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Today on Soundcheck, two very distinctive composers whose music grew partly out of the 1960s counterculture: minimalist icon Steve Reich and concert and film composer Paul Chihara. Re... (episode)
In the world of jazz, a few active players deserve to be called legends and stars. Among them is bassist Percy Heath, who has played with a who's who of artists, including a lengthy a... (episode)
Choral music takes center stage when WNYC Young People's Chorus stops by for a live performance. If your impression of youth choirs is of a cute band of undisciplined and out-of-tune ... (episode)
South African a cappella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo rose to international fame on Paul Simon's 1986 "Graceland" album (and later those ubiquitous life saver commercials) and it con... (episode)
New York may not have a single country music radio station, and to some locals, that may not be such a bad thing. But today on Soundcheck, John Schaefer speaks with the Flatlanders, a... (episode)
Daniel Barenboim is one of the world's busiest conductors and pianists -- a musical dervish who holds directorships at the Berlin State Opera and Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He's also... (episode)
Hiroshima Maiden is a new theater piece playing at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn about a group of young Japanese women who were disfigured by the effects of the atomic blast in Hiro... (episode)
Modest Mussorgsky's 19th-century opera Boris Godunov is based on Alexander Pushkin's play of the same name and tells the story of a Russian czar who murders his way to the top. Today ... (episode)
Today on Soundcheck, we present a pair of Peruvians: Legendary guitarist Carlos Hayre will stop by to share his native criollo music, a blend of African and Spanish dance rhythms. He'... (episode)
As the London Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 100th anniversary season this year, a new book by the British music critic Richard Morrison paints a colorful behind-the-scenes portrai... (episode)