John Schaefer appears in the following:
A Brief, Strange History of 20th Century Europe
Tuesday, June 04, 2019
The German-born composer and director Heiner Goebbels returns to the Park Avenue Armory with an ambitious work Everything That Happened And Will Happen.
Weekly Music Roundup: Philip Bailey and Lila Downs
Monday, May 13, 2019
New Sounds
Week of May 13: This week, looking back to the 70s with Philip Bailey of Earth Wind & Fire, Lila Downs, and Doomsquad. Plus Flying Lotus teams up with Anderson .Paak, and more.
Weekly Music Roundup: Stormzy, Kelly Moran, and The Oddysy
Monday, April 29, 2019
New Sounds
Week of April 29: This week – musical returns for Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen, and Stormzy. Plus new music by The Oddysy and Chuck D, Kelly Moran, and The Mystery Lights.
Weekly Music Roundup: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer Ellen Reid And Immigrant Songs
Monday, April 15, 2019
New Sounds
This week, hear immigrant songs from T-Bone Burnett and Sinkane, plus Ellen Reid wins the Pulitzer Prize winner for Music, and Aretha Franklin's Special Citation.
Roll Over Rembrandt: Rock & Roll Comes To the Met
Monday, April 08, 2019
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has collaborated with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland on a new exhibition called "Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll."
Weekly Music Roundup: Blitz the Ambassador and Tamino
Monday, April 01, 2019
New Sounds
Week of April 1: This week, music from a Ghanaian musician/film maker, a Belgian singer/model, and a California rocker/NPR fan.
Weekly Music Roundup: Dexter Story, Malawi's Lazarus, and Angelique Kidjo
Monday, March 18, 2019
New Sounds
This week, (almost) all roads lead to Africa with Angelique Kidjo’s Celia Cruz tribute, Dexter Story's Ethiopop-influenced music, Carlos Santana with Buika, and Malawi's Lazarus.
Weekly Music Roundup: Fémina, Little Simz, and Reese McHenry
Monday, March 04, 2019
New Sounds
Week of March 4: This week, a different kind of resistance song, a different kind of hip hop, and some classic garage rock.
Weekly Music Roundup: Omar Apollo and Better Oblivion Community Center
Monday, February 04, 2019
New Sounds
This week, Billie Eilish and Omar Apollo: youth is served; The Mountain Goats offer an epic war story, and echoes of Ethiopia by Dexter Story. Plus, Better Oblivion Community Center.
The Making Of 'The Lord Of The Rings'
Thursday, January 24, 2019
A new exhibit at the Morgan Library and Museum looks at the how J. R. R. Tolkien created the world of the Middle-earth.
Weekly Music Roundup: Nakhane, Tanya Tagaq, and India.Arie
Monday, January 21, 2019
New Sounds
This week, a big question from India.Arie, a 60s flashback, and a rapidly rising queer icon from South Africa. Plus, new music from Tanya Tagaq and Cinematic Orchestra.
Weekly Music Roundup: VÉRITÉ and The Raconteurs
Monday, December 24, 2018
New Sounds
Week of Dec. 24: Another farewell from Lin-Manuel Miranda (and Barack Obama), a surprise return by the Raconteurs, a new music session from VÉRITÉ, and a big ol’ box of gospel.
Weekly Music Roundup: Bruce Springsteen, MorMor, and Bibi Bourelly
Monday, December 10, 2018
Week of Dec. 10: This week, Springsteen on Broadway; Deerhunter and Bibi Bourelly on the environment; plus Chromeo, and Toronto's MorMor.
The Untold Story of The First World War in Africa
Tuesday, December 04, 2018
South African artist William Kentridge presents an expansive production that commemorates the African casualties of WWI to the Park Avenue Armory.
For the First Time in 42 Years, a New Music Director at The Met
Monday, December 03, 2018
Two years earlier than planned, Yannick Nézet-Séguin hopes his tenure will lead to new works and new audiences.
Weekly Music Roundup: Charles Bradley, Smashing Pumpkins, and Jacob Banks
Monday, November 12, 2018
New Sounds
This week, posthumous music from Charles Bradley, Smashing Pumpkins are not dead yet, and a moving video from Jacob Banks.
Watch: Glimmery Electro Art-Pop by Arthur Moon
Thursday, November 08, 2018
Arthur Moon is the moniker of composer/singer/multi-instrumentalist Lora-Faye Åshuvud. Hear dazzling and strange off-kilter pop from the band Arthur Moon, who perform in-studio.
Opera Takes To The Air In New 'Satyagraha' Production
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
The new production at BAM, where the opera first premiered in 1981, adds another dimension as each major character is performed by both an opera singer and an aerialist.
Bowie’s “Berlin Trilogy”
Thursday, October 18, 2018
John Schaefer & Jonathan Meiburg on David Bowie’s “Berlin Trilogy.”
Weekly Music Roundup: Esperanza Spalding and Imogen Heap's 'Platform 9¾'
Monday, October 15, 2018
New Sounds
Week of October 15: This week, music for Harry Potter by Imogen Heap, a musical spell from Esperanza Spalding, a new immigrant song, and Derek Brown, the beatboxing sax player.
