty sweet gig as second-string organist at her church as a teenager; she very much enjoys Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and The Great British Baking Show.
Caryn Havlik appears in the following:
New Sounds Year in Review 2022: 2
Thursday, January 05, 2023
The Pioneering Techno of the Carl Craig Synthesizer Ensemble
Monday, April 25, 2022
New Sounds Year in Review 2021: 2
Sunday, January 02, 2022
On Beaches and Fighting, Not Dancing
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Rejoice, Here Comes Tony - Legendary Drummer Tony Allen Remembered
Friday, May 01, 2020
Weekly Music Roundup: Angélique Kidjo, Bat for Lashes, and Team Dresch
Monday, June 10, 2019
Glory to Women II: More Groundbreaking Musicians From Around the World
Friday, March 15, 2019
Glory to Women: Groundbreaking Musicians From Around the World
Friday, March 08, 2019
Watch: Glimmery Electro Art-Pop by Arthur Moon
Thursday, November 08, 2018
Announcing globalFEST 2019!
Friday, October 12, 2018
Musicians with Superpowers
Monday, July 30, 2018
Today at 12 pm on New Sounds Radio: Between Percussion and Piano
Monday, June 04, 2018
Kelsey Lu at Music Hall of Williamsburg, May 23
Saturday, May 26, 2018
Signal-To-Noise: The Sounds of Decay
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Gender Is Not a Genre: Amplifying Women Who Compose
Thursday, March 08, 2018
A New Organ For Manhattan’s Oldest Church
Thursday, February 22, 2018
Fanfare Ciocarlia Goes to Mars
Monday, April 11, 2016
Drumming Mags Ignored Women for Years, Until Now
Monday, June 22, 2015
'Born To Drum' Presents A Wide World Of Dudes, And One Chapter For The Ladies
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Bagpipes & Metal for St. Patrick's Day
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
