Hear a set from the Messthetics with a special cameo appearance by Marc Ribot. There's shred, melodies, and space from the 2026 New York Guitar Festival, recorded live at Bryant Park.
Today
Best of Soundcheck: Helado Tropical, Martin Hayes With Kyle Sanna
Helado Tropical ("tropical ice cream") is a collaboration between Helado Negro, the experimental pop project of Ecuadorian-American singer/songwriter Roberto Carlos Lange, and Reyna Tropical, which is the work of the Mexican-American musician Fabi Reyna (also of the cumbia band S ... Show More
51m 14s
Oct 15
Mexico City Cumbia Punk Marimba Band Son Rompe Pera Brings the Sweaty Mayhem, In-Studio
They started as a street band in Mexico City, but Son Rompe Pera has attracted attention as far south as Chile. Formed in 2017, they’re a party band with a distinctive sound centered on brothers who play marimbas and draw on punk, ska, pop, and the ubiquitous Latin dance rhythm c ... Show More
27m 13s
Jun 2024
Forgotten African American Musicans
Artists include: Bert Williams, Helen Gross, Bubber Miley, Cats and Fiddle, Elmo Hope, DeFord Bailey and Hazel Scott. Songs include: Pan-American Blues, Ten Little Bottles, Nevertheless, East St. Louis Toodle-oo, Nuts To You & I Gotta Swing.
40m 11s
Nov 2021
On the Boogie Woogie Train
Songs include: Honky Tonk Train Blues, Barrelhouse Boogie, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Scrub Me Mama With a Boogie Beat, Roots of the Blues and Woo Woo. Performers include: Meade lux Lewis, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Harry James, the Andrews Sisters, Count Basie, Charlie Barnet an ... Show More
38m 2s
May 2022
Cities
Songs include: Give Me the Moon Over Brooklyn, San Francisco, San Antonio Rose, St. Louis Blues, Moon Over Miami , Seattle Hunch, Chicago and Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? Performers include: Louis Armstrong, Victoria Spivey, Tommy Dorsey, The Mills Brothers, Edd ... Show More
41m 37s
