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Tune in to Arts and Answers today, July 28, at 9:00 PM ET for an interview with two Saturday Night Live performers and writers, Kyle Mooney and Dave McCary. Friends since the fourth grade, the pair have worked together on everything from hip hop to Good Neighbor, an online comedy troupe which brought them thousands of fans.

Tune in to Middle Eastern Influences this Thursday, July 27, from midnight to 1:00 AM ET for a special installment of Saudi Arabian poetry. WKCR teamed up with the Middle East Institute's "When Poetry Breathes: An Evening of Poems and Music" to bring you exclusive in-studio interviews with poet, Abdulatif Yousef and actor Jessica Damouni, as well as recordings of the ensemble's recitations with oudist Ahmed AlShaiba at Poet's House on July 19.

Tune in to Late City Edition this Monday, July 24, at 9:00 PM ET to hear an interview with Barnard College's new president, Sian Beilock. President Beilock, a cognitive scientist, comes to Barnard from the University of Chicago. Hear a discussion on Barnard's new leadership, stress culture, and New York style pizza.

Join WKCR-FM on Wednesday, July 19 from 1:00-5:00 AM EST as we revisit and celebrate the work of pioneering hip hop DJs Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito the Barber (aka Kool Bob Love). As hosts of The Stretch Armstrong Show from 1990-1998, Stretch and Bob invited artists to rap live on their shows, and subsequently opened the door for many of hip hop’s heavyweights and underdogs alike.

Tune in to Studio A, tonight, July 16 from 9-10 PM ET for an interview with Lynne DeSilva-Johnson. DeSilva-Johnson is a non binary artist and author working in performance, exhibition, and publication in conversation with new media. She is a visiting assistant professor at Pratt, the founder and Managing Editor of The Operating System, as well as Libraries Editor at Boog City.

Tune in to Field Trip, this Sunday, July 16, from 11:00 PM-12:30 AM for a special program of rehearsal recordings and interviews with Yousef Shamoun & the Tarab Ensemble. Hear behind-the-stage tracks from the dynamic Tarab Ensemble, and conversations with members of the group, including brother Saphe Shamoun and violinst Yaser Abustaif about the importance of preserving and sharing cultural Syrian music.

Tune in to Raag aur Taal this Sunday, July 16, from 7:00-9:00PM ET to hear an interview with Khalil Abhyankar. Abhyankar is a composer and lyricist from Mumbai, India currently based in New York. He has worked on numerous songs in Hindi and Marathi and has collaborated with several artists in India. He released his first album of Hindi songs, called Hum Aur Tum (You and Me) in March 2013 and has created twenty singles to date.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tune in to Live Constructions today at 10:00 PM ET to hear a live performance from master improviser, guitarist, and banjoist Brandon Seabrook. Seabrook will also chat about his upcoming release, Die Trommel Fatale.

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.

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.

Tune in to Live Constructions today (Sunday, May 28) at 10:00 PM ET to hear a performance by alto saxophonist and composer Darius Jones. Jones will also chat with 'KCR about his music and his upcoming Vision 22 performance with Farmers by Nature.

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.

Tune in to Out to Lunch today, May 26, from 1:30-3:00 PM ET for an interview with bassist and free jazzer Reggie Workman, who will discuss his upcoming performance with Trio 3 at the Vision 22 Free Jazz Festival in New York on May 30th.

Tune in to the Musician’s Show Wednesday, May 24 from 6:00-9:00 PM for a live interview with Dave Douglas.