New Sounds

Hand-picked music, genre free. 24/7 radio from New York City.

New Sounds is New York Public Radio’s home for the musically curious, since 1982. It’s a hub for discovering weird and wonderful music from artists, composers and traditional musicians. Follow us on YouTube and Instagram. Email us at hello@newsounds.org.

  • #5117, From Soundcheck: Vines, Brandee Younger

    Mar 10, 2026
    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.
  • #4966, Music From North Africa and the Near East

    Mar 9, 2026
    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.
  • #5116, Music About Food

    Mar 5, 2026
    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.
  • #5114, New Music From Iran and the Diaspora

    Mar 2, 2026
    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.
  • Lia Kohl & Zachary Good at Public Records

    Mar 11, 2026
    Lia Kohl is a cellist, composer, and sound artist based in Chicago. Her work builds webs of connections along paths less traveled. She plays at Public Records on March 12.
  • #5115, Music Based on Mystical Spanish Texts

    Mar 4, 2026
    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.