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Travis LaPlante on Afternoon New Music

Tune in to Afternoon New Music at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, September 6 for an exclusive in-studio interview with Travis LaPlante, leader and composer of the tenor sax quartet Battle Trance. The program will include a fifteen-minute interview with LaPlante about the inception of Battle Trance and the painstaking process of composing and recording their new album, "Blade of Love." WKCR will also be playing LaPlante's entire personal compositional journey, "Blade of Love."

Date: 
Tue, 6 Sep 2016, 3:00pm to 6:00pm

Bobby Hutcherson Memorial Broadcast

For the next 24 hours, WKCR will be honoring the life and accomplishments of the great vibraphone and marimba player Bobby Hutcherson, who passed away Monday, August 15 at the age of 75. All regular programming will be pre-empted beginning Tuesday at 12:00 PM and lasting until 3:00 PM on Wednesday.

Date: 
Tue, 16 Aug 2016, 12:00pm to Wed, 17 Aug 2016, 3:00pm

WKCR 75th Anniversary T-Shirts!

Spread the word about the original FM! WKCR has new 75th anniversary shirts available online at https://www.booster.com/wkcr75 to celebrate all that has followed our first official broadcast on February 24th, 1941. All proceeds will go toward keeping the station on air and commercial-free. Stay tuned for more 75th anniversary offerings and events to come!

Date: 
Mon, 12 Sep 2016, 12:00am to Wed, 14 Sep 2016, 11:59pm

Indo Soul on Raag Aur Taal

Tune into WKCR 89.9 FM, at 7 pm on Aug 14th to hear IndoSoul, a band of musicians from diverse musical backgrounds - Vikram Vivekanand on the guitar, Naveen Napier on the bass, Ramkumar Kanakarajan on drums, Sumesh Narayanan on the mridangam and percussion, and Karthick Iyer on violin and vocals.

Date: 
Sun, 14 Aug 2016, 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Lukas Ligeti on Afternoon New Music

Tune in to Afternoon New Music on Monday, August 8 for an interview with composer and percussionist Lukas Ligeti. This interview is in anticipation of an upcoming survey concert that will highlight his acoustic compositions from 1988 to 2016 and the lasting influence of the Bauhaus movement on the artist’s creative process. The concert is scheduled to take place at National Sawdust, Brooklyn on August 14.

Date: 
Mon, 8 Aug 2016, 3:00pm to 6:00pm

Jeremy Carlstedt and Brian Lee Settles on Live Constructions

Tune in to Live Constructions this Sunday evening at 10:00 PM to hear a live set by drummer Jeremy Carlstedt and saxophonist Brian Lee Settles. Following the forty-minute set, the duo will talk about their twenty-five-year history of playing together and the teachers who have inspired them throughout their lives as musicians.

Date: 
Sun, 7 Aug 2016, 10:00pm to 11:00pm

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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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