John Otten for the Musician's Show

Tune in to the Musician’s Show on Wednesday July 12, 2017 from 6-9 PM ET for an interview with John Otten. Otten is a New York based trumpeter currently studying at the Manhattan School of Music. He was born and raised in Seattle, a fertile music community. He is an alumni of the Roosevelt High School Jazz Band, which has placed numerous times in the Essentially Ellington Competition and Festival.

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Wed, 12 Jul 2017, 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Jazzmeia Horn for the Musician's Show

Tune in to the Musician’s Show this Wednesday, July 19 from 6-9 PM ET for a live interview with American jazz singer Jazzmeia Horn. Horn gained prestige in 2015 when she won the Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz competition. Just two years earlier in 2013, Horn won first place in the Sarah Vaughan competition. Horn first started singing in church in her hometown in Texas--her grandfather was a pastor and her parents wanted her to be active in the church.

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Wed, 19 Jul 2017, 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Immanuel Wilkins for the Musician's Show

Tune in to the Musician's Show tonight, July 5, from 6:00-9:00 PM ET for an interview with Immanuel Wilkins. Wilkins is an American saxophonist, composer, arranger, and band leader. While growing up in the Philadelphia area, he played in his church and programs dedicated to teaching jazz music such as the Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts.

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Wed, 5 Jul 2017, 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Mariel Roberts for Afternoon New Music

Tune in to Afternoon New Music on Monday, July 3 at 3:00 PM ET for a feature on cellist Mariel Roberts. In addition to airing a previously recorded performance at WKCR’s studios, we will also chat with Roberts about and listen to some tracks off of her new album Cartography, which features some captivating experimental technique that new music fans are sure to enjoy.

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Mon, 3 Jul 2017, 3:00pm to 6:00pm

Louis Armstrong Birthday Broadcast

Tune in on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 as we celebrate the chosen birthday of Jazz great and American hero, trumpeter and vocalist Louis Armstrong. We will play 24 hours of only his music beginning at midnight. Louis was born in New Orleans at the turn of the century (officially on August 4th) and grew up surrounded by a vibrant musical culture informed by the rags of Scott Joplin and the funeral marches that comprised the New Orleans music scene.

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Tue, 4 Jul 2017, 12:00am to 11:59pm

A-WA for Middle Eastern Influences

Tune into Middle Eastern Influences Thursday night through Friday morning, midnight-1:00 AM ET, for an exclusive conversation with Tair, Liron, and Tagel Haim, the three sisters of Yeminite folk-electronic band, A-WA. Join us in the KCR studios as we listen and respond to tracks from the 7-person ensemble's 2015 album release, "Habib Galbi", as well as insights to upcoming projects from A-WA.

Date: 
Fri, 30 Jun 2017, 12:00am to 1:00am

Anna Webber for the Musician's Show

Tune in to the Musician’s show this evening, June 28, from 6:00-9:00 PM ET for a live interview with Anna Webber. Webber is a Brooklyn-based flutist, saxophonist, and composer whose interests and work live the overlap between avant-garde jazz and new classical music. With her Simple Trio, featuring drummer John Hollenbeck and pianist Matt Mitchell, she has released two critically acclaimed albums on Skirl Records: Binary (2016) and SIMPLE (2014).

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Wed, 28 Jun 2017, 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Columbia Football Captains for the Firing Lion

Tune in to the Firing Lion this evening, June 21, from 9:00-10:00 PM ET for a live interview with Anders Hill, Bewley Wales, Lord Hyeamang, and Landon Baty, this year's 2017 Columbia University Football's Captains. Dante Guarneri will speak with the Lions' newest leaders about the team's culture change over their time, expectations going into this season, role on campus as faces for the program, and much more.

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Wed, 21 Jun 2017, 9:00pm to 10:00pm

Ole Mathiesen for the Musician's Show

Tune in to the Musician's Show this evening, June 21, from 6:00-9:00 PM ET for a live interview with Ole Mathiesen. Mathiesen is a tenor and soprano saxophonist. Originally from Norway, Mathiesen received his Bachelor degree from Berklee College of Music and his Masters from the Manhattan School of Music. He has performed with a number of world-renowned musicians like Bob Moses, Peter Erskine, Adam Nussbaum and Randy Brecker. Mathiesen’s unique and adaptable saxophone style is equally at home in a late John Coltrane piece as it is in a grooving salsa number.

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Wed, 21 Jun 2017, 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Brian Firkus for Art Waves

Tune in this evening, June 16, at 9:00 PM ET to hear an exclusive interview with comedian, singer-songwriter, visual artist, and drag queen Brian Firkus, perhaps better known as Trixie Mattel of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 7. Hear Firkus discuss the politics of being a drag queen and a country-folk musician in the LGBT community.

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Fri, 16 Jun 2017, 9:00pm to 10:00pm

Benny Benack III for the Musician's Show

Tune in to the Musician’s Show on Wednesday, June 14 from 6-9 PM ET for a live interview with trumpeter and vocalist Benny Benack III. Benny first made his mark Internationally through competitions, winning the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Soloist Competition (2011), National Trumpet Competition for Jazz (2010), International Trumpet Guild Jazz Competition (2010), and was most recently a Finalist for the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition (2014).

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Wed, 14 Jun 2017, 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Om Shalom Trio for Raag aur Taal

Tune in to Raag aur Taal on Sunday, June 11 at 7:00 PM ET to hear the Om Shalom Trio, Jessie Reagan Mann, Abhik Mukerjee and Ranendra Das, live in-studio. The trio is known for their eclectic fusion of Jewish folk and Indian classical music, and they will be releasing their new album, Quest, on June 12 in New York City.

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Sun, 11 Jun 2017, 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Pete Wernick for the Moonshine Show

Tune into the Moonshine Show on Sunday, June 11 at 11:00 AM ET to hear a recorded interview from the Ogden Friends of Acoustic Music Bluegrass Festival with renowned banjo player and Moonshine Show founder Pete Wernick. Wernick is best known for his work in the legendary Bluegrass band Hot Rize. In 1963, as an undergraduate at Columbia, Wernick started WKCR’s first Bluegrass show.

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Sun, 11 Jun 2017, 11:00am to 12:00pm

Jim Nolet for Afternoon New Music

Tune in to Afternoon New Music today at 3:00 PM ET to hear a live interview with jazz violinist and composer Jim Nolet about his upcoming album Arco Voz II, his third Brazilian jazz release in a career studded with numerous international performances and collaborations, not least of which have taken place in New York City venues as diverse as jazz clubs, Lincoln Center, and Broadway.

Date: 
Mon, 5 Jun 2017, 3:00pm to 6:00pm

Albert Cahn for Late City Edition

Tune in to Late City Edition Monday night at 9:00pm for an interview with Albert Cahn (left), the legal director at the Council on American-Islamic Relations of New York (CAIR-NY), as he discusses the definition of a sanctuary city, the work CAIR does for the Muslim community of New York, and the current political climate of increasing xeno and islamophobia in light of the current administration.

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Sun, 4 Jun 2017, 9:00pm to 9:30pm

Sam Sowyrda for Afternoon New Music

Tune in to Afternoon New Music today at 3:00 PM ET to hear a performance and interview with composer and percussionist Sam Sowyrda. In addition to discussing his unique instrumental set-up, musical background, and artistic approach, Sowyrda will perform a piece for prepared hammered-dulcimer from his solo debut album, extended horizons.

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Wed, 31 May 2017, 3:00pm to 6:00pm

Gelsey Bell and John King for Afternoon New Music

Tune in to Afternoon New Music on Tuesday May 30th at 3:40 PM ET to hear an interview with Gelsey Bell and John King. After playing their new album Ciphony in its entirety from 3:00-3:40 PM, we will air a pre-recorded discussion with the artists. Topics include the legacy of the chance procedures of Cage and Cunningham, the role of modern electronics in experimental music, extended vocal and instrumental techniques, and the role of environment in listening—those interested in the history and current practice of experimental music will not want to miss this.

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Tue, 30 May 2017, 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Cat Toren for the Musician's Show

Tune in to the Musician’s show this Wednesday, May 31, from 6:00-9:00 PM ET for a live interview with jazz composer and pianist Cat Toren. Toren holds a Bachelor of Jazz Studies from Capilano College in Vancouver, British Columbia. She has recorded two full-length albums showcasing original compositions which have been featured various radio programs such as CBC radio’s Hot Air and North By Northwest. She recently was awarded a grant to study at the School for Improvised Music in Brooklyn, New York.

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Wed, 31 May 2017, 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Lukács/Göz/Kurtág Jr. for Afternoon New Music

Tune in to Afternoon New Music today, May 22 at 3:00 PM EST for what is sure to be an enlightening discussion with Lukács/Göz/Kurtág Jr. Trio, a Hungarian experimental music group, and Szabolcs Kerestes, an artist working with the Budapest-based Binaura Collective to provide opto-acoustic visuals for the Trio’s performance at Le Poisson Rouge today. The Trio features cimbalom (Lukács), trombone (Gőz), and electronics (Kurtág Jr.).

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Mon, 22 May 2017, 3:00pm to 6:00pm

Sun Ra Birthday Broadcast

WKCR will celebrate what would have been the 103rd birthday of Sun Ra Monday, May 22 2017 from 2:00 AM-8:20 AM ET, during its Monday Mornings in Mono and Daybreak Express programs. Sun Ra (born Herman Poole Blount; May 22, 1914 - May 30, 1993) was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his experimental music, “cosmic” philosophy, prolific output, and theatrical performances.

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Mon, 22 May 2017, 2:00am to 8:20am

Darrel Alejandro Holnes for Studio A

Submitted by Sarah Courville on Sat, 13 May 2017, 5:56pm

Listen to the in-studio reading and interview with writer Darrel Alejandro Holnes, originally aired on April 16, 2017 on Studio A. Holnes is a poet and a playwright from Panama and a professor at NYU and Medgar Evers College. His poems can be found at American Poetry Review, Poetry Magazine, Callaloo, Best American Experimental Writing, and elsewhere in print and online.

Ben Rosenblum for the Musician's Show

Tune in to the Musician’s Show today, May 10, from 6:00-9:00 PM ET for a live interview with jazz pianist and composer Ben Rosenblum. Rosenblum is a recent graduate of the joint program between Columbia University and Juilliard School of Music, and is currently based in New York. His work has garnered numerous awards, including the ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award in 2010, the Downbeat Student Music Award for Best Original Song in 2010, and the Downbeat Student Music Award for Best Arrangement in 2011.

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Wed, 10 May 2017, 6:00pm to 9:00pm

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