New Sounds from WNYC

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Latest episodes

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We've Got Rhythms (Special Podcast of show #3960)

Listen to rhythmic music, whether for percussion, string quartet or vocal duet for this New Sounds. Hear works from percussionist Ian David Rosenbaum, Kelly Moran, and th

Oct 19 2017
1 h 00 min

August & September 2017 New Releases (Special Podcast)

Hear prog-marching band music from Chicago's Mucca Pazza, ambient-gothic Norwegian-Icelandic music from the duo Jo Berger Myhre & Ólafur Björn Ólafsson, jazz-tronic ambie

Oct 4 2017
56 min

Classical Instruments, Contemporary Sounds (Special Podcast)

Hear music that begins with classical instruments, like the string quartet, piano, or an orchestra, but which is then augmented, enhanced by electronics, percussion, or p

Apr 3 2017
56 min

#3928: With Guitarist Shane Parish (Special Podcast)

Guitarist Shane Parish, of the instrumental prog-punk band Ahleuchatistas, plays music from his solo record of “weird old Americana” live in the studio on acoustic & prep

Jan 11 2017
56 min

#3912: With Zakir Hussain & Niladri Kumar (Special Podcast)

“Indian music does not stop and start with Ravi Shankar.” So says tabla master Zakir Hussain, who, along with young sitar virtuoso, Niladri Kumar, joins John in the studi

Nov 1 2016
51 min

#3893: With Guitarist Guy Buttery (Special Podcast)

South African guitarist Guy Buttery visits the studio to perform virtuosic feats of bending, tapping, picking, harmonics, and other techniques and textures yet to be name

Sep 15 2016
58 min

New Music from Ireland Part 3 (Special Podcast)

This episode continues the series exploring the new music of Ireland. John Schaefer sits down with Jonathan Nangle at the Contemporary Music Centre in Dublin. Nangle tell

Jun 23 2015
56 min

Various Electroacoustic Music (Special Podcast)

Hear electroacoustic music by Dublin-based Seán Mac Erlaine and Australian-born, London-based Leah Kardos. Plus, music from NY-based GABI, cellist Julia Kent, and Bing &

May 26 2015
56 min

With Missy Mazzoli (Special Podcast)

Composer, keyboardist and bandleader, Missy Mazzoli, joins John Schaefer to introduce selections from her new recording, “Vespers for a New Dark Age.” The work, commissio

May 12 2015
56 min

Gamelan Plus (Special Podcast)

Listen to works that include gamelan, but take a more western approach for this New Sounds - like combining Celtic traditional music and Indonesian gamelan in music from

Apr 28 2015
56 min

New Music for String Quartet (Special Podcast)

Hear unusual music for string quartet on this program, as Australian composer Andrew Byrne, now based in New York, uses the string quartet as a percussion instrument in h

Apr 18 2015
56 min

Psychedelic World Music (Special Podcast)

Listen to world music that veers into psychedelic territory on this New Sounds, with Native-American inspired percussive drone music and Afrobeat from Brazil in music by

Mar 31 2015
52 min

New Music for Hardanger Fiddle (Special Podcast)

Listen to new music for the instrument from Southwestern Norway known as the Hardanger fiddle, (or hardingfele), but of course there’s a twist. For this New Sounds, there

Mar 17 2015
47 min

Music for Choir and Percussion (Special Podcast)

Hear music for the combination of choir and percussion like "Whispers and Cries," by Australian born composer Andrew Byrne, which features fellow Aussie musicians Astra C

Mar 3 2015
42 min

New Music for Duos (Special Podcast)

Listen to music for two-somes by Xylouris White, Mary Lattimore & Jeff Zeigler, Jeffrey Zeigler (confusingly) & Jason Treuting, Piers Faccini & Vincent Segal, and more.

Feb 17 2015
56 min

Sax Leads the Way (Special Podcast)

Hear some sax players leading the way on this edition of New Sounds, including new music from sax player Tamar Osborn and her London-based Afro-Eastern-space-jazz band, C

Feb 3 2015
56 min

Chart positions

Where New Sounds from WNYC ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Sep 10, 2026).

#172 ▲ 28 Performing Arts US

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

I have been listening to this program since it started . Thirty plus years. John has enlightened me with this music journey. For all of you who are saying this podcast has changed and what’s up ? , you should be listening on WYNC or on NewSounds.org. You can listen daily. Seven days a week and the archives of all programs are available. You can even hear some concerts . It doesn’t get better than this if love music!

vpnyou · Oct 2019

John gives us many gifts in each episode using his ‘musical superpowers’. When I see a new show come up rarely do I say “oh, this show will be amazing.” But almost always after a listen I feel as if I am a more educated listener, and indeed realize that the show was amazing. We’re all so lucky to have New Sounds in our lives!!!

PJEwingNYC · Sep 2018

This show introduces me to complex, amazing, and beautiful music from around the world that I would never otherwise be exposed to. I love it. It makes my life more wonderful. Thank you, John Schaefer.

NikiNYCTeacher · Dec 2017

I have learned more about music, geography, cultures from all over the from listening to John Schaefer than I did in four years of college. His knowledge of music, muscians is freakily encyclopedic. He keeps me up way too late because his choice of themes, selections is just too damned interesting! MORE podcasts, pulleezze!

MRosen2330 · Apr 2010

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