New Sounds

Sunday - Friday at 11pm on 93.9 FM. Saturday at midnight on 93.9 FM.

Daily showcase of weird and wonderful music from artists, composers and traditional musicians — all gleefully oblivious of their genres.

  • #4784, Wordless Vocal Ensembles

    Sep 18, 2024
    Hear voice as instrument, in work by drummer Tyshawn Sorey for pianist Awadagin Pratt and Roomful of Teeth, by Swedish-Iranian pianist Shida Shahabi, and by playful producer Johan Lenox.
  • #4783, Music Based on the Bhagavad Gita

    Sep 16, 2024
    Hear music inspired by a 700-verse Hindu scripture, The Bhagavad Gita, by American composers Philip Glass, Douglas Cuomo, and John Adams; and English composer Jocelyn Pook.
  • #4672, Renaissance Music in Modern Arrangements

    Sep 15, 2024
    Hear music drawing on Medieval and Renaissance sources by Irish soprano Caitriona O’Leary and Anakronos, Ukrainian sound artist Heinali, the Hilliard Ensemble with Jan Garbarek, & more.
  • #4666, New Approaches to the Piano Trio

    Sep 14, 2024
    Hear new approaches to music for piano, bass and drums (and more), by hybrid trio GoGo Penguin, Matthew Shipp's trio, bass player Yosef Gutman's trio, and Danish duo Svaneborg Kardyb.
  • #4782, Strings and Things

    Sep 13, 2024
    Hear music for violin, viola, and/or cello with other sounds by transdisciplinary composer Yaz Lancaster; cellist and composer MIZU; and Cuban-American Bryan Senti, among others.
  • #4922, Music from Northeast Africa

    Sep 12, 2024
    Hear blend(s) of music rooted in Northeast Africa by Ethiojazz pioneer Mulatu Astatke with Hoodna Orchestra, London-based Somali-rooted Dur Dur Band, and Somaliland singer Sahra Halgan.
  • #4781, Groove Jazz

    Sep 11, 2024
    There's groove-based jazz, post-rock, and minimalism in music by Oregon-based quintet Blue Cranes, by Manchester-based trio GoGo Penguin, and the reinvented quartet, The Bad Plus.
  • #4921, Voice "Places"

    Sep 10, 2024
    Hear pieces using voices to create a place by Lithuanian composer Zibuokle Martinaitytė, Kenyan composer/sound artist Nyokabi Kariuki, and American composer John Luther Adams.

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