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In time for Hanukkah, clarinetist, composer, and bandleader Andy Statman visits the studio for a live performance of spirited holiday song. Statman also talks about the jazz-i... (episode)
How could Thanksgiving be complete without a dose of “Alice’s Restaurant”? Arlo Guthrie’s signature tune details a popular Massachusetts story of a local woman living in a ch... (episode)
Airs weekdays at 2PM on 93.9 FM David Lang is one of the three founders, artistic directors, and principal composers of Bang On a Can, New York’s premiere new-music producer and c... (episode)
Best known for the ballet Appalachian Spring and World War II anthem Fanfare for the Common Man, Brooklyn-born composer Aaron Copland drew his inspiration from the experiences... (episode)
This week, Soundcheck salutes some of America's most beloved 20th-century music. "Strange Fruit" has intrigued music fans since Billie Holiday first sang it in the late 1930s.... (episode)
Airs weekdays at 2PM on 93.9 FM Pianos haven’t always sounded like the ebonies and ivories we recognize today. Centuries ago, the development of piano scales angered church o... (episode)
Pianist Jason Moran’s new CD of solo works, Modernistic, features among its dynamic performances a cover of “Planet Rock,” the much-loved party tune by early hip-hop star Afri... (episode)
Isabel Soler and Barbara Romero, cofounders of Spanish troupe Danzas Españolas, stop by to demonstrate how there’s more to Spanish dance music than just flamenco. American pia... (episode)
At the behest of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Leonard Bernstein composed his Mass for the 1971 opening of Washington's Kennedy Center. Much to the chagrin of his critics (Roman Cat... (episode)
The New York-based Klezmatics have performed their spiritual and political klezmer tunes around the globe. Today, they play some favorites, including a trance-infused work. Member... (episode)