Soundcheck

WNYC Studios

WNYC, New York Public Radio, brings you Soundcheck, the arts and culture program hosted by John Schaefer, who engages guests and listeners in lively, inquisitive conversations with established and rising figures in New York City's creative arts scene. Guests come from all disciplines, including pop, indie rock, jazz, urban, world and classical music, technology, cultural affairs, TV and film. Recent episodes have included features on Michael Jackson,Crosby Stills & Nash, the Assad Brothers, Rackett, The Replacements, and James Brown.

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Soundcheck

Episodes (270)

Yesterday Dallas-born Folk Singer-Songwriter Anjimile Finds a New Level of Comfort, In-Studio
Monday Elizabeth and the Catapult Slows Down Enough and Stays Present (In-Studio)
Thu Jun 18th Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi Discover Common Roots Through Music, In-Studio

Soundcheck

Jun 25, 2026
35 minutes
32 MB

For Dallas-born folk singer-songwriter Anjimile, who grew up in a conservative Christian family with immigrant parents from Malawi, life wasn’t always easy to figure out. Their journey as a young adult, trans man, while simultaneously battling addiction, resulted in the brutally honest 2020 album, Giver Taker, which the artist deemed to be full of prayers. A few years later came The King, his most defiant and intense record to date, which helped Anjimile deal with the complex emotions that stem from existing as a Black, trans person in the current political climate. And though that album felt like one fill...

Soundcheck

Dallas-born Folk Singer-Songwriter Anjimile Finds a New Level of Comfort, In-Studio

WNYC Studios

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