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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.

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.).

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.

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.