Tune in to Raag Aur Taal tonight, April 16, from 7:00-9:00 PM EST for a live set with musician Subhi. Subhi is a singer, songwriter, and composer based in Chicago. Subhi's compositions highlight her experiences with the people, cities and the cultures that she embraced as a young kid and as an artist. Subhi began her career working as a music assistant on Monsoon Wedding Broadway show in New York. She went on to work as a composer, songwriter, lyricist, and vocalist for acclaimed short and independent feature films in US.
Tune in to Studio A, tomorrow, April 16 from 9:00-10:00 PM EST to hear an in-studio reading and interview with writer Darrel Alejandro Holnes. Holnes is a poet and a playwright from Panama and a professor at NYU and Medgar Evers College. His poems can be found at American Poetry Review, Poetry Magazine, Callaloo, Best American Experimental Writing, and elsewhere in print and online.
Tune in to Jazz Profiles, this Sunday, April 16 from 2:00-7:00 PM EST to celebrate the work of Charlie Holmes. In a series of astonishing recordings made over a span of just two years from January 1929 to December 1930, Charlie Holmes laid the fundamental groundwork for the role of the alto saxophone in Jazz.
Tune in to Afternoon New Music today, April 12 at 3:00 PM EST to hear a live set featuring the trio Jeremy Carlstedt (drums), Rick Parker (trombone, electronics) and Martin Philadelphy (guitar). The trio will perform 40 minutes of live music, followed by a short interview.
Tune in to the Musician's Show this Wednesday, April 12, from 6:00-9:00 PM EST for a live interview with bassist, composer, and bandleader Max Johnson. Known for his big sound, eclectic style and prolific output, Johnson has made a name in both the jazz and improvised music world, playing with musical icons including Anthony Braxton, John Zorn, Muhal Richard Abrams, among others, in addition to becoming a first call bluegrass bassist, playing with legends Sam Bush, David Grisman, the Traveling McCourys & Tony Trischka.
Tune in to Afternoon New Music on Tuesday, April 11 at 3:00 PM EST to hear an interview with the Brooklyn-based contemporary classical piano-bass-drums trio, Bearthoven. Hear pianist Karl Larson and bassist Pat Swoboda discuss the trio’s upcoming album and the unique musical approach and objective of this project.
Tune in to WKCR on Friday, April 7 in celebrating the life and work of virtuoso jazz vocalist Billie Holiday with our annual 24-hour birthday broadcast. Holiday was born Eleanora Fagan in Philly in 1915. Despite an intensely difficult childhood, Holiday honed her craft young by learning songs by Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith. In 1929, she joined tenor saxophonist Kenneth Hollan and slowly built her reputation as a vocalist, replacing Monette Moore at Covan’s on West 132nd in 1932.
Tune in to WKCR on Thursday, April 6 as we celebrate country music legend Merle Haggard with a 24-hour birthday broadcast. Active since the early 1960s, Haggard was a pioneer of the 'Bakersfield' country sound, breaking into stardom in 1966 with the release of "Swinging Doors." This broadcast also marks a year since Haggard's passing in 2016, and will explore the breadth and depth of his musical influence.
Sun Ra visits WKCR! Is he eating ice cream? Yogurt? Who knows?
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