Massive, massive congratulations to @EzraCollective deservedly becoming the FIRST jazz winners of the @MercuryPrize last night. Part of a movement, part of a musical family and fantastic #inspiration for the next generation. All at Warriors so proud. youtube.com/watch?v=4yJVHOPk…
The high-energy Congolese dance band @Jupiterokwess , 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…
.@magosherrera put out a new album, Aire, which features her sextet and a full orchestra. Her band and members of the Brooklyn-based orchestra @TheKnightsNYC 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 @TheGreeneSpace.
Listen or Download via bit.ly/jiji_pod
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. @blackbelteagles plays songs from the album in-studio on the #SoundcheckPodcast. Listen or Download via bit.ly/45de8uX
@altingunband has gained global attention for their psychedelic, glam rock and disco-tinged sound. They play new tunes from their latest album, Ask, in-studio for the #SoundcheckPodcast. And they play at Brooklyn Steel TONIGHT. Listen or Download via bit.ly/3qa8V8a
The violin-keyboard duo @gracieandrachel 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…
@spanishvillager has released his third LP, Spanish Villager #3, and while it has a more produced, electric sound, he’s touring around doing solo acoustic performances. He plays in-studio for the #SoundcheckPodcast. Listen or Download via bit.ly/3XSu0k7
Nashville-based @crysmatthews 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…
NYC-raised singer/songwriter @emilykingmusic makes sophisticated pop with strong elements of R&B and soul. She dives into heartbreak and complicated feelings, with a side of Shoo-Be-Doos, in-studio for the #SoundcheckPodcast. Listen or Download via newsounds.org/story/emily-ki…