Listen to rhythmic music, in a work from the Jasper String Quartet, a prepared piano piece by Kelly Moran, and a vocal duet from Meredith Monk and Robert Een. 

Sample new music that came our way from Chicago's Mucca Pazza, London's Portico Quartet, Denmark's Girls In Airports, works by Molly Joyce and Leah Kardos, Antibalas, & more.

Hear music that begins with classical instruments, like the string quartet, piano, or an orchestra, but which is then augmented, enhanced by electronics, percussion, and/or preparation. 

Guitarist Shane Parish, of the instrumental prog-punk band Ahleuchatistas, plays music from his solo record of “weird old Americana” live in the studio on acoustic & prepared guitar. 

“Indian music does not stop and start with Ravi Shankar,” says tabla master Zakir Hussain, who, along with young sitar virtuoso, Niladri Kumar, performs in our studio. 

Listen to chamber music packed with strong Americana flavors with works from ETHEL & flutist Robert Mirabal, violist/composer Jessica Meyer, and cellist/composer Erik Friedlander.

Hear traditional string instruments of Western Africa, like the kora, ngoni, & the guitar (now traditional), with music by Seckou Keita, Djelimady Tounkara, & Noura Mint Seymali.

South African guitarist Guy Buttery visits the studio to perform virtuosic feats of bending, tapping, picking, harmonics, and other techniques and textures yet to be named for guitar.

Listen to pieces which draw from folk music the world over on this New Sounds program, like South African thumb piano in music from Argentina, or Norwegian folk fiddling and laptops.