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Hear highlights from the 2024 Soundcheck Podcasts by Mexico City-based cellist Mabe Fratti; Norwegian punk cabaret sextet Kaizers Orchestra; Cuban big band Orquesta Akokán, and others. (episode)
Hear music performed in-studio by Georgia singer and musician Lizz Wright; the soulful mambo of Cuban band Orquesta Akokán; and the multi-reed player Shabaka (Hutchings), with his trio. (episode)
Hear music performed in-studio by Norwegian punk cabaret sextet Kaizers Orchestra; Mexico City-based cellist Mabe Fratti; and Brazilian pianist and composer Amaro Freitas. (episode)
New York-based drummer Matt Wilson's melodic playing has shaped many a bandstand, but at this time of year, he might be best known for his Christmas Tree-O. They play in-studio. (episode)
The chamber band yMusic have contributed arrangements to so many pop stars. Recently, they collaborated on their own music for choreographer Kyle Abraham. They play selections in-studio. (episode)
The work of composer/pianist/vocalist Samora Pinderhughes combines art, feeling, and healing. His latest album reflects on love, grief, depression, and mental health. He plays in-studio. (episode)
Tunisian musician Nour Harkati blends North African traditional music alongside modern influences from his new home, New York City. He and his band play songs from "Moulena", in-studio. (episode)
L.A.-based Jeff Parker ETA IVtet creates groove-oriented, painterly, polyrhythmic, minimalist and mantric improvised music - rather like meditation through motion. They play in-studio. (episode)
Cinematic punk band Pom Pom Squad traverses a hall of mirrors on their second LP, full of punk attitude and blazing guitars, as well as intense vulnerability. They play in-studio. (episode)
Brit award-winning songwriter Laura Marling's latest record, Patterns in Repeat contains lovely songs crafted with propulsive riffs in motion, which she plays in-studio. (episode)