Podcasts by NYC Radio Live

Roshni Samlal and Kane Mathis - Ragas Live Festival 2022 from 2023-08-04T21:24:46

In anticipation of the Ragas Live Festival 2023 coming October 14-15 to Pioneer Works, we will be broadcasting this amazing set from 2022 featuring Kane Mathis on Kora and Roshni Samlal on Tabla...

Saraswathi Ranganathan and Sriram Raman Ragas Live Festival 2022 Podcast 350 from 2023-08-04T21:05:32

In anticipation of the Ragas Live Festival 2023 coming October 14-15 to Pioneer Works, we will be broadcasting this amazing set from 2022 featuring Saraswathi Ranganathan on veena and Sriram Ram...

Fareed Ayaz and Abu Muhammad Ragas Live Festival 2021 from 2022-01-20T19:34:05

We chat with Qawwal legend Abu Muhammad and hear a live performance from Fareed Ayaz, Abu Muhammad Qawwal & Brothers!

Fareed Ayaz, Abu Muhammad Qawwal & Brothers are among the world’s ver...

Musekiwa Chingdoza - Mbira Master Ragas Live Festival 2021 from 2021-12-23T14:34

We connect with Musekiwa Chingdoza from Zimbabwe for the Ragas Live Festival 

Iberi Choir Ragas Live Festival # 347 from 2021-12-17T14:33:47

The Iberi Choir join the Ragas Live Festival from the Republic of Georgia!

Eric Fraser Ragas Live Festival 2021 #341 from 2021-11-30T17:04

Bansuri maestro Eric Fraser with Mir Naqibol Islam on tabla at the 2021 Ragas Live Festival.

Hamid Al-Saadi with Safaafir Ragas Live Festival 2021Podcast 339 from 2021-11-23T17:01

Hamid Al-Saadi with Safaafir

Hamid Al-Saadi - vocal Amir ElSaffar - santur and vocal Dena El Saffar - joza, violin, and vocal Tim Moore - percussion George Ziadeh - oud Zahra Zubaidi - vo...

An interview with Paravathy Baul from 2021-11-22T13:28:36

An interview with Parvathy Baul, conducted by David Ellenbogen, produced with the support of SACSA. for the Ragas Live Festival

Parvathy Baul i...

Samarth Nagarkar at Ragas Live Festival 2021Podcast # 337 from 2021-11-19T01:45

The opening set of the Ragas Live Festival 2021.  Subscribe for weekly updates with the following 24 sets...

Toumani Diabate and Derek Gripper Ragas Live 2020 set 21 3PM #335 from 2021-11-10T10:22

This first live set is from Ragas Live 2020 Cape Town, South Africa

Derek Gripper - Guitar

Second live set is from Ragas Live 2020 Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Dr. Toumani Diabat...

Arun Ramamurthy and Jay Gandhi Ragas Live 2020 set 22 4PM #336 from 2021-03-29T10:26

This live set is from Ragas Live 2020 Rubin Museum of Art

Arun Ramamurthy - violin

Jay Gandhi - bansuri

Vivek Pandya - tabla

Kavichelvan Srinivasaragavan - mridangam

Toko Telo Ragas Live 2020 set 20 2PM #334 from 2021-03-15T10:18

This live set is from Ragas Live 2020

Mangily, Madagascar

Monika Njava: voice, percussion

Teta: guitar, voice

Jean Piso: accordion, voice

Prince Nepali Ragas Live 2020 set 19 1PM #333 from 2021-03-08T10:15

This live set is from Ragas Live 2020 Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal

Prince Nepali - sarangi

Vibha Saran Nepali - tabla

3G - Vikku Vinayakaram, V. Selva Ganesh, Swaminathan set 18 12PM #332 from 2021-03-01T10:12

This live set is from Ragas Live Festival 2020

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Vikku Vinayakaram  - ghatam

V. Selvaganesh  - drum kit

Swaminathan - Kanjira, konnokol

Mysore Nagaraj and Mysore Karthik Ragas Live 2020 set 17 11AM #331 from 2021-02-22T10:08

This live set is from Ragas Live 2020 Mysore, Karnataka, India.

Mysore Nagaraj - violin

Mysore Karthik - violin

Tumkur Ravishankar - mridangam

Abhik Mukhaerjee and Samarth Nagarkar Ragas Live 2020 set 16 10AM #330 from 2021-02-15T10:05

This live set is from Ragas Live Festival 2020 Pioneer Works Brooklyn, NY

Abhik Mukherjee - sitar

Samarth Nagarkar - vocals 

Dibyarka Chatterjee - tabla

Roopa Mahadevan Ragas Live 2020 set 14 8AM #329 from 2021-02-08T10:01

Live set from Ragas Live 2020 

Pioneer Works  Brooklyn, NYC, USA

Roopa Mahadevan - vocal

Arun Ramamurthy - violin

Kavichelvan Srinivasaragavan - mridangam

Womanly Voices Ragas Live 2020 set 13 7AM #328 from 2021-02-01T10:55

Live 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 Listen

Gaurav Mazumdar Ragas Live 2020 set 12 6AM #327 from 2021-01-25T10:35

This live set is from New Delhi , India

 Gaurav Mazumdar -Sitar

Flute Shashank Ragas Live 2020 set 11 5AM #326 from 2021-01-18T10:17

This live set is from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Flute Shashank- flute

Akkarai Subhalakshmi - violin 

Patri Satish Kumar - mridangam

Anantha Krishnan and Charumathi Raghram Ragas Live 2020 set 10 4PM #325 from 2021-01-11T10:06

This live set is form Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Charumathi Raghuram - violin

Anantha R. Krishnan -mridangam

Parvathy Baul Ragas Live 2020 set 9 3AM #324 from 2021-01-04T10:02

This live set is from Kamardanga, West Bengal, India

Parvathy Baul  - vocals, ekthara, duggi, nupur

Swapan Chaudhuri AACMTabla Ensemble Ragas Live 2020 set7 1AM #323 from 2020-12-28T10:57

This live set is from San Raphael, CA, USA

Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri - Teentaal Tabla Solo (excerpt)

Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri -  Tabla

Suhail Yusuf Khan - Sarangi

Alam Khan Ragas Live 2020 set 6 #322 from 2020-12-21T10:54

This live set is from San Rafael, CA, USA

Alam Khan  -sarod

Betsayda Machado Ragas Live 2020 Set 5 10PM #321 from 2020-12-14T10:50

This 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

Nerei...

Zakir Husain Ragas LIve 2020 set 4 10PM #320 from 2020-12-07T10:48

Live from San Fransisco SFJAZZ Center 

This set was produced with the support of SFJAZZ Center 

Zakir Hussain - tabla

Rakesh Chaurasia - bansuri

Filmed at th...

Andy Statman Ragas Live 2020 set 3 #319 from 2020-11-29T10:17

Live 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 - g...

Dhun Dhora Ragas Live 2020 Set 2 #318 from 2020-11-22T10:56

Live 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

Crossroads: Jay Gandhi&Yacouba Cissoko Ragas Live 2019 from 2020-10-23T17:19:40

Ragas 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 c...

Saraswathi Ranganathan: Ragas Live 2019 (Midnight Set) #316 from 2020-06-09T14:36:41

This 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.  

Saraswa...

Jaimoe of the Allman Brothers #315 from 2020-05-26T16:59:13

 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...

Recalling the Valley from 2020-05-18T11:00

Recored 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...

Sebitiyin: Innov Gnawa perform the Jewish songs of Gnawa – Podcast 230 from 2020-05-11T15:50:42

In 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...

Brooklyn Raga Massive Honors the Coltrane Legacy from 2020-04-15T01:46

The 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 proj...

Randy Weston from 2020-04-08T15:30

I 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 ...

McCoy Tyner Podcast 315 from 2020-03-06T16:02:04

We 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 ama...

William Parker #313 from 2020-02-19T16:44:44

William 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 Marc...

Zhou Family Band from 2020-02-13T13:24:52

We 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 Dy...

Theramin 100 and the Ambient Church Episode 311 from 2020-02-02T16:05:17

In this episode we chat with Dorit Chrysler director of of the  NY Theramin society, who have a major event coming up at the Ambient...

Jean-Michel Pilc at Home (rebroadcast #117) from 2020-01-30T23:16

A broadcast of the brilliant pianist made at his home in Brooklyn before he moved North.  

Knoel Scott of the Sun Ra Arkestra Podcast 255 from 2020-01-23T15:59

A 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 ...

Eric Thompson # 310 from 2019-12-11T01:44:28

Eric 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 earlies...

Michael Leonhardt #309 from 2019-12-08T14:25:51

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 compositi...

Alexandre Tannous On Trance # 308 from 2019-12-02T15:10:16

On 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, ...

Roopa In 6 Yards from 2019-12-02T13:42:33

The 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...

Unstruck Sound - Ragas Live Festival 2019 4AM from 2019-11-23T19:50:57

While 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. Uns...

George Porter Jr # 184 from 2019-11-14T15:49

We hang with the legendary bassist of the Meters at his home in New Orleans! 

Soles of Duende - Podcast 305 from 2019-10-10T01:18:03

A 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 ...

Toko Telo #304 from 2019-09-24T02:16:57

An 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.” Banni...

Lucibela Podcast 303 from 2019-09-17T01:51:39

A 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.   

Alexandre Tannous #302 from 2019-09-08T15:16:48

We have a chat with Alexandre Tannous, a leading sound researcher, sound therapist and ethnomusicologist. 

On 9/18/19 Alexandre will lead an Listen

Chico Freeman from 2019-07-25T14:25:38

For Chico Freeman, Jazz is the family business.  His father played with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Ella Fitzgerald and his grandf...

Martha Redbone with Brooklyn Raga Massive from 2019-07-17T00:49:47

As 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 ...

Shoko Nagai's TOKOLA Podcast 298 from 2019-07-03T13:37:27

We 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 wo...

Partha Bose at the Ragas Live Festival 2018 - Podcast 297 from 2019-06-21T18:35:20

Today 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 fr...

Paul Winter Part 2 #296 from 2019-06-09T17:18:59

5 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 tradit...

Dennis McNally - Podcast 295 from 2019-05-29T23:02:10

This 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 themselv...

Andy Statman # 294 from 2019-05-20T15:33:02

Celebrating 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 cont...

The Supplicants Podcast 293 from 2019-05-14T20:17:44

Celebrating the bandcamp retrospective release of The Supplicants, we hang with Sameer Gupta and take a listen to recordings of this influential B...

Reggie Workman #292 from 2019-05-08T15:57:46

This 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 s...

Ilusha Tsinadze - Podcast 291 from 2019-04-29T12:40:52

We 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 o...

Namita Devidayal Talks Vilayat Khan Podcast 290 from 2019-04-19T17:52:52

While out in Bombay, we visit the author Namita Devidayal, whose compelling new biography, Listen

Hariprasad_Chaurasia - Podcast 287 from 2019-03-14T18:22:37

This 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 Vrindaba...

El Foukr R’Assembly Live on NYC Radio – Podcast 197 from 2019-03-02T16:11

n 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 ...

Cosmas Magaya from 2019-02-21T16:05

This 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 instrumen...

Betsayda Machado& Parranda El Clavo from 2019-02-14T16:05:28

Hailing from Venezuela, Betsayda Machado & Parranda El Clavo made their New York debut at GlobalFest  last year. The group’s electrifying live set, complete ...

Zisl Slepovich # Podcast 286 from 2019-02-03T15:17:07

During 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...

Amythyst Kia - #284 from 2019-01-31T19:06:07

We 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 st...

Karou Wantanabe, Parul Shah and Sameer Gupta from 2019-01-21T13:20:54

Before their premier of an exciting new work Nature/War/Love we hang out w...

Orquesta Akokán Podcast 282 from 2019-01-12T19:14:31

NYC Radio Live listeners get to hang out with Jacob Plasse from Orquesta Akokán. The 12 piece cuban Gr...

Debashish Bhattacharya - 281 from 2018-12-26T16:18:55

Debashish 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, r...

Paul Winter on the Solstice from 2018-12-19T13:12:50

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, c...

Anirban Dasgupta at Ragas Live 2018 from 2018-12-17T20:52:33

Here'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 ...

Ozan Aksoy - Podcast 278 from 2018-12-10T21:10:34

We 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 O...

Zakir Hussain - Podcast 277 from 2018-10-29T17:43:40

A freewheeling interview with Zakir Hussain, widely hailed as one of the global percussionists of our time. This interview, conducted by WKCR's David Ellenbogen, is in anticipation of  Listen

Pt. Nayan Ghosh - Live Performance and Interview from 2018-06-30T19:42:26

Recorded 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 wa...

Noura Mint Seymali meets the Brooklyn Raga Massive Crew from 2018-06-07T14:17:13

Mauritania’s greatest singer, Noura Mint Seymali and her husband/guitarist, Jeiche Ould Chighaly performed live in studio with two members of the Brooklyn Raga Massive,  Jay Gandhi (bansuri flute) ...

Premik Russell Tubbs and Vin Scialla from 2018-06-06T17:16

Premik Russell Tubbs and Vin Scialla have played with the best of them and they came to WKCR to talk about their upcoming John McLaughlin Tribute.
 
 

Ezra Gale and Molly Tigre - Podcast 267 from 2018-05-30T16:09

We get to have a great hang with Ezra Gale of Molly Tigray!
Molly Tigre marries the rhythms and melodies of African music– especially the entrancing styles from Ethiopia and Mali- with a unique...

Kiran Ahluwalia's 7 Billion from 2018-05-10T19:38:44

We hang with the great Kiran Ahluwalia and she shares selections from her new album 7 Billion.  Originaly broadcast live on WKCR 89.9 FM-NY.