NYC Radio Live
Live performances and in-depth conversations with extraordinary musicians, artists, writers, and thinkers from more than 40 countries. Hosted by David Ellenbogen and broadcast on WKCR 89.9 FM in New York City. Creator of the 24-hour Ragas Live Festival, which debuted as a broadcast on WKCR in 2012 and is now presented annually at Pioneer Works.
Episodes
Jun 26, 2015
Jun 26, 2015
34 min
The Chaandayan Organization brought quite a few selections for this 4-5pm slot during Ragas Live 2015. They began with their beginner Chhandayan Tabla Ensemble (Avinash Bose, Aditya Shinn, Rafi Hakim, Ronak Seth, Noelina Arciniegas, Kedar Gangopadhyay and Benjamin Stewart); Then there was a tabla solo from Aditya Phatak; then the Chhandayan Vocal Ensemble (Roshni Basu, Shampa Chanda, Adwaitaa Goswami, Dibyakalyan Basu, Andrew Shantz, Harry Einhorn and Anand Prashad-tabla)
Jun 24, 2015
Jun 24, 2015
33 min
Jay Gandhi (bansuri) & Arun Ramamurthy (violin) with Abhi Seetharaman (mridangam) and Shivalik Ghoshal (tabla).
Jun 24, 2015
Jun 24, 2015
39 min
Om Gam: Michael Gam (bass), Kane Mathis (kora), Arun Ramamurthy (violin), Shivalik Goshal (tabla) performed from 2-3pm during the Ragas Live Festival 2015.
Jun 24, 2015
Jun 24, 2015
21 min
Sameer Gupta's Namaskar, with Sameer Gupta: drumset, tabla - Arun Ramamurthy: violin - Rashaan Carter: violin - Neel Murgai, sitar and Jay Gandhi bansuri performed from 1pm-2pm for the Ragas Live Festival 2015.
Jun 24, 2015
Jun 24, 2015
41 min
The Navatman Music Collective: Preetha Raghu, Kamini Dandapani, Shiv Subramaniam, Shraddha Balasubramaniam, Vignesh Ravichandran and Janani Kannan performed from 1-2pm for Ragas Live 2015.
Jun 24, 2015
Jun 20, 2015
Jun 20, 2015
36 min
Samarth Nagarkar (vocal); Abhik Mukherjee (sitar) played a rare and new development in the music with a sitar vocal jugulbandi, they gave a chance to the young man Vivek Pandya (tabla) who recently turned 11, to accompany them.
Jun 20, 2015
Jun 20, 2015
37 min
Karavika: Amali Premawardhana (cello), Trina Basu (violin), Perry Wortman (bass) and Sameer Gupta (tabla) performed their Chamber Raga from 10am-11am on the Ragas Live Festival 2015.
Jun 20, 2015
Jun 20, 2015
44 min
Suhas Joshi (vocal) Gopal Kalluri (tabla) Neeraj Joshi (harmonium) and performed from 7-8am at the Ragas Live Festival 2015
Jun 20, 2015
Jun 20, 2015
30 min
Payton MacDonald performs a Druhpad Trance with electronics in Raag Bhairav and Aaakash Mittal plays a saxophone solo in the same Raag.
Jun 20, 2015
Jun 20, 2015
42 min
Achyut Joshi (vocal) Dan Weiss(tabla) performed from 9am-10am on the Ragas Live Festival 2015
Jun 20, 2015
Jun 20, 2015
46 min
Arjun Verma (Sitar) and Anirban Roy Chowdhury performed ragas Chandranandan and Sohini from 4am-5am during the Ragas Live Festival 2015
Jun 20, 2015
Jun 20, 2015
48 min
Anirban Dasgupta (Sarod) and Indrajit Roy Chowdhury (Sitar) played an exciting Jugulbandi (improvised duet) with Mike Lukshis (tabla)
Jun 20, 2015
Jun 20, 2015
37 min
Neel Murgai (Sitar) and Roshni Samlal (tabla) performed a great set from 4am-5am for the Ragas Live Festival 2015
About NYC Radio Live
Perhaps one of the only radio broadcasts to blossom into a major live event (Ragas Live Festival), 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. Popular episodes have included members of John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Sun Ra’s bands (McCoy Tyner, Jack DeJohnette, Reggie Workman, Knoel Scott); rock stars from the Allman Brothers, Steely Dan, and The Meters (Jaimoe, Walter Becker, George Porter Jr). legends of African Music (Toumani Diabate, Hugh Masekela, Ladysmith Black Mombazo); maestros of India (Zakir Hussain, Hariprasad Chaurasia); groundbreaking composers (Terry Riley) and even award winning directors (Alex Gibney). The Ragas Live Festival was born out of these increasingly ambitious radio shows, and began in the WKCR studio in 2012 when 50 musicians volunteered to play continuous sets for 24 hours, co-creating our historic first broadcast. In 2020, the event featured over 90 artists in 15 cities and 7 countries. The festival continues today as an epic 24 hour live event at Pioneer Works, in Red Hook, Brooklyn, which is simultaneously broadcast on WKCR and podcast on NYC Radio Live. To listen to your favorite Ragas Live Festival performances and to discover much more, subscribe below.