![]() ![]() It still sounds terrific at its newly reduced streaming bit rate (to save the world’s bandwidth) of 192Kbps. Dive in with the British station called Smooth Chill or the more diversified Global Chillout, which tempts with up-tempo dance beats on occasion. Chill is also a cool comfort for these stressful times. If you’re not familiar with this genre, think slow tempo (mostly) minimalist music, like you might hear in a fashionable boutique, night spot or at the spa while getting a massage. Here’s where classical meets contemporary, where chamber music intertwines with back-porch folk and electronica, where Philip Glass and Steve Reich are hanging with the Kronos Quartet, Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, Bela Fleck and Chris Thile. But not nearly enough is written about the operation’s spinoff New Sounds Radio, also tagged Q2 and WQXR-HD2. C’est magnifique.įrom the playlist, you’d never guess Radio Caprice is based in Russia.Īs New York’s WQXR is the nation’s top-rated classical station, it certainly gets plenty of props. Commercials only interrupt in the morning. Paris based TSF-Jazz pays homage to classic American artistes like Louis Armstrong, Art Blakey, Cannonball Adderley, Nina Simone, Chet Baker, and Ramsey Lewis, plus Hot Club of Paris legends Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli and young affinity artists like Madeleine Peyroux, Michael Buble, Joey Alexander and Norah Jones. High-res Linn Classical and eclectic (jazz, classical, pop mixing) Linn Music streams are also ripe for listening. That’s a point proven quite well by Linn Jazz, a 320Kbps MP3 stream put together by the British Hi-Fi products maker and record label of the same name. Some station hosts also cross the river to spin in NYC at SiriusXM’s RealJazz.Īs a largely acoustic art form, jazz lends itself to high resolution recording and playback. Young bloods get a good shake and DJs regularly intersperse wry jazz and crossover vocalists. Artist birthdays, deaths, and important album anniversaries spark daily focuses. Mainstream jazz lives extra-large and well at listener-supported WBGO, Newark, NJ. Light up Sensimedia Hip-Hop Radio for a smart and tuneful ride. Love you madly, (show host) Suzanne Corley! Special kudos, too, for the wonderfully informed Brazilian Tudo Bem and World Journey music shows that enrich Saturday afternoons on New Orleans’ WWOZ. ![]() My British fave (couldn’t you guess) BBC Radio 6 Music is alive on Saturdays with the eclectic global meanderings of Gilles Peterson, then a classic Funk ‘n’ Soul soiree, a lively top-tracks countdown hosted by rocker/DJ Tom Robinson, and then a head spinning trip to the “Freak Zone.” Saturday afternoon performances by the Metropolitan Opera and Saturday evening or Sunday afternoon concerts with the esteemed local symphony orchestra juice up New York’s WQXR and Philadelphia’s WRTI. ![]() Happily, the streaming versions of broadcast stations do shift gears some nights and on weekends, providing special appointment events to mark on a calendar and attend. Losing track of time in the lockdown? Streaming-only radio stations won’t help, as the programming is pretty consistent 24×7, with nary a time check, news update, or weather report. east coast time, so the midnight “Freak Zone Playlist” spins wild at 7 p.m. Their timetable is five hours ahead of U.S. Exploring exotic, unfamiliar music genres will make a new person of you.īBC 6 Radio serves specialty shows on Saturdays. The latter service would be much more valuable if it cut out all the commercials.ĭigging deep into the bandwidth bastions of a favored musical category is a good place to start, and it will really blow your mind. The premium iHeart All Access, $9.99 per month, adds true download/offline listening and unlimited playlists. IHeart Radio offers two paid upgrade options: The $4.99-per-month Plus service available for iOS and Android devices adds unlimited song skips, songs and albums on demand, and the ability to save/replay radio content, so long as you remain online. The $10 TuneInPro app upgrade for iOS and Android devices eliminates annoying “pre-roll” commercials and lets you record content for later play. TuneIn’s $10-per-month Premium package adds sports team coverage for the NFL, MLB, NHL, and NBA. While the directory and connectivity are “free,” the most visible (in the U.S.) internet radio portals, TuneIn Radio and iHeartRadio, tempt visitors to sign up for their premium services with 30-day, no-charge trials. ![]()
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