Christopher Janney and the Persuasions

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010

The Persuasions are one of America’s most enduring and popular a cappella groups. Christopher Janney is a well-known sonic architect; you may have walked through his longstanding sound installation at the Times Square subway station. Now they’re working together, on a work built around the human heartbeat. They join us to play live.

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