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.
This is the penultimate set from the Ragas Live Festival 2024 that took place during 24 hours of continuous music at Pioneer Works October 19-20th in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
Debashish Bhattacharya Trio…
Catching up with "the world's greatest slide guitarist" Debashish Bhattacharya and the amazing singer Anandi Bhattacharya before they take off for Ragas Live Festival 2024.
As excitement builds for their performance this Fall at the Ragas Live Festival, we have a chat with Afghan superstars Homayoun Sakhi & Salar Nader.
As the standard-bearers of Afghan traditional mus…
We get to hang with Michael Gordon, the prolific composer, co-founder/co-artistic director of Bang on a Can!
Michael Gordon’s music merges subtle rhythmic invention with incredible power embodying, …
We 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…
Ragas Live Festival 2023 opened with this stunning sitar set from Gaurav Mazumdar—legendary disciple of Pt. Ravi Shankar—accompanied by Umesh Banerjee on the tabla.
8PM Set of the 24 Hour Ragas Live…
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 saxophonist's…
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…
This was a meeting of musical royalty from Mauritania, vocalist Noura Mint Seymali, with her husband Jeiche Ould Chighaly on fretless electric guitar collaborating for the first time with Brooklyn R…
Derek 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 …
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 of P…
The 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…
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. Ka…
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 Raman on…
We connect with Musekiwa Chingdoza from Zimbabwe for the Ragas Live Festival
Bansuri maestro Eric Fraser with Mir Naqibol Islam on tabla at the 2021 Ragas Live Festival.
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 - vocal Zahra Al…
An 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 trad…
The opening set of the Ragas Live Festival 2021. Subscribe for weekly updates with the following 24 sets...
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 Diabate - kora
Ahmed Diabate - k…