Joni Mitchell Birthday Broadcast

WKCR presents our first-ever Joni Mitchell Birthday Broadcast. Tune in on November 7th to hear some of Joni’s most iconic records as well as some deep cuts from the archive!
The special broadcast will run from the conclusion of Monday Morningside until Monday Jazz Alternatives (9:30AM-6PM).

Date: 
Mon, 7 Nov 2022, 9:30am to 6:00pm

WKCR Mailing List (Sign-Up)

Dear active WKCR listeners, supporters, alumni, and students. We invite you to sign up for our new mailing list: an initiative that we hope can boost transparency at the station as we continue our efforts to provide you with engaging programming. Digital communication has become increasingly vital as the pandemic has reshaped our modes of distribution and consumption. In the past, WKCR sent on-air guides as physical mailers to all of our community members on our mailing list.

Anna Bonitatibus Interview on Saturday Night at the Opera 5/29

Italian mezzo-soprano Anna Bonitatibus has established herself as one of opera's greatest interpreters of the Italian repertoire, from Monteverdi's earliest works to the operas of Rossini and Donizetti. In recent years, Bonitatibus has emerged not simply as a singer but a vital musicologist, who has helped rediscover previously forgotten composers and their music, both through her championing them as a performer and through her music publishing company, Consonarte.

Date: 
Sat, 29 May 2021, 9:00pm

CHARLIE PARKER CENTENNIAL FESTIVAL!

Commencing at midnight August 29th and concluding at midnight September 3rd, WKCR-FM (89.9 FM, wkcr.org) will present the Charlie Parker Centennial Festival, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of a colossal figure in American music with a 120-hour marathon broadcast.

Date: 
Thu, 27 Aug 2020, 12:00am to Thu, 3 Sep 2020, 11:59pm

Bach Fest 2019!

Hello all! As of midnight, Bach Fest has officially kicked off!

For the eight-day period from 12:00 AM on December 24th through 12:00 AM on New Year’s Day, WKCR (89.9 FM and wkcr.org) will dedicate all broadcasting to the works of Johann Sebastian Bach.

We are excited to share with you the schedule for the week, which can be seen below.

Date: 
Tue, 24 Dec 2019, 1:00am to Wed, 1 Jan 2020, 4:00am

Emmet Cohen on Out to Lunch

Join us Tuesday, January 17 during our Out to Lunch programming from 1-2:30 pm EST for an interview with New York-based jazz pianist Emmet Cohen regarding his most recent project "Masters Legacy Series featuring Jimmy Cobb." Cohen began Suzuki method piano instruction at age three, and his playing quickly became a mature melding of musicality, technique, and concept. He placed first in both the American Jazz Pianists competition (2014) and the Phillips Piano Competition at the University of West Florida (2011).

Date: 
Tuesday, January 17, 2017 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm

Studio A

WKCR regrets its actions with regard to a guest who had recently been scheduled to appear on our program Studio A. Specifically, WKCR's editorial policies and University policies regarding speech were misrepresented in our communications to this guest. To be clear, WKCR and Columbia University strongly believe in robust freedom of expression, especially about challenging ideas. Likewise, WKCR’s content is curated by student and alumni programmers and reflects their own individual self-expression.

Date: 
Fri, 14 Oct 2016, 7:00pm to Sat, 15 Oct 2016, 7:00pm

Kronos Quartet

Submitted by ts3489 on Sun, 25 May 2025, 11:53pm

Ayane Kozasa and Gabby Diaz, the two newest members of the legendary Kronos Quartet, join host Ted Schmiedeler for an interview about their experience joining the storied group as it ushers in a new chapter of its prolific life. Originally aired 3/31/2025

Hprizm: Sound of the City

Submitted by gjd2122 on Fri, 4 Apr 2025, 9:37pm

Rooted in the creative subcultures of the Lower East Side, Hprizm’s practice spans a wide array of genres, including music, performance and multimedia installations. His current installation at Pioneer Works in Red Hook is exemplary of this very characterization.

Centered on a sonic score that moves between abstract noise and melodic interludes, Sound of the City collapses vinyl records, tape loops and granular synthesis with audio footage captured by Hprizm over the past few years.

Kronos Quartet

Submitted by ts3489 on Fri, 4 Apr 2025, 8:35pm

Tune in at 4pm on Monday 3/31 for an exclusive interview with the two newest members of the Kronos Quartet Gabriela Díaz and Ayane Kozasa. The Kronos Quartet, founded in 1973 by David Harrington, is a legendary new music group that transcends boundaries, revolutionizing what it means to be a string quartet. Díaz and Kozasa are new additions to the group after long-time members John Sherba and Hank Dutt retired, bringing their own unique style to this dynamic group.

The New York War Crimes

Submitted by gjd2122 on Tue, 14 Jan 2025, 5:21pm

The New York War Crimes is a free newspaper, produced by and for the Palestine solidarity movement in New York City. This conversation will discuss the evolution of the project, the latest issue, and the larger history of agitprop, counterpropaganda, and radical publications in NYC.

I'd Like to Report a Murder

Submitted by gjd2122 on Tue, 14 Jan 2025, 5:18pm

The mean book review is enjoying a renaissance. Every time a new epic takedown drops, literary New York stops working to join the pile-on. What’s the function of this ritual? To get to the bottom of this new culture of hostility, Pioneer Works Broadcast sits down with two author-critics who’ve experienced both sides of the violence: Lauren Oyler and Brandon Taylor. Moderated by Hannah Baer.

Listening with Bilna'es

Submitted by gjd2122 on Tue, 14 Jan 2025, 5:16pm

Spend time with the cassette release "too low/too far," from Palestinian musician Dakn's nine-track journey of post-trauma soundscapes. Released by Bilna’es, this haunting collection blends harmonic textures, dissonant layers, and pulsing rhythms, evoking sensations that feel as if they’re emanating from within the body or the land itself.

A Surprise Reading from Hanuman

Submitted by gjd2122 on Tue, 14 Jan 2025, 5:14pm

Hanuman Editions gathers a poetics of contemporary avant-garde culture from key voices of our times. In the spirit of the cult series of pocket-sized volumes published by Hanuman Books in the 1980s and 1990s, their editions invite playful criticality, unexpected parallels and unique pairings within a diffuse planetary context.

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