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.
Sun Ra visits WKCR! Is he eating ice cream? Yogurt? Who knows?
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