Tune in to Afternoon New Music at 3 pm on Monday, September 12 for an exclusive in-studio interview with composer/multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp. The 80-minute program will discuss Sharp's new release Tranzience, available now on New World Records, as well as Vivarium, his upcoming concert at Roulette this Thursday, September 15th at 8 pm.
Tune in to WKCR at 9:00 PM tomorrow on Thursday, September 8 for an exclusive in-studio interview with Leila Bordreuil. The program will include an interview with Bordreuil, where she will talk about her upcoming ISSUE Residency, including her new piece, "Piece for Cello and Double Bass Ensemble", which will debut this Saturday at 22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn. Listen to hear Bordreuil talk about her obsession with spatialization and over-amplification, subjectivity in her art, collaborating with Michael Foster, Sean Ali, Brandon Lopez & Joanna Mattrey, and many more.
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."
Beginning August 27 at 12:00AM, WKCR will dedicate three whole days to the music of Lester Young and Charlie Parker. The 27th marks the birthday of The President, Lester Young, and the 29th, Bird's. On August 28th we will gradually shift from one legendary saxophonist to the next.
Beginning at 6:00 PM this evening, WKCR will dedicate thirty continuous hours to airing some of the thousands of jazz sessions recorded over more than half a century by one of the best recording engineers the world has ever known: Rudy Van Gelder.
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.
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!
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.
Today's Jazz 'til Dawn and Jazz Profiles programs will be dedicated to Connie Crothers, who passed away on Saturday, August 13. Join us in remembering Crothers' inspiring influence as a pianist, improviser, and teacher with nine hours of only her music from 1:00 AM to 5:00 AM and from 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM at WKCR 89.9FM and www.wkcr.org.
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.
Sun Ra visits WKCR! Is he eating ice cream? Yogurt? Who knows?
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