On this episode of New Sounds, dive into depths of ethereal live performances from Vines and Brandee Younger, originally recorded at our Manhattan studios for Soundcheck.

Hear music connecting the Tuareg "Desert Blues" sound and Ethiogroove traditions, from the Afropentatonism project, Mauritanian griot Noura Mint Seymali, Moroccan Gnawa music, and more.

There’s new ambient electronic and electroacoustic music by cellist MIZU, synthpop songwriter Vince Clarke, sound artist Roger Eno, sax player David Binney, and the trio Cowboy Sadness.

The San Francisco-based guitar/percussion duo The Living Earth Show and composer Danny Clay play the world premiere of 'Music for Hard Times', from Kaufman Music Center. 

Hear music by American bluegrass musician Jake Blount, contemporary classical ensemble W4RP TRIO, and Anglo-Indian musician Sarathy Korwar, all joined by spoken word artists and rappers.

Hear pieces from the Caribbean, Central and South America, and from East and West Africa, all celebrating the food that we eat: bread, vegetables, chocolate, coffee, mangoes, and more.

There's music from poetry by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and St. Teresa of Ávila, text from St. John of the Cross, and from the collection of poems known as the Cantigas De Santa Maria.  

R&B singer-songwriter and producer Dawn Richard and multi-instrumentalist/composer Spencer Zahn showcase their collaborative ambient electronic music, recorded at National Sawdust.

Hear music by Canadian-Iranian singer Farnaz Ohadi, Australian improvising jazz trio Vazesh, Iranian sisters Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat, and NY-based vocalist and composer Galeet Dardashti.