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NYC Radio LiveNels Cline and Yuka HondaYuka Honda is serious about food. In fact, her famous group, Cibo Matto means "crazy food," in Italian.
Her and Nels Cline (Wilco, Consentrik Quartet) are passionate about Star Root Farm, and are organizing an all-star fundraiser featuring them with John Medeski, Billy Martin, Scott Metzger and Sean Lennon.
It's going to be on November 20th at the Bearsville Theater and it's going to be amazing!
Join David and Hungry Mari as they chat food, music, and human evolution with Nels Cline and Yuka Honda.
2025-11-111h 20
NYC Radio LiveVicky Chow, David Cossin, Mark Stewart Ragas Live Festival 20239 PM set of the 24 hour Ragas Live Festival at Pioneer Works 10.14.23
Trio from the legendary ensemble Bang on a Can, performing music of Nik Bartch, Brian Eno and others.
Vicky Chow (piano)
David Cossin (percussion)
Mark Stewart (guiter)
Originally broadcast on WKCR-FM
Ragas Live Festival 2025
October 18-19 at Pioneer Works
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2025-09-0249 min
Jake Ellenbogen Live: A Show About the Los Angeles RamsThe Rams should TRADE for David Njoku | JE MAILBAGIn this loaded episode of the Jake Ellenbogen mailbag bye week edition, I answer 34 of your comments and questions. Including which I come to the conclusion I want David Njoku to be a Ram.
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2024-10-1957 min
NYC Radio LiveMark Stewart: Music is Your BirthrightWe hang with the great multi-instrumentalist, singer, song leader, composer and instrument designer Mark Stewart! I'd been dreaming of doing this interview for years, and the upcoming Bang on a Can LOUD Festival (August 1-4 at Mass MoCA) was the perfect catalyst to make this finally happen.
As musical director for Paul Simon’s band, he has recorded and toured with Simon since 1998. A founding member of the Bang on a Can All-Stars and the duo Polygraph Lounge with keyboard & theremin wizard Rob Schwimmer, Mark has also worked with Steve Reich, Sting, Anthony Braxton, Bob Dylan, Wynton Marsali...
2024-07-081h 30
NYC Radio LiveReggie Workman #292This was an incredible chance to sit down with a living legend of music: Reggie Workman.
In 1961, Workman joined the John Coltrane Quartet, replacing Steve Davis. He was present for the saxophonist's Live at the Village Vanguard sessions, and also recorded with a second bassist (Art Davis) on the 1961 albums, Olé Coltrane and Africa/Brass. Workman recorded frequently through the 1960s and performed with such icons as Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Thelonious Monk, Max Roach, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Eric Dolphy, Gigi Gryce, Booker Little, Roy Haynes, Wayne Shorter, Red Garland, James Moody, Abbey Lincoln, Alice Coltrane, Boo...
2024-06-151h 35
NYC Radio LiveGeorge Porter Jr of the Meters!We hang with the legendary bassist of the Meters at his home in New Orleans!
George Porter Jr. founded The Meters in 1965 alongside Art Neville, Leo Nocentelli and Joseph Zigaboo Modeliste. Known as one of the progenitors of funk with Sly & The Family Stone and Parliament Funkadelic, The Meters carved their own place in history with syncopated polyrhythms and grooves inherited from New Orleans’ deep African musical roots. Porter’s heavy pockets and fat notes created the rubbery bass lines behind anthems like “Cissy Strut” off the group’s self-titled 1969 debut — The Meters’ greatest commercial single that reached No. 4 on the...
2024-05-311h 14
NYC Radio LiveDerek Gripper - Podcast 289Derek Gripper has miraculously discovered the ability to bring the dazzling polyrhythmic music of the West African Harp, the Kora, onto the classical guitar. Egberto Gismonti, Bach and Keith Jarrett are all elements of his musical DNA. We hang with Derek and he treats us to some live performances and stories of how he happened upon discovering this new world of music for the guitar.
Derek Gripper was in NYC performing as part of the ongoing World in Trance Festival which continues April 11th and 12th in NYC.
2024-05-2851 min
NYC Radio LiveSebitiyin: Innov Gnawa perform the Jewish songs of Gnawa – Podcast 230In this incredible episode we capture Innov Gnawa performing the "Sebatayin" repetoire, Gnawa music performed traditionally in Morrocco for the Jewish Community. They performed this for the end of Passover at Greenwich House Music School as part of the UNCHARTED concert series. The Jewish presence in Morocco dates back to over 2,500 years ago and upon interaction with the gnawa community, a bond formed over appreciation for gnawa music and its healing powers. Gnawa music pre-dates Islam and originally centered around animistic, spiritual, mystical concepts sung in sub-Saharan languages such as Bambara, Fulani and Sudani. Upon embracing Islam, gnawa songs b...
2024-05-091h 30
NYC Radio LiveZisl Slepovich # Podcast 286The mindblowing Zlatne Ustne Goldenfest is returning this May 10-11, 2024 in a new home Astoria Queens!
Here's a classic episode recorded during the 2019 festivalDuring the epic annual Zlatne Ustne Goldenfest, the crowd was worked into a frenzy by a rollicking set by LITVAKUS, Zisl Slepovich's klezmer band. We get a chance to hang backstage with the maestro and renaissance man, Zisl Slepovich.
Zisl Slepovitch (Dmitri Zisl Slepovitch) is an internationally renowned multiinstrumentalist (clarinetist, saxophonist, flutist, pianist, keyboardist, singer), composer, arranger, translator, and music and Yiddish educator. Slepovitch is the founder and leader of the Litvakus klezmer band, Zisl...
2024-05-0521 min
NYC Radio LiveAn interview with Paravathy BaulAn interview with Parvathy Baul, conducted by David Ellenbogen, produced with the support of SACSA. for the Ragas Live Festival
Parvathy Baul is a practitioner, performer and teacher of the Baul tradition from Bengal, India. She is also an instrumentalist, storyteller and painter.
She has performed in over forty countries, including such prestigious concert halls and music festivals as the Noh Theater in Kyoto, the World Music Center in New York City, Melbourne Arts Center and the Festival of World Sacred Music in Fez, Morocco.
She has also collaborated wi...
2021-11-2259 min
NYC Radio Live3G - Vikku Vinayakaram, V. Selva Ganesh, Swaminathan set 18 12PM #332This live set is from Ragas Live Festival 2020
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Vikku Vinayakaram - ghatam
V. Selvaganesh - drum kit
Swaminathan - Kanjira, konnokol
2021-03-0159 min
NYC Radio LiveMysore Nagaraj and Mysore Karthik Ragas Live 2020 set 17 11AM #331This live set is from Ragas Live 2020 Mysore, Karnataka, India.
Mysore Nagaraj - violin
Mysore Karthik - violin
Tumkur Ravishankar - mridangam
2021-02-2259 min
NYC Radio LiveAbhik Mukhaerjee and Samarth Nagarkar Ragas Live 2020 set 16 10AM #330This live set is from Ragas Live Festival 2020 Pioneer Works Brooklyn, NY
Abhik Mukherjee - sitar
Samarth Nagarkar - vocals
Dibyarka Chatterjee - tabla
2021-02-151h 00
NYC Radio LiveRoopa Mahadevan Ragas Live 2020 set 14 8AM #329Live set from Ragas Live 2020
Pioneer Works Brooklyn, NYC, USA
Roopa Mahadevan - vocal
Arun Ramamurthy - violin
Kavichelvan Srinivasaragavan - mridangam
2021-02-0859 min
NYC Radio LiveWomanly Voices Ragas Live 2020 set 13 7AM #328Live from Rajasthan this set from Womanly Voices performed in front of Merrangahr Fort was produced with the support of Jodhpur Riff.
Live video produced for Jodhpur RIFF by Oijo Media
Jodhpur RIFF presents
Womanly Voices
Sumitra Devi - vocals, harmonium
Ganga & Sundar - vocals
Mohini Devi - vocals
Susheela - khartal, manjira
Shyam Rao - manjira
Asin Khan - sindhi sarangi, additional vocals
Sadik Khan - dholak
Location - Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur
2021-02-0159 min
NYC Radio LiveGaurav Mazumdar Ragas Live 2020 set 12 6AM #327This live set is from New Delhi , India
Gaurav Mazumdar -Sitar
2021-01-2531 min
NYC Radio LiveFlute Shashank Ragas Live 2020 set 11 5AM #326This live set is from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Flute Shashank- flute
Akkarai Subhalakshmi - violin
Patri Satish Kumar - mridangam
2021-01-1859 min
NYC Radio LiveAnantha Krishnan and Charumathi Raghram Ragas Live 2020 set 10 4PM #325This live set is form Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Charumathi Raghuram - violin
Anantha R. Krishnan -mridangam
2021-01-1159 min
NYC Radio LiveParvathy Baul Ragas Live 2020 set 9 3AM #324This live set is from Kamardanga, West Bengal, India
Parvathy Baul - vocals, ekthara, duggi, nupur
2021-01-0459 min
NYC Radio LiveSwapan Chaudhuri AACMTabla Ensemble Ragas Live 2020 set7 1AM #323This live set is from San Raphael, CA, USA
Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri - Teentaal Tabla Solo (excerpt)
Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri - Tabla
Suhail Yusuf Khan - Sarangi
Ali Akbar College of Music Tabla Ensemble
Jim Santi Owen - Tabla, Morsing, Kanjira
Nilan Chaudhuri - Tabla
Rohan Krishnamurthy - Mridangam
William Rossel - Tabla
Producer - Jim Santi Owen
Sound Engineer - Neil Godbole
Filmed, Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered at Airsh...
2020-12-2859 min
NYC Radio LiveAlam Khan Ragas Live 2020 set 6 #322This live set is from San Rafael, CA, USA
Alam Khan -sarod
2020-12-2159 min
NYC Radio LiveBetsayda Machado Ragas Live 2020 Set 5 10PM #321This live set is from El Clavo, Venezuela
Betsayda Machado - lead vocals and shakers
Adrian "Ote" Gomez - vocals and culoe' puya
Oscar Ruiz - vocals and shakers
Nereida Machado - vocals, shakers and dancing
Blanca Castillo - furruco
Jose Gregorio Gomez - chorus and charrasca
Asterio Betancourt - quinto and culoe' puya
Nelson Gomez - pujao, cumaco, paila and dancing
Youse Cardozo - conga, cumaco, paila and culoe' puya
2020-12-1459 min
NYC Radio LiveZakir Husain Ragas LIve 2020 set 4 10PM #320Live from San Fransisco SFJAZZ Center
This set was produced with the support of SFJAZZ Center
Zakir Hussain - tabla
Rakesh Chaurasia - bansuri
Filmed at the SFJAZZ Center
San Francisco, C
2020-12-0759 min
NYC Radio LiveAndy Statman Ragas Live 2020 set 3 #319Live from B'nai Jeshurun NYC
This set from Andy Statman performed at B'nai Jeshurun NYC.
Andy Statman - clarinet, mandolin
Jay Gandhi - bansuri
David Ellenbogen - guitar
Ehren Hanson -tabla
This set was produced with the support of B’nai Jeshurun
2020-11-2959 min
NYC Radio LiveDhun Dhora Ragas Live 2020 Set 2 #318Live from Rajasthan this set from Dhun Dhora performed in front of Merrangahr Fort was produced with the support of Jodhpur Riff.
Live video produced for Jodhpur RIFF by Oijo Media
odhpur RIFF presents
*Dhun Dhora*
featuring the Dhol Drummers of Rajasthan
Dayam Khan - harmonium, lead vocals
Sardar Khan - Sindhi Sarangi, additional vocals
Ghafoor Khan - khartal
Chanan Khan - dhol
Swaroop Khan - dhol, dholak
Sattar Khan - dhol-cheep
Pyaru Khan - dhol-cheep
2020-11-2259 min
NYC Radio LiveCrossroads: Jay Gandhi & Yacouba Cissoko Ragas Live 2019Ragas Live Festival is returning to WKCR 89.9 FM-NY on November 21st-22nd from 7pm-7pm.
The 9th annual festival will feature many legends of music from 13 cities from Mysore to Madagascar including Terry Riley, Zakir Hussain, Toumani Diabate and Bestayda Machado. Full lineup at www.ragaslive.org
Today we'll hear a highlight of Ragas Live Festival 2019. Crossroads: Jay Gandhi & Yacouba Cissoko with Jay Gandhi (bansuri), Yacouba Cissoko (kora), David Ellenbogen (guitar) and Ehren Hanson (tabla).
2020-10-2338 min
NYC Radio LiveSaraswathi Ranganathan: Ragas Live 2019 (Midnight Set) #316This is the first podcast release of a set from Ragas Live Festival 2019. The event was broadcast live on WKCR 89.9 FM-NY in front of an enthusiastic audience at Pioneer Works.
Saraswathi Ranganthan is performing the veena here and was joined by her Raghavan Sai on Mridangam. In a spontaneous decision Swaminathan Selvganesh who had played an amazing set earlier in the evening sat in on the set.
Ragas Live Festival is a 24 hour annual broadcast with over 60 musicians. We will return in 2020 - stay tuned!
Saraswathi brings with her a legac...
2020-06-0948 min
NYC Radio LiveJaimoe of the Allman Brothers #315 This is an epic hang with Jaimoe the legendary drummer of the Allman Brothers in 2014. He speaks about his early days with Otis Redding, meeting Duane and much more...
We were spinning a lot of records and hanging out...
Check out more about Jaimoe here. Also in the station was Alan Paul author of One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers and the music critic John Coltelli.
Enjoy!
2020-05-261h 55NYC Radio LiveRecalling the ValleyRecored and broadcast live at the Ragas Live Festival 2017 from the Rubin Museum of Art, we hear the world premier of the new project: Recalling the Valley.
Jay Gandhi (bansuri) and Max ZT's (hammered dulcimer) pay tribute to their world-renowned teachers, Shivkumar Sharma and Hariprasad Chaurasia. With Ehren Hanson on tabla they will perform music inspired by their gurus’ beloved album, “Call of the Valley.”
They also have a great discussion with Andrew Shantz on the topic of creating art away from its place of origin.
Ragas Live Festival supported by the Rubin Museum of Art, WK...
2020-05-181h 04
NYC Radio LiveBrooklyn Raga Massive Honors the Coltrane LegacyThe Coltrane Raga Tribute from Brooklyn Raga Massive has blowing some minds. As they released their album, we hang with Sameer Gupta, the tabla upstart, drummer and musical director of the project. We'll listen to a live performance from Pioneer Works. If you want to hear it all you’ll have to get the album! .
The all-star ensemble in the set we hear includes:
Sameer Gupta – Drumset/Tabla,
Brandee Younger – Harp,
Jay Gandhi – Bansuri,
Arun Ramamurthy – Violin,
Pawan Benjamin – Sax,
Trina Basu – Violin,
Neel Murgai – Sitar,
Ben Tyree – Guitar,
Rashaan Carter – B...
2020-04-151h 31
NYC Radio LiveRandy WestonI just learned of the passing of the great master Randy Weston, whose tall shadow hangs over all of us who love, Gnawa Music, African Music, jazz and the intersection of three. He was a lovely person, eager to pass along the knowledge he'd gathered through an amazing life.
I hope this podcast helps pass along some of his wisdom. He was humble, sweet and present and we're lucky to have had him on the planet for 91 years.
2020-04-081h 29
NYC Radio LiveMcCoy Tyner Podcast 315We just learned of the passing of the legend McCoy Tyner, who changed the course of jazz piano. Of course he's most well known for his work in John Coltrane's classic quartet, but he has an amazing body of work beyond that, his album Sama Layuca for a start.
Here's my 2011 interview that we conducted in the kitchen of the Blue Note.
2020-03-0611 min
NYC Radio LiveWilliam Parker #313William Parker is a force in music and if you listen his words, he'll change your mind about what exactly the mystery of music might be.
He will be performing this big double bill on March 4th: SOUNDS OF JUSTICE: SUN RA ARKESTRA AND WILLIAM PARKER'S INSIDE SONGS OF CURTIS MAYFIELDi
This is a celebration of 25 years of the Vision Festival.
We had an amazing conversation until the batteries ran out on my recorder...enjoy!
2020-02-191h 06
NYC Radio LiveZhou Family BandWe have a live performance in studio with Zhou Benming of the Zhou Family Band.
Zhou Jingzhi, founder of the Zhou Family Band, used to play in the royal court of the Qing Dynasty. After dynastic China came to an end, later generations of the family made their living by playing at local ceremonies.
The band has become so popular that sometimes people have to book them two years in advance for a ceremony. Now more than 100 members of the Zhou family and over 1000 students are active in playing at rituals in their hometown and th...
2020-02-131h 02
NYC Radio LiveTheramin 100 and the Ambient Church Episode 311In this episode we chat with Dorit Chrysler director of of the NY Theramin society, who have a major event coming up at the Ambient Church.
Dorit Chrysler has been dubbed a superior wizard of the theremin. An Austrian-born, New York based composer and performer, Chrysler is the co-founder of the NY Theremin Society and has started the first international school for Theremin, KidCoolThereminSchool and L’Ecole Theremine with branches in NY and Paris. As much as the Theremin is a tool in Chrysler’s electronic instrument arsenal, she is also one of the most visible Thereminists spreading t...
2020-02-0233 minNYC Radio LiveJean-Michel Pilc at Home (rebroadcast #117)A broadcast of the brilliant pianist made at his home in Brooklyn before he moved North.
2020-01-311h 40
NYC Radio LiveKnoel Scott of the Sun Ra Arkestra Podcast 255A great discussion with Knoel Scott, a multi instrumentalist and band leader who has played with with the Sun Ra Arkestra since 1979. Recorded backstage at the Opus 1 Festival in Maryland. We also hear his original composition, "Harlem Nocturne," featuring Marshall Allen.
Knoel will be back in town for this exciting show at the Town Hall on March 4th 2020
SUN RA ARKESTRA AND WILLIAM PARKER'S INSIDE SONGS OF CURTIS MAYFIELD
2020-01-2337 min
NYC Radio LiveEric Thompson # 310Eric Thompson took up the guitar as a teenager in Palo Alto, California in the early 1960's, at a time when very few folk guitarists were playing more than basic rhythm guitar. Among his earliest bands were the Black Mountain Boys (with Jerry Garcia and David Nelson) and Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions. He quickly became nationally known as an exceptional lead flatpicker, winning the World Championship Cup at Union Grove, North Carolina with the New York Ramblers (which also included David Grisman and Winnie Winston) and flying to Nashville, Tennessee to record "Beatle Country" with the Charles River...
2019-12-1147 min
NYC Radio LiveMichael Leonhardt #309
Michael Leonhart Orchestra (MLO) is a genre-crossing 15-piece ensemble that has been putting on electrifying shows for the last 2 years. The Orchestra performs both Leonhart’s original compositions as well as his arrangements of Wutang, Fela, Ellington, Zappa and Bernard Herrmann. MLO features players from bands such as Sharon Jones & the Dap-kings, the Mingus Big Band, Maria Schneider’s Orchestra, the Tonight Show Band (Roots) and other soloists from the NY/Brooklyn jazz/soul/studio scene.
The MLO residence at at the Jazz Standard has a very special show coming up this Tuesday, December 10th... a live reco...
2019-12-0858 min
NYC Radio LiveAlexandre Tannous On Trance # 308On the heels of their highly successful event featuring Brooklyn Raga Massive, Alexandre Tannous and NYC Radio Live return to The Assemblage to continue their exploration of the power of sound, meditation and trance and with the Grammy nominated group Innov Gnawa this Thursday.
Details for the event are here
Alexandre Tannous, a composer, musician, ethnomusicologist and researcher came to WKCR to speak about Gnawa music and trance to get us ready for the event.
Alexandre Tannous has performed a variety of musical styles including classical, jazz, rock, and non-Western music on various ins...
2019-12-0256 min
NYC Radio LiveRoopa In 6 YardsThe great young carnatic Roopa Mahadevan, comes to WKCR to share a sneak preview of her upcoming album, Roopa in 6 Yards. As spontaneous and joyful as the singer herself, the album is refreshing and uncompromising exploration of a wide range of compositions from the Carnatic cannon. With this recording Roopa is bound to expand the audience for this traditional music.
2019-12-0248 min
NYC Radio LiveUnstruck Sound - Ragas Live Festival 2019 4AMWhile we begin to sift through the gold mine of multi-track recordings from 24 hour Ragas Live 2019. We have one set that we happened to mix live on stage and are able to deliver right now. Unstruck Sound are an ambient group that explore the concept of the drone. Set and Setting are 4am (about 9 hours into the fest.) Neel Murgai is Overtone vocals, Eric Fraser is on bansuri, Aaron Shregge is on Shakuhachi and Dragon Mouth Trumpet and David Ellenbogen is on lap steel guitar and electronics. 23 more hours are on their way!
2019-11-2441 min
NYC Radio LiveSoles of Duende - Podcast 305A great discussion, originally broadcast live on WKCR, with Soles of Duende, Amanda Castro, Arielle Rosales and Brindha Guha. They'll be preforming with Frank Malloy IV & Roshni Samlal at the Ragas Live Festival at 11pm.
Birthed in East Harlem, the women of Soles arrived with a single, transparent question: how do they find truth, connection, and storytelling through the rhythms of their respective cultures? Based in the rhythms of Tap (Amanda Castro), Flamenco (Arielle Rosales) and Kathak (Brinda Guha), their mission created the fire that is Soles of Duende. They devote their work together to yield n...
2019-10-1027 min
NYC Radio LiveToko Telo #304An intimate live session with two of the members of Madagascar's super-group, Toko Telo: Monka Njavaa and Joël Rabesolo.
Monika Njava, voice & percussion
“The voice of Madagascar.” Banning Eyre, Afropop Worldwide
Celebrated across Madagascar as the national diva, Monika Njava sang lead with Njava, recording two critically acclaimed albums for EMI. She has recorded with platinum-selling Deep Forest and continues to perform with the band. A solo world-pop album, Haizina, featured musicians from three continents. Always exploring new musical territory, she formed the group Island Jazz with bass virtuoso Linley Marthe, fusing traditional Malagasy...
2019-09-2431 min
NYC Radio LiveLucibela Podcast 303A chat with Lucibela the great singer from Capo Verde who is bringing her countries music to the US right now with a 14 state tour.
2019-09-1717 min
NYC Radio LiveAlexandre Tannous #302We have a chat with Alexandre Tannous, a leading sound researcher, sound therapist and ethnomusicologist.
On 9/18/19 Alexandre will lead an experiential exploration of the effects of this unique system of sound, consciousness, and spirituality with key members Brooklyn Raga Massive. To deepen the experience we sat had a wide ranging discussion about the effects of sound.
Alexandre Tannous has been active as a musician, educator, composer, and as an ethnomusicologist. He holds a Bachelor of Music with a double major in Music Theory and Composition, and a Master of Arts degree in Music Education from Co...
2019-09-081h 29
NYC Radio LiveSamarth Nagarkar: Ragas Live 2018A midnight set from the 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival 2018
Samarth Nagarkar (vocal)
Rohan Prabhudesai (harmonium)
Sandip Ghosh (tabla)
2019-09-0838 min
NYC Radio LiveRoss Hammond Trio - Podcast 300As we ramp up towards Ragas Live Festival 2019, we are sharing all 24 sets of last years incredible festival. 3AM-4AM was a special moment for us all. Ross Hammond (guitar), Pawan Benjamin (sax/bansuri), Sameer Gupta (drums)
Special Guests Renald St. Juste (percussion), Morgan Zwerlein (percussion) join in for the last jams.
Sacramento guitarist Ross Hammond has played on large stages and in small corners throughout the United States and beyond. His sound is equal parts jazz, folk, blues, spirituals and world music.
He has played for Hillary Clinton, to audien...
2019-08-2941 min
NYC Radio LiveRajeswari Satish at Ragas Live Festival 2018A 9-10 am performance from Rajeswari Satish (vocal);Radhika Mani (violin) and Bala Skandan (mridangam) from the Ragas Live Festival 2018 at Pioneer Works.
Ragas Live Festival 2019 will take place at Pioneer Works October 19th and 20th.
2019-08-1044 min
NYC Radio LiveChico FreemanFor Chico Freeman, Jazz is the family business. His father played with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Ella Fitzgerald and his grandfather was an associate of Louis Armstrong.
Chico has had an amazing career playing with the likes of Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, Sun Ra, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Celia Cruz, Charles Mingus, Tito Puente, to name a few. We got to hang with the great musician, composer and producer and get the inside story on working with so many of these icons of music.
Chico also shares selections from some recent album...
2019-07-251h 44
NYC Radio LiveMartha Redbone with Brooklyn Raga MassiveAs Martha Redbone and Brooklyn Raga Massive prepare to take the stage at Yerba Buena Gardens in San Fransisco this week, we share highlights from our first conversation with Martha and hear her first performance with BRM at the Outside (In)dia Series. This is burning set with
Martha Redbone – Vocals
Aaron Whitby – Keys, Piano
Marvin Sewell – Guitar
Charlie Burnham – Violin
Tony Mason – Drums
Fred Cash – Bass
Sameer Gupta – Tabla
Pawan Benjamin – Bansuri
Neel Murgai – Sitar
Special Guests:
Soni Moreno – Vocals
Michael Gam – Sarod, Percussion
Part Cherokee, C...
2019-07-171h 18
NYC Radio LiveShoko Nagai's TOKOLA Podcast 298We hang out with Shoko Nagai and Satoshi Takeshi and hear tracks from her amazing TOKALA project...
Shoko Nagai is a versatile musical artist who improvises and performs with world-renowned musicians on piano and accordion and composes original scores for films and live performances. As a teenager in her native Japan, Nagai was trained on Yamaha's electronic organ, the "Electone," to perform popular music. Since moving to the U.S. from Japan and studying classical and jazz music at Berklee, she has adapted her mastery of the keyboard to prepared piano, accordions, the melodica and ot...
2019-07-0348 min
NYC Radio LivePartha Bose at the Ragas Live Festival 2018 - Podcast 297Today we share the first of 24 sets recorded at the Ragas Live Festival 2018 Partha Bose (sitar) and Aditya Narayan Banerjee (tabla) played a late morning raga at 10am, recorded and broadcast from Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
The Ragas Live Festival will return to Pioneer Works October 19-20th 2019!
Born on January 21,1962, Partha was initiated to the Sitar at the age of six and thereafter underwent intensive training in the tradition of Guru-Shishya parampara under the tutelage of Pandit Monoj Shankar of the famous Maihar Gharana.
Partha has received overwhelming appreciation from conn...
2019-06-2139 min
NYC Radio LivePaul Winter Part 2 #2965 years after our first conversation, we reconnect with Paul Winter. Seven-time Grammy® winner Paul Winter has a body of work that chronicles his wide-ranging experiences in the musical traditions and natural environments of the Earth. The saxophonist, composer and bandleader founded Living Music as the recording context for his ensemble, the Paul Winter Consort, and his community of colleagues, which includes some of the world’s finest jazz, world, and classical musicians, along with notable voices from the great symphony of wildlife. His 24 Annual Summer Solstice celebration is coming up on June 22nd.
2019-06-0952 min
NYC Radio LiveDennis McNally - Podcast 295This is a fascinating conversation with Dennis McNally, who tells the inside story of the Grateful Dead as revealed to him during a dozen years on the road with the band, by the members themselves, and from a mountain of research. Ben Ratliff writes in the New York Times, that Dennis "had more access to his subjects and their trails of paper, recording tape and roach clips than almost all previous rock biographers."
With cameos from the Hell's Angels, the CIA, the Beat Poets, the Grateful Dead's adventures encapsulates the story of counter-culture America itself... and depending on y...
2019-05-301h 12
NYC Radio LiveAndy Statman # 294Celebrating the release of his new album, Monroe Bus, we get to hang out with Andy Staman! Andy Statman is one of his generation's premier mandolinists and clarinetists, and has made major contributions to both Jewish music and bluegrass. He describes his compositions and performances as "spontaneous American-roots music and personal, prayerful hasidic music, by way of avant-garde jazz."
2019-05-201h 29
NYC Radio LiveThe Supplicants Podcast 293Celebrating the bandcamp retrospective release of The Supplicants, we hang with Sameer Gupta and take a listen to recordings of this influential Bay Area collective. Their music reflects the continuum of jazz from a global orientation, embracing the tones and textures of Africa, India, the Caribbean, and Eastern Europe.
The Supplicants are:
David Boyce – saxophone
Richard Howell – saxophone
David Ewell – bass
Sameer Gupta – drumset
2019-05-151h 02
NYC Radio LiveIlusha Tsinadze - Podcast 291We get to hang out with Ilusha and listen to selections from his new album, Yes & No. Singer and guitarist Ilusha Tsinadze was born in Soviet-era Georgia and emigrated to the U.S. at the age of 8. Yes & No is a musical conversation between the contemporary sounds of Brooklyn and the traditional music his family left behind in Georgia.
Ilusha has become recognized for his distinct interpretations of Georgia folk music following his first album, Deda Ena (Mother Tongue), the wildly successful single, Mokhevis Kalo Tinao, and tours across the U.S., including a 2018 performance at Carnegie Ha...
2019-04-2950 min
NYC Radio LiveNamita Devidayal Talks Vilayat Khan Podcast 290While out in Bombay, we visit the author Namita Devidayal, whose compelling new biography, The Sixth String of Vilayat Khan shines new light on the maestro's genius. Namita, author of The Music Room, speaks about this poetic new work and reflects on both dark and light sides of her subject.
2019-04-1958 min
NYC Radio LiveEric Harland - Podcast 288We hang out with one of the greatest drummers of his generation, Eric Harland! We chat about what he's learned form the many great musicians he's played with, philosophy, meditation, his own journey and generally get into it.
Eric will be coming to town with Zakir Hussain and the Masters of Percussion
April 24 at the Town Hall...
2019-03-261h 06
NYC Radio LiveHariprasad_Chaurasia - Podcast 287This is an exclusive interview with the greatest living master of the bansuri, Hariprasad Chaurasia. David Ellenbogen and Chaurasia's Senior disciple Jay Gandhi join the maestro at his Vrindaban Gurukul, in Mumbai.
2019-03-1418 min
NYC Radio LiveEl Foukr R’Assembly Live on NYC Radio – Podcast 197n a stunning display of North and West African fusion, El Foukr R’Assembly, a group traveling all the way from Algeria performs live on WKCR. The musicians from Algeria, Burkina Faso and Ghana come together for two explosive sets of music
A taxi-driver & a farmer, a graphic designer, a sound engineer and an art-major student, Oualid Khelifi as the producer and filmmaker had met them lin 2014 at various parts of Algeria before suggesting a long term project around docfilm and experimental AfroFusion music linking the Maghreb with the rest of Africa.
So far, the project has...
2019-03-021h 21NYC Radio LiveCosmas MagayaThis was one of my favorite early episodes. Cosmas Magya is a master of the Mbira ( a type of thumb piano) from the Shona tribe in Zimbabwe. Here he performs and explains the way the instrument is used in ceremonies to contact ancestors. We’ll also hear a track he recorded with another powerful Mbira player and vocalist Beauler Dyoko. (Rebroadcast from 2011)
2019-02-2132 minNYC Radio LiveBetsayda Machado & Parranda El ClavoHailing from Venezuela, Betsayda Machado & Parranda El Clavo made their New York debut at GlobalFest last year. The group’s electrifying live set, complete with pitch perfect harmonies, dazzling dancers, and irresistible rhythms earned them legions of new fans and a feature in the next days’s New York Times.
We sat down with Betsayda with her manager Juan Souki and learned more about the Afro-Venezuelan tradition. She talks us through a few tracks on their first album, Rural Recordings Under the Mango Tree, which is available through the Indiegogo campaign that brought them here.
Betsayda Machado and...
2019-02-1436 min
NYC Radio LiveAmythyst Kia - #284We get a chance to chat with Amythyst Kia before her set Globalfest in Times Square.
A professed Southern Gothic songster based in Johnson City, TN, Amythyst Kiah’s commanding stage presence is only matched by her raw and powerful vocals—a deeply moving, hypnotic sound that stirs echoes of a distant and restless past. A graduate of East Tennessee State University, she studied old time music and music performance, and it proved to be a pivotal moment in her life as she transformed from a long-time closet musician into a well-rounded, captivating performer.
Acc...
2019-02-0120 min
NYC Radio LiveKarou Wantanabe, Parul Shah and Sameer GuptaBefore their premier of an exciting new work Nature/War/Love we hang out with Karou Wantanabe, Parul Shah and Sameer Gupta. We also check out slections from Karou Wantanabe's latest album Néo.
In Nature/War/Love Shinobue flute and taiko drum virtuoso Kaoru Watanabe, known for his work on Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs and Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, and hybrid Indian classical tabla and modern jazz percussionist Sameer Gupta (Coltrane Raga Tribute, Adam Rudolph) team up with Indian classical and contemporary choreographer Parul Shah,whose work is expanding the classical medium beyond cultu...
2019-01-2127 minNYC Radio LiveOrquesta Akokán Podcast 282NYC Radio Live listeners get to hang out with Jacob Plasse from Orquesta Akokán.
The 12 piece cuban Grammy Nominated band revives the sound of the renowned dance orchestras of the 1940s and 1950s with influences such as Arsenio Rodriguez, Perez Prado, and Beny Moré
2019-01-1319 min
NYC Radio LiveDebashish Bhattacharya - 281Debashish Bhattacharya is simply one of the greatest guitarists walking the earth. The slide guitar master will be performing at GlobalFest this year, and we give a preview of what to expect, revisiting a Hurricane Sandy Benefit Concert Debashish performed in NYC in 2012 with his daughter Anandi and brother Subashish.
2018-12-261h 21
NYC Radio LivePaul Winter on the Solstice
Seven-time Grammy® winner Paul Winter has a body of work that chronicles his wide-ranging experiences in the musical traditions and natural environments of the Earth. The saxophonist, composer and bandleader founded Living Music as the recording context for his ensemble, the Paul Winter Consort, and his community of colleagues, which includes some of the world’s finest jazz, world, and classical musicians, along with notable voices from the great symphony of wildlife.
It was a blast when he came by my apartment, played some instruments, hung out and talked about the big event coming u...
2018-12-1922 min
NYC Radio LiveAnirban Dasgupta at Ragas Live 2018Here's our first recording from Ragas Live Festival 2018! A beautiful set from 11pm to midnight from Anirban Dasgupta (sarod), Mir Naqibul Islam (tabla).
Anirban is the youngest son and disciple of Pt. Buddhadev Dasgupta. Needless to mention, he grew up with the very best ambience of Indian Classical music, with his older sibling, Bhavani Shankar also following his father’s footsteps. Not to be left behind, Anirban also took to playing the Sarod from an early age under the able guidance and tutelage of his illustrious father. A wonderful product of innate talent, years of gru...
2018-12-1855 min
NYC Radio LiveOzan Aksoy - Podcast 278We hang with the great Turkish musician Ozan Aksoy. He performs live on Ney and Saz and we check out tracks from his new album entitled, Ozan.
The New York City based musician Ozan Aksoy’s destiny was set with his birth name - Ozan - an ancient title for mystical bards in West Asia. As a child growing up in Turkey, he first learned to play the saz (lute) from his father, and soon demonstrated remarkable breadth as a multi-instrumentalist, becoming proficient in many of the string, woodwind, and percussive instruments of the region. He developed...
2018-12-1155 min
NYC Radio LiveZakir Hussain - Our First Conversation 277A freewheeling interview with Zakir Hussain, widely hailed as one of the global percussionists of our time. This was recorded in November of 2018. We later chatted in 2020 and the maestro performed on our Ragas Live Festival both also available on this podcast.
Zakir Hussain, who first made a name for himself accompanying legends such as Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, avi Shankar, Ustad Vilayat Khan, Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, and countless others has grown to become a global figure. Prominent in world music projects, he has collaborated with artists as diverse as George Harrison, Yo-Yo Ma, Giova...
2018-10-2947 min
NYC Radio LiveSubhasis Bhattacharya - Talks TablanandaOne of the world’s foremost tabla players, Subhasis Bhattacharya has performed and recorded with his brother Debashish on many classic albums including the Grammy nominated Calcutta Chronicles. On Tablananda, his first international collaboration, Subhasis assembles an incredible line-up of musicians to produce a visionary album that showcases his incredible creativity.
2018-10-181h 17
NYC Radio LiveMisa KellyWe hang out with the great dancer and innovator Misa Kelly who is in town for the Collaborations in Dance Festival at Triskelion Arts.
Misa is passionate about community building. Her innovative program designs and organizational efforts have helped over 1,000 artists over the past 20 years. Kelly is a groundbreaker and innovator. As SonneBlauma Danscz Theatre her company was the first in her community to tour CA, tour to New York, tour internationally, the first to provide opportunity to non-local boutique artists, and the first to co-launch a dance festival in her community as a gesture of...
2018-09-1952 min
NYC Radio LiveMadeleine Yayodele Nelson TributeIn this podcast we pay tribute to the great musician and educator Madeleine Yayodele Nelson. Joining us in the studio were her friends and bandmates Caren Calder and Marsha Perry-Starks as well as Olumide, Dana Hanchard, Giancarlo Luiggi and Babatunde Don Eaton. Madeleine was , a composer, arranger, vocalist, percussionist, teacher, and instrument maker as well as the founder and artistic director of WOMEN OF THE CALABASH.
A celebrated percussionist, Ms Nelson performed in many parts of the world and has composed and performed music for Off Broadway Theater. An instrument maker, she handcrafted the shekeres for the Ne...
2018-09-182h 30NYC Radio LiveDeepal Chodhari brings the Sunrise at Ragas Live 2016Deepal Chodhari (santoor), Shiva Ghoshal (tabla) play a 5am set at Ragas Live Festival 2016 at Pioneer Works.
2018-07-2535 min
NYC Radio LiveAdam Rudolph Podcast 273Here we revist a 2011 interview with the master percussionist and luminary Adam Rudolph. Adam wil be bringing his Go:Organic Orchestra to collaborate with the Brooklyn Raga Massive this Friday July 27th 2017. http://rma.cm/2nq He'll be live with David Ellenbogen on WKCR 89.9 FM-NY this Tuesday from 12pm-3pm. www.wkcr.org
2018-07-2435 min
NYC Radio LiveAaron Shragge - Podcast 272We hang out with the great trumpet and shakuhachi player Aaron Shragge. We'll hear some tracks from his new album with the legendary guitarist Ben Monder: This World of Dew.
2018-07-1842 min
NYC Radio LiveBook of J - Podcast 271The Book of J, Jeremiah Lockwood and Jewlia Eisenberg, stopped by the apartment for a beautiful acoustic set.
They perform music from all over the world to and our celebrating their new album and their month long residency at Barbes.
Jewlia Eisenberg works at the intersection of voice, text and diaspora consciousness, primarily as the leader of the ensemble Charming Hostess. Her music is mostly released on the Tzadik label Radical Jewish Culture imprint. Recordings include Sarajevo Blues on Bosnian resistance poetry and Trilectic on the political-erotic world of Walter Benjamin. She often works i...
2018-07-1234 min
NYC Radio LiveFalsa - Podcast 270After many years, I reconnected with the great singer and guitarist Umer Piracha - we hang out and hear exceprts of their unreleased album. The Pakistani/American singer and his band Falsa call themselves a 14th Century Sufi Chamber Fusion Ensemble and have developed a cult following.
We are excited that they will join us for the Ragas Live Festival on October 6-7 at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn!
Falsa Umer Piracha on Vocals, accompanied by Siddharth Ashokkumar on Carnatic Violin, Tom Deis and Paul Arendt on Guitars/Harmonium, Adam Hershberger on Trumpet, and Greg Foran on...
2018-07-0600 min
NYC Radio LivePt. Nayan Ghosh - Live Performance and InterviewRecorded last just last night in the Mercy Home chapel we feature a live tabla solo performance and interview with Pt. Nayan Ghosh. This was produced by Brooklyn Raga Massive and the maestro was joined by Ishaan Ghosh (tabla) and Rohan Prabhudesai (Harmonium).
Jump to the 1hr16 mark to hear our great conversation.
2018-07-011h 30
NYC Radio LiveBlick Bassy – Podcast 238Hailing from Cameroon, but living now in France, singer and multi-instrumentalist, Blick Bassy is creating a fresh, new sound with stunning vocals, banjo and luscious soundscapes from his bandmates. His new album, Akö with his comrades Clément Petit on cello and Johan Blanc on trombone, are raising eyebrows with their totally original tribute to Skip James. Blick sings in his native tongue, Bassa, one of very few. We caught up with Blick Bassy and hung backstage after an incredible show at Lincoln Center's David Rubenstein Atrium.
2017-10-1933 minNYC Radio LiveAbdoulaye Alhassane Toure – Podcast 240Here’s a great one from the archives! A beautiful live performance and discussion with Abdoulaye Alhassane Tourewith Deep Sahara at WKCR in 2010. w/ Yacouba Diabate (Kora) Frederika Krier (Violin) and David Ellenbogen (guitar). Abdoulaye is a guitarist and singer from Gao, Mali with roots in Northern Mali and Niger. He brings all these regional sounds of this diverse part of the world into his music. He also absorbed American Jazz and Blues…you’ll hear it all.
More about Abdoulaye:
By Banning Eyre | April, 2007 [guitar player mg]
Abdoulaye Alhassane Toure has brought string-picking wizardry from the desert towns of West Africa to...
2017-09-2732 minNYC Radio LiveGnaoua Fest is coming to NYC Podcast 226The world-renowned Moroccan Festival Gnaoua et Musiques du MondeEssaouira celebrates its 20th anniversary with a debut NYC collaboration. Great Maalems (masters) and all-stars of the festival trace a musical journey of the ancient music of Gnawa during a night of trance and tradition.
There will be events all week in NYC.
In this WKCR broadcast we get to speak with master drummer, Will Calhoun; Samir Langus and Nawfal Atiq of Innov Gnawa Meera Dugal of Lincoln Center, about what to expect and delve deep into this magical tradition
March 16th | Gnaoua Festival Tour 2017 Kickoff Concert at the David Rubenstein Atrium ft...
2017-03-142h 50NYC Radio LiveBrooklyn Raga Massive’s Unstruck Sound Live on WKCR -Podcast 222Last night at WKCR 89.9 FM-NY, Brooklyn Raga Massive members created a sea of drones for raga based improvisation, based on the calls coming into the station it seemed to be just what the city needed!
The group "Unstruck Sound" will be performing this Friday Feb 24th at the Rubin Museum of Art.. Followed by a Sound Meditation with Acoustic Mandala Project at 9:30 pm
Info Tix here
Neel Murgai -Overtone singing, loops, Eric Fraser, Bansuri, Arun Ramamurthy - Violin, David Ellenbogen, Guitar
2017-02-2147 minNYC Radio LiveBrooklyn Raga Massive: Raga Cubana feat. Roman Diaz – Live at the Art Cafe Podcast 217Just before we left for Cuba to record for this podcast, Brooklyn Raga Massive's Raga Cubana feat. Roman Diaz, had an intimate concert to get ready for our sold out concert a month later at the Rubin Museum of Art.
Here we are trying new things and feeling the hometown energy and love from the Raga Massive Jam Session at the Art Cafe
With
Román Díaz (conductor, batá: iyá )
Giancarlo Luigi (shekere)
Clemente la Tierra (batá: okónkolo)
Melvis Santa (vocals)
Folasona Olorunsola (batá: itótele)
Ehren Hanson (tabla)
Jay Gandhi (bansuri)
David Ellenbogen (guitar)
Arun Ramamurthy (violin)
Michael G...
2017-01-051h 30NYC Radio LiveTomchess Podcast 211
As NYC and the world woke up to the results of an election, we gathered, as always, on Wednesday night, our inclusive, diverse music scene taking on a new meaning. Tomchess and his quartet rose to the occasion and captured the moment with stunning soulful maquam based compositions informed by the free jazz improvisations of of Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane. Hear the beauty and the promise from this set at the Art Cafe.
Tomchess - Oud, Ney Morsing, Composer
Zachary Swanson - Upright Bass
Abraham Faure Mennon - Tenor Sax
Dan Kurfirst - Drums/percussion
NYC based Multi-instrumentalist/improviser/compos...
2016-11-151h 02NYC Radio LiveRaga Cubana – Podcast 190Last month, maestro Román Díaz brought a world class group of Afro-Cuban musicians to perform with the Brooklyn Raga Massive All-Stars during the artist collective's epic residency at Pioneer Works. We'll share the recording of that innovative concert, where, for the first time, sarod, bansuri and Carnatic violin dialogue with Afro-Cuban vocals and the sacred Batá drums. This concert will air on WKCR 89.9 FM 7-9pm Sunday May 22nd.
Raga Cubana is:
Román Díaz ( conductor, Batá: Iyá )
Giancarlo Luigi (Shekere)
Clemente la Tierra (Batá: Okónkolo)
Melvis Santa (vocals)
Folasona Olorunsola (Batá: Itótele)
Camila Celin (Sarod)
Ehren...
2016-05-221h 19NYC Radio LiveAwa Sangho with the Brooklyn Raga Massive All Stars – Podcast 182The opening concert of Brooklyn Raga Massive's 3 month residency at Pioneer Works was a smash. For this special night, we had an ambitious triple bill, celebrating the full year of the Africa/India series collaborations that had been produced by NYC Radio Live, Afro-Roots Music night and Brooklyn Raga Massive. We featured the “golden voice of Mali,” Awa Sangho, with by the Brooklyn Raga Massive All-Stars, the electro-acoustic Kora/Tabla duo Orakel with Kane Mathis and Roshni Samlal and the original band in this new genre Afrika Meets India, led by Kevin Nathaniel on Mbira and Eric Fraser on Bansuri.
Here we'll hea...
2016-02-071h 06NYC Radio LiveAfrica/India Series: Innov Gnawa with Brooklyn Raga Massive All Stars – Podcast 179Of all the concerts I've produced this was one of the most exciting and meaningful. This installation of Africa/India Series live at ShapeShifter Lab was a synergy of the Morrocan trance tradition embodied by Hassan Ben Jaffer and Innov Gnawa as we combined forces with the musicians of the Brooklyn Raga Massive All-Stars.
Thanks to Sameer Gupta for mixing this Mutha!
INNOV GNAWA
Maalem (Master)Hassan Ben Jaafer (Sintir, vocals)
Samir Langus (Sintir, Vocals)
Ahmed Jeriouda (Vocals, percussion)
Amino Belyamani (Vocals, percussion)
Said Sayed (Vocals, percussion)
Nawfal Atiq (Vocals, percussion)
BRM ALL-STARS
Guy Mintus (Piano, Melodica)
David Ellenbogen (Guitar)
A...
2016-01-071h 19NYC Radio LiveBrooklyn Raga Massive Pays Tribute to the Coltrane Legacy – Podcast 173Two weeks ago, on John Coltrane's Birthday, Brooklyn Raga Massive performed a stunning tribute to the Coltrane Legacy. Recorded in front of a capacity crowd at Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Brooklyn, NYC Radio Live will share the concert in it's entirety. It will be broadcast on the radio at WKCR 89.9 at 7pm on October 11th. Musical Director Sameer Gupta joins host David Ellenbogen for an on-air discussion of the relationship between the music of these two worlds.
The all-star ensemble includes:
Sameer Gupta - Drumset/Tabla (musical director),
Brandee Younger - Harp,
Jay Gandhi - Bansuri,
Arun Ramamurthy - Viol...
2015-10-111h 49NYC Radio LiveJay Gandhi and Yacouba Cissoko with Shiva Ghoshal and David Ellenbogen, Ragas Live Festival 2015 #19 Podcast 163Jay Gandhi (bansuri) and Yacouba Cissoko (kora) bring their duo project accompanied by Shivalik Ghoshal (tabla) and David Ellenbogen (guitar) from 6-7pm during the Ragas Live Festival 2015
2015-06-2641 minNYC Radio LiveBrooklyn Raga Massive Summer Jam 1 – Podcast 144The spontaneous jam sessions that close the weekly Brooklyn Raga Massive are reaching epic proportions with established masters sitting in with young musicians from inside and outside the classical tradition. Clearly we are in a Raga Renaissance This latest one 6/11/2015 (last night!) features
Jessica Lurie (sax); Kane Mathis (oud), Hadar Noiberg (flutes), Jay Gandhi (bansuri), Subhen Chatterjee (vocal tabla bols), Shivalik Ghoshal (tabla); Michael Gam (bass), Adam Maalouf (frame drum), Anirban Roy Chowdhury (vocal tabla bols), Ken Shoji (violin) David Ellenbogen (guitar) Neel Murgai (frame Drum), Megumi (violin)
2015-06-121h 01NYC Radio LiveTom Rossi brings it. Podcast 143Jump six and half minutes into this podcast and you'll hear music as organic as it gets: a group of children playing traditional rhythms on pots and pans as they sing the songs of their village. Tom Rossi recorded this 25 years ago as he was biking from from Lome, Togo to Accra, Ghana.
The podcast continues with Tom's recordings with the all-star world musicians of New York City, Yacouba Cissoko, Dave Eggar, Matt Kilmer, Rob Garcia and many others and to top it off Tom performs live on the Kora of his own invention.
Tom Rossi is a composer, producer, songwriter and...
2015-06-112h 51NYC Radio LiveMichele Rosewoman’s New Yor-Uba Podcast 137The brilliant pianist Michele Rosewoman shares the music of her incredible ensemble New Yor-Uba, a group that has been exploring the beauty of the Jazz/Cuba/Yoruba traditions. They'll be at Dizzy's at Lincoln Center 3/27-29.
Michele Rosewoman, a vanguard and pioneering artist in her field, mines acoustic modern jazz, sophisticated funk, dynamic electric fusion and elements of Cuban folkloric music, to create a distinct musical experience. Her command and rich vocabulary elegantly expands the horizons and boundaries of jazz while remaining firmly rooted in tradition. With a more than 30-year history, Rosewoman stands out in her class as a visi...
2015-03-241h 23NYC Radio LiveBrooklyn Raga Massive All-Stars Perform Terry Riley’s “In C” Podcast- 119
The Brooklyn Raga Massive All-Stars perform a live, in-studio performance of Terry Riley's masterpiece, "In C" live on the airwaves of WKCR-FM NY. Riley was deeply influenced by his studies of Hindustani vocal music but according to the composer himself, as far as he knows, the Massive is the only group that performs “In C” with an ensemble of mostly Indian instruments. The group includes sitars, tablas, sarods, bansuri, vocals, cello, guitars, vibes, dilruba, and more.
Led by Neel Murgai, on sitar, the group's lineup for this broadcast is:
Neel Murgai, sitar
Camila Celin, sarod
Eric Fraser, bansuri
Sameer Gupta, tabla
Eh...
2014-11-111h 07NYC Radio LiveVivek Pandya Tabla Solo, accompianied by Kalpit Pandya, Harmonium Ragas Live Festival 2013 #14 (Podcast 73)2 days shy of turning 9 years old, Vivek Pandya performed this incredible tabla solo accompianied by Kalpit Pandya on harmonium from 1-2pm on the Ragas Live Festival at WKCR 89.9 FM-NY.
Vivek Pandya is disciple of Pt Anindo Chatterjee and the 1st place winner of the Swaradhara competition held on 23rd Feb 2013. An interview revealed that he was excited for the end of school.
Interview by Sophie Rubashkin. Engineered by David Ellenbogen
2013-07-0540 minNYC Radio LiveSamir Chaterjee, Dan Weiss, tabla duo accompanied by Arun Ramamurthy, Ragas Live Festival 2013 #3 (Podcast 61)Samir Chaterjee, Dan Weiss, tabla duo accompanied by Arun Ramamurthy
Samir Chaterjee and Dan Weiss performed a tabla duo while Arun Ramamurthy kept time on the violin. You can hear both improvisations and compositions within this rhythmic tour-de-force. This was the third performance in the 24 hour ragas live festival. Samir Chatterjee was not only a performer on this year's festival, his organization Chandayan were one of the organizers and his collaboration with David Ellenbogen in 2006 planted the seeds of the Ragas Live concept.
Samir Chatterjee is a virtuoso Tabla player from India. He travels widely across the world throughout the year perfo...
2013-06-1952 minNYC Radio LiveRed Baraat Live! – Podcast #55
To celebrate the release of their new album Shruggy Ji, (currently #1 on iTunes World Music Chart) NYC Rado Live is going back to the archives to share a 2009 live radio performance by Red Baraat. Red Baraat is the first and only dhol ‘n’ brass band of its kind in the States, melding the infectious North Indian rhythm Bhangra with brass funk and expressing the human spirit through improvisation and a powerful, live, raw sound. Comprised of dhol (double-sided, barrel-shaped North Indian drum slung over one shoulder), percussion and horns, this NYC-based group plays fresh originals, as well as traditional Punjabi songs...
2013-02-0930 minNYC Radio LiveAbdoulaye Alhassane plays the music of the Sahara Desert live – Podcast 49
Abdoulaye Alhassane performs live with Deep Sahara at WKCR in 2010. w/ Yacouba Diabate (Kora) Frederika Krier (Violin) and David Ellenbogen (guitar)
By Banning Eyre | April, 2007 [guitar player mg]
Abdoulaye Alhassane Toure has brought string-picking wizardry from the desert towns of West Africa to the nightclubs of New York City. Born in 1963, in Niamey, Niger, to a Sonrai family from Gao, Mali, he passed his youth in a multi-ethnic neighborhood surrounded by Peul, Bambara, Sonrai, and other peoples, and as he put it, “They all played music.” Local radio filled his ears with the sinuous, bluesy strains of desert folklore and the melodi...
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