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<p>On the new EP from the rootsy, idiosyncratic singer and songwriter.</p> (article)
<p>On the hypnotic new album from the electro soul duo.</p> (article)
<p>Singer and songwriter Josh Rouse plays The Bell House Tuesday night. Download "Julie (Come Out of the Rain)."</p> (article)
In this episode: Singer-songwriter Sam Beam, who performs as Iron and Wine, talks about a new direction on the album, Ghost on Ghost. He plays stripped down versions of thre... (episode)
This week on Soundcheck, we want to know how you block out noise in your day to day life. A recent BBC 4 radio series, Noise: A Human History, examined how noise has shaped civilizati...
<p>Hear Sam Beam of Iron and Wine perform a solo acoustic set live in the <em>Soundcheck</em> studio.</p>
Joyce Cohen recently wrote on BuzzFeed about living with hyperacusis, a condition which makes soft sounds unbearably loud and painful. After Cohen joined us last week to talk about it... (article)
In this episode: Veteran producer Tony Visconti recently teamed up with David Bowie to ambush the pop world with the from-out-of-nowhere album “The Next Day.” Visconti talks about the... (episode)
Tony Visconti, longtime producer for David Bowie, joins us to talk about Bowie's latest album The Next Day -- which came as a complete surprise to most of the world when its first sin...
<p>Singer and songwriter Cold Specks plays Pianos Monday Night. Download "Blank Maps."</p> (article)
Join NPR Music and WNYC's Soundcheck for a First Listen Live concert from proto-punk band Iggy & The Stooges, broadcast from New York City. Watch the group rip through songs from its ... (article)
In this episode: We revisit some of the great in-studio performances we've heard on the show over the past few months, including in-studio visits from the French pop band Phoenix, act... (episode)
<p>Western swing group The Brain Cloud plays Jalopy Theatre Friday night. Download “Outside Looking In.”</p> (article)