YAS! Congratulations to Ezra Collective on winning the 2023 Mercury Prize ! Cheers to Tomorrow's Warriors as well. [Thanks again for coming to play for us earlier this year: newsounds.org/story/ezra-col… ] 🔥 🎆 🎇 🔥

#GigAlert : iLe, Divino Niño, Sara Curruchich at BRIC Celebrate BK! on Aug. 18:
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The high-energy Congolese dance band Jupiter & okwess , led by Jupiter Bokondji, mixes funk and Afropop with samba, New Orleans, and soul influences in different languages. They play in-studio for the latest #SoundcheckPodcast : newsounds.org/story/kinshasa…

TONIGHT at 11p, Paul Simon (Paul Simon) joins John to present his newest release, Seven Psalms, on #newsounds .

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We are still dazzled and happy from the LOUD Weekend at MASS MoCA...what a time! Here's the next dispatch from a Summer Festival Media Fellow, Brooke Knoll, published by newsounds!

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Stay tuned as we share more Dispatches soon!

Difruta del tema 'Aire' en el estudio de WNYC en Nueva York para el programa #Soundcheckpodcast newsounds con mi trio y miembros de The Knights!

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.magos herrera put out a new album, Aire, which features her sextet and a full orchestra. Her band and members of the Brooklyn-based orchestra The Knights present some of these jazz-fluid songs in-studio for the #SoundcheckPodcast . Listen/Download via bit.ly/mh_nspod

Classical Korean guitarist and improviser Jiji plays adapted Paganini and a work by Gulli Bjornsson on the #SoundcheckPodcast , recorded live at the 2023 New York Guitar Festival in The Greene Space.

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Did you miss Paul Simon on #newsounds last night? You can listen now via bit.ly/3Oh2PLb to hear about his newest release, Seven Psalms. Plus a slightly extended version of the interview.

TONIGHT at 11p, Paul Simon (Paul Simon) joins John to present his newest release, Seven Psalms, on #newsounds .

Tune into WNYC or listen live at newsounds.org

Black Belt Eagle Scout’s latest album The Land, The Water, The Sky pairs musings on land, love, and community with roaring guitars and pounding drums. blackbelteaglescout plays songs from the album in-studio on the #SoundcheckPodcast . Listen or Download via bit.ly/45de8uX

Don't miss: A special 'Benefit Concert For Creative Music Studio' Creative Music Studio over Roulette this SATURDAY July 22nd featuring 14 improvisors - John Zorn, Cyro Baptista, Ikue Mori, Patricia Brennan, Jim Staley, Ches Smith, Mary Halvorson & more. Tickets at roulette.org/event/benefit-…

The violin-keyboard duo Gracie and Rachel have updated their chamber pop sound with electronic beats and R&B-style production. They play new songs from their latest, 'Nowhere Now Here', in-studio for the #SoundcheckPodcast . newsounds.org/story/tender-b…

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Check out our Weekly Music Roundup!

This week, returns for PJ Harvey and anohni And The Johnsons; Aluna goes dancing; and El madrileño goes to Galicia.

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'During her chat with host John Schaefer, Vanessa Wagner explains how she feels that Minimalism is a bridge between “popular” and “serious” music, and is drawn to exploring these works' newsounds x Wagner Vanessa 🙏🗽

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Nashville-based Crys Matthews uses the sounds of folk, gospel, folk rock, and country to convey socially conscious messages in her warm and direct songs. She plays in-studio for the #SoundcheckPodcast . Listen or Download via newsounds.org/story/crys-mat…

Austin, TX-based electronic musician Roger Sellers is Bayonne. His airy, sparkly compositions stretch time and pull heartstrings. Bayonne plays in-studio for the #SoundcheckPodcast : newsounds.org/story/bayonne-…