John Schaefer

Radio host and author John Schaefer has hosted and produced New Sounds on WNYC since 1982, but his time with the station is drawing to a close.

As part of the annual New Sounds Live, Steve Reich will be speaking at day one, and both days will feature the legendary composer's work performed by Ensemble Signal.

New York Guitar Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2019, and for this year's edition its paying tribute to pioneering blues guitarist Memphis Minnie.

Lincoln Center's seventh annual White Light Festival will run from October 16 through November 16, 2016 and features 41 performances, including world and U.S. premieres, by artists and companies from nine countries, and will unfold in 10 venues on and off the Lincoln Center's campus...

RadioLoveFest returns for a second year at BAM from May 5 - 10, reimagining some of your favorite radio programs as a live show. This year's highlights include science show Radiolab Live (5/5), "An Evening with Terry Gross" (5/6), "Don't Look Back: Stories from the Teenage Years" (5/6) which is hosted, quiz show "Wait Wait...

When not inciting mass hysteria in children, Dan Deacon keeps it fancy, and that was the vibe last night at Merkin Concert Hall, his first of two fancy NYC shows this week...

DOWNLOAD: Phantom Family Halo - "White Hot Gun" (MP3) The tribute to Brian Eno's Here Come the Warm Jets went down at Joe's Pub on January 8 to a sold out audience (that included Bradford Cox)...

DOWNLOAD: Amor de Días - Bunhill Fields (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Damon & Naomi - "Walking Backwards" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Damon & Naomi - "Shadow Boxing" (M4A) DOWNLOAD: BNLX - Burn the Boats (MP3) DOWNLOAD: BNLX - Garbage Strike (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Beige - Folds (MP3) This weekend is dominated, for me at least are here this weekend, playing Knitting Factory on Sunday (5/22) opening for Damon & Naomi. We've got...

The Mountain Goats stopped by NYC's Greene Space on Wednesday (earlier in the day than his third in a row Bowery Ballroom show) for a live WNYC "Soundcheck" radio appearance along with Suzanne Vega...

More pictures from Thursday night's Ecstatic Music Festival show, with the full setlist and list of musicians, below...