John Schaefer appears in the following:
Producer Picks: 'John Schaefer On Protest Music'
Thursday, August 26, 2021
A re-air of our evening special from last summer, 'WNYC At Curfew,' amidst the racial justice protests. Alison discusses the history of protest music with WNYC's John Schaefer.
Weekly Music Roundup: Daptone Records @20, Parquet Courts, and Lorde
Monday, August 23, 2021
New Sounds
A celebration of old-school soul from the Apollo Theater, Parquet Courts' ode to crowded city streets, new age pop from Lorde, and a creeptastic film score by Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe.
Weekly Music Roundup: Big Thief, Aluna, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Monday, August 16, 2021
New Sounds
This week, musical returns for Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Big Thief, and Aluna. Plus, new music by harpist Brandee Younger, shoegazers Yeah Baby, and NY garage rockers Loose Buttons.
Weekly Music Roundup: The Weeknd, Adia Victoria, RZA
Monday, August 09, 2021
New Sounds
New music from some of the usual suspects (The Weeknd, RZA) and unusual ones (Adam Driver? Marion Cotillard?). Plus, Adia Victoria's A Southern Gothic and Julie Fowlis with Hawktail.
Weekly Music Roundup: Prince, Billie Eilish, Bomba Estereo with Yemi Alade
Monday, August 02, 2021
New Sounds
This week, posthumous Prince, Brazilian Billie Eilish, and Yola’s summery pop. Plus, Colombian dance band Bomba Estereo and Nigerian superstar Yemi Alade, and Los Tangueros del Oeste.
NYC's Asian American Classical Community Meets Hate with Music
Monday, July 26, 2021
With live performances slowly returning, we're checking in with different corners of New York City's music scene to see how musicians have weathered the pandemic.
Weekly Music Roundup: Beverly Glenn-Copeland Meets Kelsey Lu, Elvis Costello Meets Juanes, and Joan As Police Woman
Monday, July 19, 2021
New Sounds
Hear new takes on old songs by Derek & The Dominoes, folk singer Shirley Collins, Elvis Costello, and Beverly Glenn-Copeland. Plus, JG Thirlwell as Xordox and new Joan As Police Woman.
Weekly Music Roundup: Jorge Drexler, Courtney Barnett, Attacca Quartet
Monday, July 12, 2021
New Sounds
This week, Jorge Drexler’s Uruguayan gospel, Quantic’s cumbia-rock, classical electronica from Attacca Quartet, and Courtney Barnett’s eventual return.
Weekly Music Roundup: Rival Consoles, Laura Mvula, The Go! Team
Monday, July 05, 2021
New Sounds
The British are coming (again) in The Go! Team, Laura Mvula, and Rival Consoles, supergroup Big Red Machine reconvenes, and a new (old) kind of Latin music from John Linnell.
NYC's Cumbia Scene Looks Forward
Friday, July 02, 2021
As New York gets started on what looks to be a summer of live performances, we're checking in with different corners of the city's music scene.
Weekly Music Roundup: Caroline Shaw and So Percussion, Helado Negro
Monday, June 28, 2021
New Sounds
This week, new music from composer and vocalist Caroline Shaw with So Percussion, Toronto rapper Shad, and American musician Helado Negro; also RIP Jon Hassell and Frederic Rzewski.
Madonna, The Beastie Boys, and The Talking Heads - Museum Takes A Look Back At The 80s
Thursday, June 24, 2021
The Koch administration was too busy pulling the city back from near bankruptcy to bother with cabaret laws, so club sprouted up all over the city.
Weekly Music Roundup: Amythyst Kiah, Shungudzo, Yves Tumor
Monday, June 21, 2021
New Sounds
Tennessee-based songwriter Amythyst Kiah's bluesy-Americana, new music band Wild Up records the outsider art of Julius Eastman, a glam-dance track by Yves Tumor, and Shungudzo's debut.
Weekly Music Roundup: Hiatus Kaiyote, Pom Pom Squad, Jake Shears
Monday, June 14, 2021
New Sounds
This week, Polo G taps Nicki Minaj for a duet; Pom Pom Squad offers mid-century garage-noir; Arab Strap's remix allegory; and Haitus Kaiyote drops a slinky wondercore song about sex.
Weekly Music Roundup: The Mountain Goats, Japanese Breakfast, Spellling
Monday, June 07, 2021
New Sounds
This week, Japanese Breakfast and Joy Oladokun fight for happiness; the Mountain Goats fight for their lives; plus new releases from Prince, Spellling, and Public Service Broadcasting.
The Shed Celebrates Emerging Artists With Free Series
Friday, June 04, 2021
Open Call is a program of free exhibitions, installations, and performances.
As Live Performances Restart, Local Musicians Look to the Future
Friday, June 04, 2021
As New York begins to look ahead to a summer of live performances, we're checking in with different corners of the city's music scene.
Weekly Music Roundup: Sons of Kemet, Xenia Rubinos, Johnny Flynn
Monday, May 17, 2021
New Sounds
Go “Black to the Future” with Sons of Kemet; take a strange trip with Johnny Flynn; hear the many voices of Xenia Rubinos and the sweet 70's sounds of St. Vincent's latest.
Weekly Music Roundup: Tony Allen, Okuté, LUMP
Monday, May 10, 2021
New Sounds
This week, legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen’s posthumous album, Cuban band Okuté's new/old sound, and Laura Marling’s “lumpy” collaboration with Mike Lindsay of Tunng.
