Listen to a Juneteenth edition of the Soundcheck Podcast, with music celebrating African-American culture and history. Juneteenth marks the day that the enslaved people of Galveston, ...

Guitarist Marc Ribot has established himself as one of the most versatile , distinctive, in-demand guitarists anywhere. He’s played with Tom Waits, Marianne Faithfull, Elvis Costello,...

The melodic power pop band OK Go, as much a visual art ensemble as they are a rock band, has just released its first new album in over a decade. It’s called And The Adjacent Possible,...

The string quartet Brooklyn Rider offers pieces from their latest record, The Four Elements, to mark their 20th anniversary and bring attention to climate change. They play in-studio.

Kentucky-based singer and songwriter S. G. Goodman blends a deeply-rooted Americana sound with indie rock and sharply observed tales of life, love and loss. Her songs acknowledge the ...

The brass and dhol-led party band Red Baraat began as a Punjabi wedding band here in New York, but for the past 15 years they’ve brought their raucous energetic dance sound to everyon...

Denver-born songwriter, guitarist, singer, activist, and performer Jill Sobule, is possibly best-known because of her breakthrough hit of “I Kissed a Girl” (pre-dating Katy Perry by m...

Nashville guitarist William Tyler has become associated with the so-called cosmic country style – expansive, atmospheric music, but now with an unsettled edge to his guitar-scapes...

The artist, producer, and educator Jlin first came out of the electronic dance music scene. She plays a set of pieces that draw on an unusual array of sound sources, in-studio.