Video Exclusive: Noah and the MegaFauna, "Until We Break Through"
After threatening to crash our studio via Twitter, the Los Angeles-based band Noah and the MegaFauna successfully paid us a visit (after being officially invited) on their most recent swing through New...
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Who: O’NeilWhere: Father Demo Square, Carmine Street and 6th Avenue, NYCHi! I’m wondering what you’re listening to?Young Jeezy. Which Young Jeezy song?"Ballin’."Is that a song that you chose...
View ArticleCheck Ahead: Christian Scott, "The Red Rooster"
Audio for this feature is no longer available. In general, musicians hate being assigned to a genre. The desire to experiment, create a definitive personal sound, and reach new audiences is universal....
View ArticleStorming the French Charts
Ah, Bastille Day. The annual French commemoration of the storming of the Bastille - which took place on July 14, 1789 - is generally celebrated here in New York with kitchy games of pétanque, too many...
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Who: GabrielleWhere: Leroy Street and 7th Avenue, NYCWhat are you listening to right now?I’m listening to a podcast. It’s called The JV Club. There’s a comedian named Janet Varney and she interviews...
View ArticleFive NYC Questions for Missy Higgins
1) Best place to grab a cheap meal? La Esquina (114 Kenmare, Nolita). "I almost always go there when I'm back in New York. I saw Lenny Kravitz walk in there once too, which is pretty cool."2) Best...
View ArticleThe Glory of Love
It's no secret on the Soundcheck team that both my co-producer Gretta and I followed (okay, obsessively followed) this summer's season of The Bachelorette. It became a bit of a routine: every Tuesday...
View ArticleLondon 2012: Musical Beginnings
The 2012 London Olympics officially kicked off with Friday’s opening ceremonies - which, in addition to featuring a terrifyingly large baby and the delightful sulphur smell of factory smoke, also...
View ArticleHave You Ever Been In a Music Video?
Earlier this week, we got an email from one of our Soundcheck Resolutions participants - Andrea. (You might remember her as the psychotherapist who wanted to start an “all-shrink” band.) She shared...
View ArticleWNYC's Summer Listening Recommendations
For the past week or so, I've been bombarding WNYC staff members' inboxes to find out what they're listening to this summer - and why they'd recommend it to a friend. That friend, it turns out, is you...
View ArticleSoundcheck Resolutions Check-In: Listener Andrea
Our listener Andrea came up with a great idea for her Soundcheck resolution back in June. She's a musician-turned-psychotherapist, and decided that this summer - she wanted to form a band. But not just...
View ArticleFifty Shades of Grey Makes an Album
Well, all of us saw this coming. "All of us" being myself and the other 30 million people worldwide who've picked up copies of the sado-masochistic beach reads that are the Fifty Shades of Grey...
View ArticleRock(abye) Around the Clock
Everyone pretty much agrees that singing to babies is a good thing. Singing can help strengthen the bond between parent and child; it nurtures brain development; and in fact, women are being taught to...
View ArticleHearing Music for the First Time
"I can hear music for the first time ever, what should I listen to?" is the headline of a Reddit post that caught my attention today. A Reddit user named deafstoryteller writes, "I was born profoundly...
View ArticleDan Deacon's 'America': A Beautiful Cacophony
Composer and electronic musician Dan Deacon is known for his brilliantly cacophonous sound collages (hello, "Call Me Maybe") and high-energy dance parties. His forthcoming album is called America -...
View ArticleCheck Ahead: Kendra Morris, "Banshee"
Kendra Morris certainly isn’t the first modern-day chanteuse to peddle a vintage R&B/soul sound -- a few especially well-known names like Adele and Amy Winehouse come to mind. But that's part of...
View ArticleChristian Scott aTunde Adjuah: Completing A Name
Grammy-nominated trumpeter Christian Scott is now Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah -- a name change that also inspired the title of his latest album, Christian aTunde Adjuah. "The battle about my name...
View ArticleSummer Resolutions: Ted's Been Busy
You may recall that back in July, we updated you about our listener Ted in Atlanta, who pledged to get busy in his design studio this summer as part of our Soundcheck Summer Resolutions project. His...
View ArticleJingle Inbox: What's Come In So Far
This past summer, we challenged Soundcheck's listeners to create short and snappy jingles for our show. There were only three rules: the jingles couldn't be longer than ten seconds; they had to use the...
View Article'Have-A Banana': Your Calls On 'Hava Nagila'
Earlier this week, we aired an interview with Museum of Jewish Heritage curator Melissa Martens about the song "Hava Nagila." Martens told us about the song's origins as a "nigun" (a Jewish wordless...
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