Tune in on Friday, August 4 as we celebrate the alternate birthday of Jazz great and American hero, trumpeter and vocalist Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong with 24 hours of only his music beginning at midnight. Armstrong chose to celebrate his birthday on July 4th every year, which we also honor with a memorial broadcast.
Tune in to the Musician’s Show on Wednesday, August 2 from 6:00-9:00 PM ET for a live interview with Sam Weinberg, a Brooklyn based saxophonist, composer and improviser. With equal footing in free improvisation, free jazz, and notated musics, Weinberg attempts to push the language and capacity of the saxophone beyond its usual, assumed limits. In the summer of 2016, he founded Renfusa Records which puts out limited-run cassette and CD-R releases of his own music and the music of his colleagues.
Tune in to Studio A on Sunday, July 30 from 9:00-10:00 PM ET for a live reading and interview with writer Caits Meissner. Meissner is the author of the hybrid poetry book Let It Die Hungry (The Operating System, 2016), and The Letter All Your Friends Have Written You (Well&Often, 2012), co-written with poet Tishon Woolcock.
Tune in to Late City Edition this Monday, July 31, at 9:00 PM ET for an interview with Dr. David Rosner regarding the history of lead poisoning in urban America. Dr. Rosner discusses how he uses his background as a public health social historian to help further understandings of modern health crises, like that of lead poisoning in Flint Michigan, with knowledge of past ones.
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.
Sun Ra visits WKCR! Is he eating ice cream? Yogurt? Who knows?
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