The Icelandic keyboardist and composer Eydís Evensen has released three albums of music that blends classical lyricism with the repeating patterns of post-minimalist music. "Her compo...

The L.A-based, Brooklyn-born band called Boyish is built around the songwriting of India Shore and Claire Altendahl, and while they’ve been releasing music since 2018, they’ve just pu...

English singer and multi-instrumentalist Patrick Wolf built his sizable reputation on a blend of Baroque pop and arty, classically-informed folk-rock. But a series of setbacks kept hi...

Native American singer Ken Pomeroy, and African American harpist Ashley Jackson join host John Schaefer for music and conversation in a special Thanksgiving edition of Soundcheck.

Both old and new, Austin-based band Black Pumas is centered around guitarist and producer Adrian Quesada and 27-year-old songwriter Eric Burton. Grammy Award-winning Quesada has playe...

Dublin band Ye Vagabonds mixes traditional Irish and European music, old time American tunes, sibling harmonies, and the music of the 1960s folk revival. They play new tunes in-studio.

Sax player, composer, and arranger Cochemea blends the sounds of funk, jazz, and Indigenous North American music and more in his solo work. He and his band play live, in-studio.

The now London-based Polish pianist and composer Hania Rani quickly attracted fans with her 2019 album of solo piano works in the post-classical style, a blend of classical lyricism a...

Master violinist/vocalist/composer L. Shankar (aka Shenkar) has spent the past four decades developing a personal style that ranges from strict Indian classical music to Western instr...