1. John Schaefer is the author of the book New Sounds: A Listener's Guide to New Music, first published in 1987.
14 Facts About John Schaefer
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John Schaefer attended Fordham University in the Bronx, from which he graduated in 1980.
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John Schaefer began his career in radio in the late 1970s at WFUV, which was then a student-run college radio station at Fordham University.
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John Schaefer began developing his genre-spanning music program New Sounds in early 1982, with the show premiering that September.
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John Schaefer began the New Sounds Live concert series in 1986.
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John Schaefer had composer Steve Reich as a guest on his Soundcheck show in 2009.
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From January 2016 until January 2017, John Schaefer hosted the podcast LPR Live which showcased live performances from the Greenwich Village music venue Poisson Rouge.
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Later in 2017, John Schaefer joined WQXR to host the weekly show The Furthermore and continues to advise on Q2.
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John Schaefer published his first book in 1987, New Sounds: A Listener's Guide to New Music.
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John Schaefer has contributed to The Cambridge Companion to Singing and to Spin and Ear magazines.
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John Schaefer has written liner notes for more than 100 albums, including for Yo-Yo Ma and Terry Riley.
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John Schaefer is one of the compilation producers on the various artists Invocation album.
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John Schaefer grew up near the Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens and spent summers with his family in Saratoga Springs at the Saratoga Race Course.
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John Schaefer contributed to the 2006 anthology Bloodlines: A Horse Racing Anthology.