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Country Music Festival

WKCR is very excited to announce the return of our fabled 48-hour Country Music Festival this upcoming weekend. Pre-empting all regular programming for Sunday and Monday, this festival will give listeners the opportunity to dive deep into the varied and rich traditions of country music. Being one of only a few tri-state area stations that honors traditional, eccentric, or less-heard country styles, we are more than proud to put this festival on and to have a bigger opportunity to play a variety of the music that the country genre has to offer.

Date: 
Sun, 10 Nov 2024, 12:00am to Mon, 11 Nov 2024, 11:59pm

Joni Mitchell Birthday Broadcast

WKCR is very excited to announce an eight-and-a-half-hour broadcast celebrating the 81st birthday of legendary musician Joni Mitchell. Known for her unique tunings, transcendent voice, and lyrical abilities, Mitchell has come to be seen as one of the defining singer-songwriters of the 20th century, with her albums Blue, Ladies of the Canyon, and Court and Spark all going platinum.

Date: 
Thu, 7 Nov 2024, 9:30am to 6:00pm

Bauhaus Sunday Profile

Tune into Sunday Profiles on WKCR 89.9FM this coming Sunday, November 3, to learn about Bauhaus! Pioneers of what came to be known as goth rock, Bauhaus’s experimental impulses and affinity for musicians like Eno and Bowie breathed life into an entire rock n’ roll subculture. Hosted by Ben Erdmann, the show will cover everything Bauhaus from the origins of the band’s name in the eponymous German design school to the band’s many breakups and reunions to its legacy in bands like Love and Rockets. Tune in from 2-7pm for some experimental goth rock!

Date: 
Sun, 3 Nov 2024, 2:00pm to 7:00pm

Afrobeat Festival

In addition to our 24 hours honoring the birthday of Fela Kuti, broadcast on FM and HD radio and online from 00:00 to 23:59 on Tuesday, October 15th, on Wednesday, October 16th, the day following Fela’s birthday, WKCR will celebrate the genre which Fela pioneered with a full additional day of afrobeat programming, extending the broadcast into a Fela Festival by honoring afrobeat more widely.

Date: 
Wed, 16 Oct 2024, 12:00pm to 11:59pm

Fela Kuti Birthday Broadcast

WKCR announces a 48-hour birthday celebration for Fela Kuti, broadcast on FM and HD radio and online from 00:00 on Tuesday, October 15th to 24:00 on Wednesday, October 16th. In addition to the annual Fela Kuti birthday broadcast, the day following Fela’s birthday will consist of additional afrobeat programming, extending the broadcast into a Fela Festival by celebrating afrobeat more widely.

Date: 
Tue, 15 Oct 2024, 12:00am to 11:59pm

Pharoah Sanders Birthday Broadcast

WKCR is happy to announce a very special broadcast: our first full-day birthday broadcast in celebration of the life of American saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, who would have made 84 revolutions around the sun this year. Broadcast on FM and HD radio and online for 24 hours on Sunday, October 13, 2023, this broadcast will preempt all other regularly scheduled programs.

Date: 
Sun, 13 Oct 2024, 12:00am to 11:59pm

Yusef Lateef Birthday Broadcast

WKCR is very excited to announce a three-part birthday celebration for virtuoso Yusef Lateef. We will dedicate all three of our jazz shows (5-8:20 AM, 12-3 PM, 6-9 PM) to Yusef’s music. He was born William Emanuel Huddleton in Tennessee, but moved to Detroit at five years old. There, he discovered the sounds of jazz from the likes of Milt Jackson, Paul Chambers, Elvin Jones, and Kenny Burrell. He bought an alto saxophone for $80 when he was eighteen and started to play.

Date: 
Wed, 9 Oct 2024, 5:00am to 9:00pm

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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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