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Gig Alert: Buraka Som Sistema

Buraka Som Sistema"Burakaton" (feat. Bomba Estereo)Playing Wednesday at Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St., L.E.S.)Get: Tickets ($20) | DirectionsAlthough Portugal’s Buraka Som Sistema is closely...

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Supercollectors: One DJ's Gig Prep

As our series continues, we profile more Supercollectors“outed” by their friends and family on the Soundcheck web site. Today: Kevin Cosgrove, a Chicago-based DJ who is legally blind. He explains how...

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That Was A Hit?!? : Grab Bag Edition

The Brooklyn writer Paul Ford returns to our studio with a three-pack of songs that, in hindsight, enjoyed a surprising amount of acclaim in their day. Or, as Ford explains: "These are just jewels of...

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Gig Alert: Kiesza

ARTIST: KieszaGIG: Monday night at Irving PlazaCanadian singer Kiesza has been having a pretty good year. In late 2014 she released her second album Sound of a Woman to widespread acclaim. And in March...

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Weekly Music Roundup: Friends, Baseball, Iron, and Wine

Rescue your Tuesdays with our weekly roundup of music news, videos, and songs that just might help you get through the rest of the week. This week, a summer song that arrives too late, an immigrant’s...

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Seinabo Sey: At Home Anywhere, Ruling Airwaves Everywhere

When the Kygo remix of Seinabo Sey's 2014 single "Younger" broke in 2014, Sey was quickly celebrated as an heir apparent to pop stardom. And it makes a certain kind of cosmic sense: she comes from...

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Weekly Music Roundup: A Rock Statesman, a Reticent Pop Star, and a Huge Album...

Rescue your Tuesdays with our weekly roundup of music news, videos, and songs that just might help you get through the rest of the week. This week – digging into Elvis Costello’s archives, a love song...

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Weekly Music Roundup: From Rome to Michigan to Algiers

Rescue your Tuesdays with our weekly roundup of music news, videos, and songs that just might help you get through the rest of the week. This week, we jump on the papal bandwagon; also a favorite...

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Daedelus Captures Lightning in a Bottle

This Memorial Day weekend kicks off the Lightning in A Bottle festival in Irvine, California.   The four-day event bills itself as 'equal parts music, art and green workshops' — and the name isn't a...

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Dances from Around the World

Many classical composers wrote dance music, including Brahms, Beethoven, Schubert, Bartok and Dvorak. You can hear some of these toe-tapping compositions this week on Classics for Kids.Music used...

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Gig Alert: Animal Collective

ARTIST: Animal CollectiveGIG: Wednesday at Irving PlazaAt the top of its game, the experimental electronic group Animal Collective makes music that is simultaneously bewildering and breathtaking....

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Gig Alert: El Combo Chimbita

ARTIST: El Combo ChimbitaGIG: Monday night at BarbesYou know the saying, “if you can’t beat em, join em”? That’s sort of how we’re feeling about the weather at this point. Since everything’s already a...

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Steve Aoki: I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

Steve Aoki has followed an unusual career path on his way to becoming one of the most successful dance music producers on the planet.  Beginning in the hardcore music scene, starting a record label...

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Let's Dance

This week on The Furthermore, let’s dance. Composers have been using (and sometimes abusing) various forms of dance for many centuries and today’s lot are no exception.Eastern European folk dances,...

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Thrill Rides: All-Speed Playlist Offerings

Music can take the edge off, soothing the savage commuter's soul, or perhaps providing the perfect escape. We can't claim that there is something here for everyone, but here are six playlists for your...

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Gig Alert: Animal Collective

ARTIST: Animal CollectiveGIG: Wednesday at Irving PlazaAt the top of its game, the experimental electronic group Animal Collective makes music that is simultaneously bewildering and breathtaking....

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Gig Alert: El Combo Chimbita

ARTIST: El Combo ChimbitaGIG: Monday night at BarbesYou know the saying, “if you can’t beat em, join em”? That’s sort of how we’re feeling about the weather at this point. Since everything’s already a...

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