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Musician's Show with Adam Rudolph

Tune in Wednesday evening, November 18th, from 6-9 PM to hear a special edition of the Musician's Show with composer and improviser, writer and painter, Adam Rudolph. Rudolph is a world renowned percussionist, having performed in five continents, and continuing to lead two of the world's most musically pioneering ensembles...

Shreedevi Thacker On Raag Aur Taal

Tune into WKCR, Raag Aur Taal tonight (Nov 15th), at 7 pm, to listen to movie producer/co-director Shreedevi Thacker discuss the making of the movie, Raga Revelry. She shares her experiences working on the film with the founder and head of the ITC Music Academy, India, Pandit Vijay Kichlu. This...

Shakuhachi Music on Afternoon New Music

Join Kat Whatley on Monday November 16 Afternoon New Music for part one of a two part series on contemporary shakuhachi (a Japanese end blown bamboo flute) music featuring a panel discussion with three prominent American shakuhachi musicians: Elizabeth Brown, Ralph Samuelson and Ned Rothenberg. The musicians...

Jazz Profiles - Arnett Cobb

Sid Gribetz presents a five-hour radio broadcast celebrating the career of tenor saxophonist Arnett Cobb this Sunday, November 15, from2-7 PM on WKCR’s “Jazz Profiles”. Arnett Cobb was a full-bodied, hard swinging musician with a warm, soulful sound that exemplified the tough, Texas,...

Aine O'Dwyer on Afternoon New Music

Tune in to Afternoon New Music this Wednesday, November 11 from 3-6 pm for an exclusive in-studio interview with Áine O'Dwyer. Áine O’Dwyer will be giving a live improvisatory performance for pipe organ at the First Unitarian Church in Brooklyn Heights on Friday, November 20, 2015 at 8:00 pm,...

Roswell Rudd on Jazz Alternatives

Today's Jazz Alternatives will feature a live, in-studio interview with Roswell Rudd, beginning at 7:30 pm. Active since the late 1950s, Rudd is known for his trombone playing and composition in free and avant-garde jazz. Founder of the New York Art Quintet, Rudd emerged from his roots in Dixieland music...

Maria Guleghina On Saturday Night At The Opera

This week marks the return of dramatic soprano Maria Guleghina to the Metropolitan Opera. Now starring in Puccini's Tosca, Ms. Guleghina is celebrated for her assumptions of Verdi and Puccini's most punishing roles. Tune in to Saturday Night At The Opera to hear an exclusive interview with the legendary...

In All Languages: Hadar Noiberg and Trio at Continental Records

To celebrate the upcoming release of her new album, From the Ground Up, musical polymath Hadar Noiberg brought her trio to Continental Records, to record a special live set just for this program. Hadar Noiberg (flutes), Allison Miller (drums) and Haggai Cohen Milo, Double Bass....

Raag Aur Taal: Abhik Mukherjee and Ehren Hanson at Shapeshifter Lab

This week we feature a live performance from Abhik Mukherjee and Ehren Hanson recorded last week at Brooklyn Raga Massive's residence at Shapeshifter Lab. Abhik Mukherjee is a masterful exponent of the sitar and will be presenting a classical north indian music set, accompanied by Ehren Hanson...

Henry Grimes on the Musician's Show

Henry Grimes, one of today's leading free jazz bassists (also known for his violin playing, as well as his poetry), was active from the mid-1950s to 1969, before mysteriously disappearing around the beginning of the 1970s. Born in 1935 in Philadelphia, the young Henry Grimes came to prominence in the...

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