NYC Radio Live
In the electrifying atmosphere of a live radio broadcast in New York City, musicians from all corners of the globe come to perform and discuss their music. The guests range from well-known (Steely Dan, McCoy Tyner) to up and coming artists. Hosted by David Ellenbogen.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 306
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Vinay Desai Ragas Live Festival 2022
12 PM set of the 24 hour Ragas Live Festival at Pioneer Works 10.23.22
Vinay Desai (santoor)
Vivek Pandya (tabla)
Originally broadcast on WKCR-FM
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Vicky Chow, David Cossin, Mark Stewart Ragas Live Festival 2023
9 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 C…
Namami Karmakar Ragas Live Festival 2024
7:15 AM set of the 24 hour Ragas Live Festival at Pioneer Works 10.20.24
Namami Karmakar (singer)
Dibyarka Chatterjee (tabla)
Anirban Chakrabarty (harmonium)
Originally broadcast on WKCR-FM
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Supruli Ragas Live Festival 2023
2:50 PM Set of the 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival at Pioneer Works 10.15.23
Supruli is a NYC-based choir devoted to the traditional folk and liturgical polyphonic singing tradition from Georgia Led by C…
Manik Khan & Sudhakar Vaidyanathan - Ragas Live Festival 2022
Manik Khan (sarod) + Sudhakar Vaidyanathan (tabla) pay tribute to Manik’s father, Ali Akbar Khan.
2:30 AM Set of the 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival at Pioneer Works 2022
Originally broadcast on WKCR-F…
U. Rajesh, Harshad Kanetkar & Swaminathan Selvaganesh Ragas Live Festival 2024
2:00 AM set of the 24 hour Ragas Live Festival at Pioneer Works 10.20.24 U. Rajesh (mandolin), Harshad Kanetka (tabla) and Swaminathan Selvaganesh (kanjira) at the Ragas Live Festival
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The Allman Brothers' Jaimoe at WKCR
It was an incredible thill to hang with Jaimoe, the legendary drummer of the Allman Brothers at WKCR 2014. To hear Jaimoe's song selections from the program, check out this playlist on spotify. J…
Joe Boyd and the Roots of Rhythm
Joe Boyd is a legendary producer who helped bring artists like Pink Floyd, Nick Drake and Toumani Diabate to the world alongside producing classic albums by Toots and the Maytals, REM, Taj Mahal and …
Jay Gandhi & Ishaan Ghosh at Ragas Live Fesival 2024
Jay Gandhi (bansuri) and Ishaan Ghosh (tabla) perform Rag Malkauns at the Ragas Live Festival 2024. 12:30 AM set of the 24 hour event.
A multifaceted artist, Jay Gandhi’s music is at once refle…
Saraswathi Ranganathan & Swaminathan Selvaganesh - Ragas Live Festival 2024
Two of our favorite artists, Saraswathi Ranganathan (veena) & Swaminathan Selvaganesh (kanjira) returned to Ragas Live Festival 2024 for a late night/early morning set of Carnatic music.
It was 5:30 …
Lubomir Smilenov & Matt Moran - Ragas Live Festival 2024
We hang a maestro of Bulgarian music, Lubomir Smilenov, and hear his incredible performance from Ragas Live Festival 2020 with Matt Moran.
Both performers will be featured at this weekend's Zlatne U…
Zlatne Uste's Jerry Kisslinger
New York's greatest music bash, the Zlatne Uste Golden Festival is returning to Astoria Queens, January 17-18, 2025. Over 50 ensembles particiapte on several stages and dancefloors, brass bands, pol…
Toumani Diabate - Ragas Live Festival 2020
The most mind-blowing message I ever received was from the multi Grammy winning, ground-breaking kora master, Toumani Diabate, in 2020. Recorded hours earlier in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa it was a…
Zakir Hussain Talks Life and Music
This was the second interview we conducted with Zakir Hussain, who passed away on December 15, 2024.
More than any other musician who came before him, he brought the tabla to an international stage…
Live: Ganesh Rajagopalan and Anantha R. Krishnan - Ragas Live Festival 2024
An unbelievable live performance featuring 2024 Grammy Award winner Ganesh Rajagopalan (violin) and Anantha R. Krishnan (mridangam) as broadcast on WKCR from the Ragas Live Festival at Pioneer Works …
In Conversation: Ganesh Rajagopolan
After an incredible set with Anantha R. Krishnan (mridangam)at Ragas Live Festival, we caught up with THE violin maestro, 2024 Grammy Award winner Ganesh Rajagopalan, for a quick on-air conversation …
Slowspin - Ragas Live Festival 2024
A memorable performance from Slowspin at the Ragas Live Festival 2024 featruing Zeerak Ahmed (vocals+electronics), Grey Mcmurray (guitar), Marlon Patton (drums) Shahzad Ismaily (bass) This was th…
Bashir Khan and Ferroz Khan - Ragas Live Festival 2024
Ud. Bashir Khan (bulbul tarang) and Ud. Feroz Khan (tabla) perform Rag Desh on 10/19/2024 at the Ragas Live Festival 2024 at Pioneer Works. This was a very rare presentation of Raga on the Bulbul T…
Seema Gulati and Anirban Roy Chowdhury - Ragas Live Festival 2024
7PM set of the 24 hour Ragas Live Festival at Pioneer Works 10.19.24
Ragas Live Festival 2024 opened with this beautiful set: Seema Gulati (sitar) and Anirban Roy Chowdhury (Tabla).
Houmayoun Sakhi and Salar Nader - Ragas Live Festival 2024
The grand finale of 24 hours of music at Pioneer Works! The Afghan superstars Houmayoun Sakhi (Rubab) and Salar Nader (Tabla) perform an explosive set of music.