New Music from Turkey
There's new music from Turkey on this New Sounds program. We’ll dip liberally into the soundtrack from the new film, “Crossing The Bridge,” in which the musician and composer, Alexander Hacke (of the German avantgarde band Einstürzende Neubauten), sets out with his mobile recording studio on the streets of Istanbul to capture a cross-section of Turkish music. Listen here

Digital Dervish
With one foot in Montréal, and one foot dancing and lingering in his native Turkey, the 21st century dervish Mercan Dede has taken the electronic groove and beats out of the DJ booth and melded them to traditional instruments like the darbouka, santur, and ney. Listen here

Brian Eno - Audio Landscapes
On this New Sounds, we’ll hear Eno’s audio landscapes, as both a producer - featuring his sound sculpting skills on Paul Simon’s latest record, “Surprise,” Robert Fripp’s Exposure, and a release from a star-studded EP by Fovea Hex – and as a solo artist in his own right with his latest release, “Another Day On Earth.” <a href="www.wnyc.org Machine Music
Hear works played by real people but inspired by the sounds of machinery on this edition of New Sounds. Listen here

Electro-Acoustic Music
For this New Sounds, we’ll dip into the new collection of works by Eve Beglarian.Listen here

New Music for Thumb Piano
Nearly ubiquitous in sub-Saharan Africa, the thumb piano (also known as mbira, kalimba, sanza, and other regional names) has both a musical and spiritual legacy. Listen here

The Ethicist Weighs In
Burning, Downloading, and Scalping -- these are just a few of the practices that create ethical quandaries for music consumers. Today, Randy Cohen, who writes the weekly column "The Ethicist" for the New York Times Magazine, weighs in. Listen here

The Refugee All Stars The reggae-style band "The
Refugee All Stars" formed in a refugee camp in Guinea after being displaced by Sierra Leone's brutal civil war. The group's three year journey from the camps to the recording studio was captured by filmmakers in a new documentary, "The Refugee All-Stars." Listen here

Music Killed the Video Stars
DVD sales are big business for TV shows like The O.C. and The Sopranos, but they are facing a big problem: music licensing fees. Gord Lacey, head of the website TVShowsOnDVD.com explains why music rights may prevent you from ever seeing The Wonder Years on DVD. Listen here