Best of the Soundcheck Podcast 2023

The team behind the Soundcheck Podcast series offers their favorite live performances from the WNYC studios this year: including Mercury Prize-winning London Afrobeat-jazz-hip hop quintet Ezra Collective; drummer Allison Miller’s chamber jazz band (with tap dance!); and beatmaker/bandleader Kassa Overall’s jazz meets rap and sound design. Plus, music by Indigenous two-spirit song carrier and activist Jeremy Dutcher; Mexican singer Magos Herrera with members of Brooklyn’s own The Knights; and Irish garage-punk band Sprints.

Playlist:

ARTIST: Ezra Collective
WORK: No Confusion [5:01]
RECORDING: Live on the Soundcheck Podcast
SOURCE:  This performance not commercially available. The song appears on the album, Where I'm Meant To Be
INFO: https://ezracollective.bandcamp.com/album/where-im-meant-to-be

ARTIST: Allison Miller
WORK: Hudson [5:12]
RECORDING: Live on Soundcheck, Nov. 2023
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. 
INFO: allisonmiller.com

ARTIST: Magos Herrera, Members of The Knights
WORK: Aire [5:02]
RECORDING: Live on Soundcheck, August 2023
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: https://magosherrera.bandcamp.com/album/aire

ARTIST: Jeremy Dutcher
WORK: Honor Song [4:29]
RECORDING: Live on Soundcheck, Oct. 2023
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. 
INFO: jeremydutcher.com

ARTIST: Grandbrothers
WORK:  Blood Flow [5:55]
RECORDING: Live on Soundcheck, Sept. 2023
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. 
INFO: grandbrothersmusic.com

ARTIST: Sprints
WORK: Up and Comer [3:44]
RECORDING: Live on Soundcheck, Dec. 2023
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. The song appears on the album, Letter to Self
INFO: https://www.sprintsmusic.com/

ARTIST: Sofía Rei and Jorge Roeder
WORK:  Días de Sitio [2:54]
RECORDING: Live on Soundcheck, Aug. 2023
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. The song appears on the album, Coplas Escondidas
INFO: https://jorgeroeder.bandcamp.com/album/coplas-escondidas

ARTIST: EYOT
WORK: 557799 [5:57]
RECORDING: Recorded for the Soundcheck Podcast, May 2023
SOURCE: This performance is not commercially available
INFO: A version appears on 557799

ARTIST: Kassa Overall
WORK: Make My Way Back Home [1:48]
RECORDING: Recorded for the Soundcheck Podcast, July 2023
SOURCE: This performance is not commercially available. A version appears on Animals
INFO: https://www.kassaoverall.com/