Tune in to In All Languages, Sunday December 14th at 11pm to hear an interview of the Japanese-American musician Kaoru Watanabe
Tune in this Wednesday at 10pm to listen to a live interview with the New York-based Argentinean composer Marcelo Toledo. 2013 NYFA Fellow, 2009 DAAD Artist in Residence in Berlin Fellow, Toledo has developed through the years an interest toward the exploration of instrumental timbre, complex sounds and new instrumental techniques becoming a characteristic facet of his compositions.
Tonight's In All Languages will feature an exclusive live performance from the Arun Ramamurthy Trio, celebrating the release of their new album, Jazz Carnatica.
The Arun Ramamurthy Trio perform centuries old classic South Indian compositions with jazz instrumentation and improvisation.
For the first time in nearly four decades, Columbia men's basketball will battle the number one team in the nation. The early dominance of the undefeated Kentucky Wildcats (9-0) has captivated the country and the Lions (5-2) will look to send a message on a national stage. Wednesday's live coverage from Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky begins with an extended pregame show at 6:30, followed by tipoff at 7 and a special post-game edition of the Firing Lion at 9!
A prolific composer and influential trombonist in both the traditional and avant-garde areas of jazz, Grachan Moncur III has been making music for over half a century. Since 1959, Moncur has played with Ray Charles, Art Farmer, Benny Golson, Sonny Rollins, Jackie McLean, Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, and Herbie Hancock as well as Archie Shepp, Marion Brown, Roswell Rudd, and Beaver Harris. Join us on this week's Jazz Profiles for an in-depth look at Moncur's life and work, including his collaborations with a number of these artists across different genres and periods.
Tune in to Middle-Eastern Influences tonight at 12am as we will continue our series focused on the singer and actress Sabah in order to commemorate the life and work of the lebanese artist and singer Sabah who passed away earlier this week at the age 87 years old.
This second part of the memorial broadcast, will focus on the theme of "Sabah sings Lebanon" looking at specific songs in which she evokes her country Lebanon. Indeed, the theme of the homeland is a recurrent one in popular Arab music and we will see how Sabah appropriated it in her music.
Tune in to WKCR tonight at 9pm for a special hour-long news broadcast. Columbia and Barnard's anti-sexual assault movement have gotten significant national media attention, but the coverage never strays far beyond profiling the loudest voices. Naomi Cohen sits with Smita Sen, who started organizing around sexual assault last fall, to talk about the activists who have stayed in the shadows. They discuss the work done before No Red Tape, the survivors who aren't showing up to the rallies, and the arguments that aren't painted on the signs.
If you could ask a musician in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra anything, what would you ask? Tune in to Cereal Music this Thursday at 9:30AM to hear their answers! We'll be joined by the Billy Short (principal bassoon), Jason Haaheim (principal timapny), and Rob Knopper (percussion).
Sun Ra visits WKCR! Is he eating ice cream? Yogurt? Who knows?
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