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Nicholas Cords Erin Baiano/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Magos Herrera and Brooklyn Rider perform a Tiny Desk Concert on March 6, 2019. Amr Alfiky/NPR hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Orquesta Akokán, Dakh Daughters, Combo Chimbita, Debashish Bhattacharya, Gato Preto Bob Boilen/for NPR Music hide caption
The debut album by the Aizuri Quartet is called Blueprinting. David Stith/New Amsterdam Records hide caption
Vocalist Rosalia earned the Alt.Latino critics' top spot in 2018. Courtesy of the Artist hide caption
Magos Herrera in the studio with members of Brooklyn Rider. Her new album, Dreamers, is available now. Courtesy of the Artist hide caption
Magos Hererra's new album, Dreamers, with the string quartet and Brooklyn Rider, is steeped in Latin American culture. Shervin Lainez/Sony Music hide caption
Review
Deceptive Cadence
Erasing Genres En Español: A Smoky-Voiced Jazz Singer Meets Classical Strings
Erasing Genres En Español: A Smoky-Voiced Jazz Singer Meets Classical Strings
Brooklyn Rider's new album, The Brooklyn Rider Almanac, comes out Sept. 30. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Brooklyn Rider Almanac
Audio for First Listens is no longer available after the album is released.
"ILLuminate (featuring Kendrick Lamar)"
Brooklyn Rider funded their newest album nearly twice over by using Kickstarter. Sarah Small hide caption
Brooklyn Rider's new album, Seven Steps, comes out Feb. 21. Sarah Small/Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Hear 'Seven Steps' In Its Entirety
Violist Nicholas Cords likes his Japanese soba noodles on the quiet side. iStock hide caption
Brooklyn Rider, immersed in the music of Philip Glass. Sarah Small/courtesy of the artists hide caption
Glass: String Quartet No. 5 -- Mvt. V (performed by Brooklyn Rider)
Some dismiss the music of Jules Massenet as "fluff" — but not Nicholas Cords. Wikimedia Commons hide caption
Brooklyn Rider's Nick Cords once yearned for the days of larger-than-life violin virtuosos. Todd Rosenburg hide caption
Niccolo Paganini: Moto Perpetuo (David Nadien, violin)
Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky. courtesy of the artist hide caption
Daniel Bjarnason, from Iceland, is among a new crop of young composers equally conversant in classical and popular music. Bedroom Community Records hide caption