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Anna Webber for the Musician's Show

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).

Date: 
Wed, 28 Jun 2017, 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Columbia Football Captains for the Firing Lion

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.

Date: 
Wed, 21 Jun 2017, 9:00pm to 10:00pm

Ole Mathiesen for the Musician's Show

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.

Date: 
Wed, 21 Jun 2017, 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Brian Firkus for Art Waves

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.

Date: 
Fri, 16 Jun 2017, 9:00pm to 10:00pm

Benny Benack III for the Musician's Show

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).

Date: 
Wed, 14 Jun 2017, 6:00pm to 9:00pm

Om Shalom Trio for Raag aur Taal

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.

Date: 
Sun, 11 Jun 2017, 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Pete Wernick for the Moonshine Show

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.

Date: 
Sun, 11 Jun 2017, 11:00am to 12:00pm

Jim Nolet for Afternoon New Music

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.

Date: 
Mon, 5 Jun 2017, 3:00pm to 6:00pm

Albert Cahn for Late City Edition

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.

Date: 
Sun, 4 Jun 2017, 9:00pm to 9:30pm

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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
Related Program: 
Out to Lunch
Related Department: 
Jazz

Aspen Matis on Studio A

Tune in to Studio A this Sunday, January 15, from 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM EST for an interview with internationally-bestselling memoirist Aspen Matis. Her book, Girl in the Woods, tells the story of her sexual assault and her flight from college, which led to a journey of self-discovery as she set out to hike the entire Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada.

A brief account of her experiences appeared first in The New York Times' Modern Love column, and that subsequentally led to her inspiring and heart-wrenching memoir.

Date: 
Sunday, January 15, 2017 - 9:00pm to 10:00pm
Related Program: 
Studio A
Related Department: 
Arts

George Wallington Celebration on Jazz Profiles

Sid Gribetz presents a five hour radio program celebrating the pianist and composer George Wallington on Jazz Profiles this Sunday, January 15 from 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM EST.
George Wallington was one of the legendary pianists of the bebop era but never achieved great fame. With his early retirement from a musical career, he remains a more obscure figure in jazz history and lore.
Date: 
Sunday, January 15, 2017 - 2:00pm to 7:00pm
Related Program: 
Jazz Profiles
Related Department: 
Jazz

Streaming WKCR during Bach Festival Announcement

We, the WKCR Board, wanted to address any of the inconveniences experienced in using our stream. Unfortunately, our online stream regularly approaches maximum capacity during the Bach Festival. As we try to accommodate for more listeners, we implore anyone tuning in within our radio broadcasting range to tune in with a radio receiver.

Date: 
Thursday, December 25, 2014 - 12:00pm to Wednesday, December 31, 2014 - 11:59pm

Gustav Leonhardt Memorial Broadcast

This Friday, January 20th, WKCR will be devoting over eleven hours of programming to the music of Gustav Leonhardt (5/30/1928-1/16/2012). As a harpsichordist, organist, and conductor, Leonhardt was on the forefront of the movement in early music to revive period styles and practices. While best known for his recordings of J.S. Bach, Leonhardt made spectacular recordings of many different early music and Baroque composers. Tune in from 9:30am-9:00pm to hear WKCR's tribute to this legendary musician.
Date: 
Friday, January 20, 2012 - 9:30am to 9:00pm
Related Department: 
Classical
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