NYC Radio Live
NYC Radio Live is the podcast/archive of the musician and producer, David Ellenbogen. As broadcast on WKCR 89.9 FM-NY, it has featured over 300 live performances, interviews with musicians from over 40 countries, and conversations with great artists, directors, writers, and thinkers.
Episodes
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 Vrindaban Gurukul, in Mumbai.
This episode was originally broadcast in 2018
This was an incredible opportunity to sit down with a living legend: 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 Jaz...
With roots playing with artists like Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Antibalas, The Roots, David Byrne, Amy Winehouse, and Quincy Jones, saxaphone player Cochema is no stranger to the groove. His hypnotic new album, Ancestros Futuros is the third in a trinity of recordings he composed and arranged and was picked as at to NYC Radio Live Top 10 Album of the Year. Cochema has some exciting shows coming up soon Here is o...
NYC Radio Live's 2025 Album of the Year was the self-titled Saha Gnawa, an inspiring project that combines tradtional Morrocan trance music (embodied by co-founder Maâlem Hassan Ben Jaafar) alongside amazing jazz/contemporary musicians such as Jason Lindner, Guilherme Monteiro, and Gilad Hekselman.
The result is incredible!
We have a great conversation Saha Ganawa's co-founder Daniel Freedman about the magic of groove, trance, and...
This episode was originally broadcast on December 16, 2014. Happy Winter 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 ...
Yuka 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 the...
Two weeks ago the world lost the jazz legend Jack DeJohnette, who changed music with his work with artists like Miles Davis, John and Alice Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Keith Jarrett and countless others. We spoke for over and hour and broadcast parts of this interview in 2010 for WKCR-FM, but it has remained unheard since then, and the complete conversation has never been shared. In our conversation, Jack reflects on his first t...
Kayhan Kalhor is one of the outstanding instrumentalists of our time. A virtuoso of the kamancheh, he has helped popularize traditional Persian music and collaborated with musicians from Yo Yo Ma and Toumani Diabate. We connect with the Grammy Award winning artist at his home in Tehran and chat music, history, and philosophy Kayhan will be performing a not-to-be-missed concert at Town Hall on November 30th
Final nineteenth set of the epic 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival.
Broadcast live from Pioneer Works from October 18-19th, 2025.
Shahid Parvez (sitar) Nitin Mitta (tabla)
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Ragas Live Festival is produced by Pioneer Works in collaboration with NYC Radio Live, The Society for Arts and Culture of South Asia (Palo Alto), People of Rhythm Productions, and Brooklyn Raga Massive.
enth set of the epic 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival. Broadcast live from Pioneer Works from October 18-19th, 2025.
L. Shankar (double violin, vocals)
Selvaganesh (kajira, mridangam)
Swaminathan Selvaganesh (kanjira)
Amit Kavthekar (tabla)
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Seventeenth set of the epic 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival.
Broadcast live from Pioneer Works from October 18-19th, 2025.
Anand Avirmed (Mongolian throat singing & horsehead fiddle) Mari Tanaka (sruti Box)
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enth set of the epic 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival. Broadcast live from Pioneer Works from October 18-19th, 2025.
Priya Purushothaman (vocal) Pratyush Goberdhan (sarangi) Tejas Tope (tabla)
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Fifteenth set of the epic 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival. Broadcast live from Pioneer Works from October 18-19th, 2025.
Mandolin U. Rajesh (mandolin)
Swaminathan Selvaganesh (kanjira)
Praveen Narayan (tabla)
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Fourteenth set of the epic 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival. Broadcast live from Pioneer Works from October 18-19th, 2025.
NESOM honors Allah Rakha and Zakir Hussain (tabla ensemble)
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Ragas Live Festival is produced by Pioneer Works in collaboration with NYC Radio Live, The Society for Arts and Culture of South Asia (Palo Alto), People of Rhythm Productions, and Brooklyn Raga Massive.
...Thirteenth set of the epic 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival. Broadcast live from Pioneer Works from October 18-19th, 2025.
Purbayan Chatterjee (sitar)
Amit Kavthekar (tabla)
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Twelfth set of the epic 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival. Broadcast live from Pioneer Works from October 18-19th, 2025.
Vinay Desai (santoor)
Vivek Pandaya (tabla)
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Ragas Live Festival is produced by Pioneer Works in collaboration with NYC Radio Live, The Society for Arts and Culture of South Asia (Palo Alto), People of Rhythm Productions, and Brooklyn Raga Massive.
Eleventh set of the epic 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival.
Broadcast live from Pioneer Works from October 18-19th, 2025.
Whispering Worlds w/ Aaron Shragge (John Hassell Tribute) Aaron Shragge -trumpet/shakuhachi/fx/composition Luke Schwartz, guitar Damon Banks, bass Deric Dickens, drums
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Tenth set of the epic 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival. Broadcast live from Pioneer Works from October 18-19th, 2025.
Radhika Samson (surbahar)
Tejas Tope (pakawaj)
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Ragas Live Festival is produced by Pioneer Works in collaboration with NYC Radio Live, The Society for Arts and Culture of South Asia (Palo Alto), People of Rhythm Productions, and Brooklyn Raga Massive.
Ninth of the epic 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival. Broadcast live from Pioneer Works from October 18-19th, 2025.
Vishnu Ramprasad (navtar)
Praveen Narayan (tabla)
Sriram Raman (mridangam)
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