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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.

Tune in to Studio A, tonight, May 7, from 9:00-10:00 PM EDT for a live interview and reading with poet and workshop facilitator, Cheryl Boyce-Taylor. The recipient of the 2015 Barnes and Noble Writers For Writers Award, she is the founder and curator of Calypso Muse and the Glitter Pomegranate Performance Series. Cheryl earned an MFA in Poetry from Stonecoast: The University of Southern Maine, and an MSW from Fordham University. She is the author of three collections of poetry: Raw Air, Night When Moon Follows, and Convincing the Body.

Tune in to the Musician's Show tomorrow, May 3, from 6:00-9:00 PM EST for an interview with Morgan Guerin. Growing up in a musical family, Morgan was given his first pair of drumsticks at the age of six months, followed shortly thereafter by a drum set. By six, Morgan had his first saxophone and his instrumental repertoire expanded to many more instruments. Having grown up in such a musical household, Morgan had the good fortune of being exposed to jazz from the Marsalis family, Donald Harrison, Christian Scott, among many others.

Tune in to Afternoon New Music on Wednesday, May 3 from 3:00-6:00 PM EST for a live interview and in-studio performance with the vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Makigami Koichi hosted by Seth Benjamin and Kat Whatley. Based in Japan, Makigami is a founding member of the experimental techno-pop group Hikashu, active since 1978. In addition, he tours widely and performs with both jazz and experimental musicians as well as folk musicians around the world. His music combines folk music traditions, particularly Japanese and Tuvan throat singing, with free improvisation and jazz.