Shubhangi Sakhalkar-Vocal Samit Banik - Tabla Rohan Prabhudesai - Harmonium Samita Sinha - Tanpura and Vocal Support August 27th 2014. Another amazing night at the Art Cafe. Shunbhangi Sakhalkar began the evening with this ethereal performance of Rag Bihag Shubhangi Sakhalkar brings a brilliant pedigree to her music. After her early tutelage with Smt. Kunda Vaishampayan, she spent several years learning from the renowned artistes Dr. Prabha Atre and Smt. Padma Talwalkar. In addition, Shubhangi h...
Sep 28, 2014•55 min
After a smoking live set last night from Foday Musa Suso, the great guitarist Raja Kassis came into WKCR with his smokin' new album Human Being. Raja is known for his work with Blitz the Ambassador, Damian Marley, Angelique Kidjo, Seun Kuti, Antibalas and many others. We conclude the broadcast with a track from Edwin Quirk's new Fractal Caravan album.
Sep 16, 2014•1 hr 2 min
Samarth Nagarkar, Arun Ramamurthy and Sameer Gupta - Live! Brooklyn Raga Massive at Art Cafe 9/2014 Last Wednesday was another legendary evening at Art Cafe. First, virtuosos Andrew Mendelson and Ehren Hanson on sitar and tabla tore it up. Then sitar maestro Pt. Krishna Bhatt and San Francisco based saxophonist George Brooks wowed the crowd with Michael Gam on bass, Sameer Gupta on drums and Jay Gandhi on bansuri. Jaws were dropping at the level of musical conversation these great players were e...
Sep 15, 2014•43 min
Live! Brooklyn Raga Massive Presents: T.H. Subash Chandran’s Rhythms of India, at Art Cafe Rhythms of India – led by T.H. Subash Chandran T.H. Subash Chandran – ghatam/konnakkol Akshay Anantapadmanbhan – mridangam Arun Ramamurthy – violin Abhik Mukherjee – sitar Max ZT – hammered dulcimer Sri T H Subash Chandran is legendary figure in the world of percussion. He is a master of multiple Carnatic percussion instruments including Mridangam (Barrel Shaped Drum), Ghatam (Claypot), Kanjira (South Indi...
Sep 05, 2014•56 min
Kane Mathis and Brandon Terzic performed live sets of incredible beauty of the NYC radio airwaves. First Kane Mathis played solo (on the 21-string Mandinka Harp) and then he was joined by Brandon on the Oud and later the Ngoni. Kane began taking trips to The Gambia, West Africa in 1997 and has continued rigorous study of the Mandinka Kora. Over the past ten years his performances have earned him recognition by the Gambian president, The Gambian minister of culture, and both national television a...
Aug 29, 2014•52 min
Fela used music as a weapon against injustice. He was beaten, arrested over 200 times, married 27 women and was buried in a glass coffin with a spliff in his hand. We're still trying to get a handle on who he was and what he means. In this podcast we'll be talking with his son Femi Kuti, Alex Gibney, Academy Award winning director of the new documentary "Finding Fela," his friend and manager Rikki Stein and producer Stephen Handel.
Aug 08, 2014•1 hr 22 min
The Hills and The Rivers and Cousin Boneless bands perform Street Folk Music. The Hills and The Rivers This band formed when Isaac Hill and his sister Heidi began recording an album of Isaac's new songs. Gathering their street musician friends together they formed a band that became bigger than the initial project. Cousin Boneless Solo acoustic acts Average Joey and Crisp Lake went on tour together, and eventually joined forces. Cousin Boneless plays Spooky Folk Punk with a revolving door of oth...
Jul 16, 2014•7 min
Fresh from the inspiration of Ragas Live Festival, we tried our hand at a novel combination of styles an instruments. Mauritania's greatest singer, Noura Mint Seymali and her husband/guitarist, Jeiche Ould Chighaly performed live in studio with two Brooklyn-based Hindustani musicians Jay Gandhi (bansuri flute) and Ehren Hanson (Tabla). They met at the ASAMAAN Festival of Music & Astronomy in the Gorée Island – Dakar, Sénégal on April 2013 but had never performed together until this day. We a...
Jul 08, 2014•59 min
Samarth Nagarkar (vocal) Amod Dandawate (tabla) and Arun Ramamurthy (violin) performed raga Kausi Kanada (Nayaki ang) from 11pm-midnight to conclude the 24 hour, Ragas Live Festival 2014. Samarth Nagarkar is acknowledged to be one of today’s foremost and prolific artists representing Hindustani classical music traditions. He is known for his eclectic, captivating performances reflecting extensive training and an artistic vision encompassing tradition and modernity in a rare balance. After years ...
Jun 25, 2014•59 min
Rajas : Rajna Swaminathan (mridangam), Amir ElSaffar (trumpet), Miles Okazaki (guitar) and Arun Ramamurthy (violin) performed from 10-11 pm for the 24 hour, Ragas Live Festival 2014.
Jun 25, 2014•58 min
Aashish Khan (sarod) Dan Weiss (tabla) and Anupam Shobhakar (Sarod) performed from 9-10 pm for the 24 hour, Ragas Live Festival 2014. Aashish Khan is considered among the top handful of India’s greatest living Sarod players. His pedigree of training and lineage is unquestionable, having descended from the illustrious family of great musicians. Aashish Khan was initiated into North Indian classical music at the age of 5 by his grandfather, the legendary Acharya Baba Allauddin Khan, exponent of th...
Jun 25, 2014•59 min
Krishna Bhatt (Sitar) and Nitin Mitta (tabla) performed from 8-9 pm for the 24 hour, Ragas Live Festival 2014. Krishna Bhatt’s performances of Hindustani ragas have won the admiration of audiences in India, Asia, Europe and North America. His innovative style of music combines a rich blend of Gayaki (vocal) and Tantrakari (instrumental) techniques and musical compositions. His music is noted for its virtuosity, originality and depth of feeling that is conveyed to the listeners. Krishna Bhatt was...
Jun 25, 2014•53 min
Africa Meets India: Kevin Nathaniel (Mbira) Eric Fraser (Bansuri) Naren Budhkar (tabla) Salieu Suso (kora) Giancarlo Luiggi (Hosho) and Indrajit Roy-Chowdhury (Sitar) performed from 7-8 pm for the 24 hour, Ragas Live Festival 2014.
Jun 25, 2014•50 min
Roopa Mahadevan (vocal) Arun Ramamurthy (violin) Rajna Swaminathan (mridangam) perform from 6-7 pm for the 24 hour, Ragas Live Festival 2014.
Jun 25, 2014•1 hr 4 min
Anirban Dasgupta (Sarod) Nitin Mitta (Tabla) perform from 4-5 pm for the 24 hour, Ragas Live Festival 2014.
Jun 25, 2014•1 hr 1 min
Daisy Paradis (sitar) and Samit Banik (tabla) perform from 4-5 pm for the 24 hour, Ragas Live Festival 2014.
Jun 25, 2014•39 min
Shobana Raghavan (vocal) Rangashree Varadarajan (violin) Aparaajit Sriram (mridangam) perform from 3-4pm for the 24 hour Ragas Live Festival 2014.
Jun 25, 2014•1 hr
Sanjoy Banerjee (vocal), Dibyarka Chatterjee (tabla) Andrew Shantz (harmonium) and Harry Einhorn (vocal accompaniment) perform ragas Bhimplasi and Patdeep from 2-3pm for the 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival 2014.
Jun 25, 2014•57 min
Swagata Chakraborty Vocal; Shivalik Ghoshal, Tabla; and Andrew Shantz, harmonium perform from 1-2pm for the Ragas Live Festival 2014.
Jun 25, 2014•52 min
Navatman Music Collective with Roopa Mahadevan: Janani Kannan, Preetha Raghu, Divya Jayashankar, Kalpana Gopalakrishnan, and Kamini Dandapani (all vocals) Aparajit Sriram (mridangam) and Rangashree Varadarajan (violin) perform from 12-1pm for the Ragas Live Festival 2014.
Jun 25, 2014•8 min
Jay Gandhi on Bansuri flute and Suryaksha Deshpande on Tabla perform from 11am-12pm for the Ragas Live Festival 2014.
Jun 25, 2014•55 min
Camila Celin on Sarod and Ehren Hanson on Tabla perform from 10-11 am for the Ragas Live Festival 2014.
Jun 25, 2014•55 min
Alif Laila (sitar) and Ehren Hanson (tabla) pefrom from 9-10 am for the Ragas Live Festival 2014.
Jun 25, 2014•53 min
Neel Murgai performs with Roshni Thomson on Tabla from 8-9am for the Ragas Live Festival 2014.
Jun 25, 2014•58 min
The incredible Suryaksha Deshpande performs a Tabla solo with Andrew Shantz on Harmonium from 7-8am on the Ragas Live Festival 2014.
Jun 25, 2014•57 min
Eric Fraser performs on bansuri with Meghashyam Keshav (tabla) from 6-7am on the Ragas Live Festival 2014.
Jun 25, 2014•56 min
Meghashyam Keshav peforms a tabla solo with Harmonium accompaniment from Andrew Shantz from 5-6am on the Ragas Live Festival 2014.
Jun 25, 2014•51 min
Jim Palmer on Sarod and Shivalik Ghoshal tabla perform from 4-5am on the Ragas Live Festival.
Jun 25, 2014•35 min
Max ZT on hammered dulcimer and Karsh Kale on tabla perfom at 2-3am on Ragas Live Festival 2014
Jun 21, 2014•1 hr 1 min
Ragas Live Festival 2014 # 2 Anupam Shobhakar - Sarod and Dan Weiss - Tabla perform Raga Hemant. Anupam Shobhakar, is an Indian musician, composer, instrumentalist, record producer, and classically trained sarodist currently living in Brooklyn, New York. He has released three World Fusion albums, and one classical Indian music album. He has performed live around the world at various venues and for charitable causes. Shobhakar's track "Water" made it to the first round of the Grammy Awards. Shobh...
Jun 20, 2014•54 min
