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
Oct 23, 2025
Oct 23, 2025
52 min
Eighth set of the epic 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival. Broadcast live from Pioneer Works from October 18-19th 2025.
Asif Khan & Karamat Khan (vocal, 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.
Oct 23, 2025
Oct 23, 2025
41 min
Seventh set of the epic 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival. Broadcast live from Pioneer Works from October 18-19th 2025.
Sannan Mahboob (Afghan rubab)
Karamat Khan (tabla)
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Oct 23, 2025
Oct 23, 2025
59 min
Sixth set of the epic 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival.
Broadcast live from Pioneer Works from October 18-19th 2025.
Arun Ramamurthy Trio
Arun Ramamurthy, violin
Sameer Gupta, drums
Damon Banks, bass
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Oct 23, 2025
Oct 23, 2025
54 min
Fifth set of the epic 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival. Broadcast live from Pioneer Works from October 18-19th 2025.
Light Over Shadow (Zakir Hussain Tribute):
Sikiru Adepoju
Sanga of the Valley
V. Selvaganesh
Ishaan Ghosh
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Oct 23, 2025
Oct 23, 2025
1hr 3 min
Fourth set of the epic 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival. Broadcast live from Pioneer Works from October 18-19th 2025.
Saami Brothers (Qawwali)
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Oct 23, 2025
Oct 23, 2025
43 min
Third set of the epic 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival. Broadcast live from Pioneer Works from October 18-19th 2025.
Eucademix (Yuka Honda) (electronics)
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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.
Oct 23, 2025
Oct 23, 2025
56 min
Second set of the epic 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival.
Broadcast live from Pioneer Works from October 18-19th 2025.
Charumathi Raghuraman (violin)
Anantha R. Krishnan (mridangam)
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.
Oct 23, 2025
Oct 23, 2025
1hr 5 min
First set of the epic 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival. Broadcast live from Pioneer Works from October 18-19th 2025.
ARAJ:
Ishaan Ghosh (tabla)
S. Akash (bansuri)
Mehtab Ali (sitar)
Pratik Singh (vocals)
Vanraj Shastri (sarangi)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.
Oct 10, 2025
Oct 10, 2025
51 min
I had the thrill of speaking of with the legendary artist, Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan who will be performing the penultimate set of the Ragas Live Festival next week.
One of the world’s leading sitarists, Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan belongs to an illustrious musical family and has achieved success in not only preserving the tradition, but in pushing its boundaries to greater heights. He is one of the leading exponents of the Etawah gharana (tradition), which was popularized by the great Ustad Vilayat Khan, and belongs to the seventh generation of this musical lineage. He was initiated into the rich music of the gharana by his father Ustad Aziz Khan, who was the son of the legendary sitar and surbahar virtuoso Ustad Waheed Khansahab. Shahid Parvez was recognized as a child prodigy and started performing in public by the time he was eight years old. He is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the Government of India's Padma Shri and the Sangeet Natak Academy Award.
This episode will broadcast in a longer version at WKCR 89.9 FM 7PM-9PM on Sunday October 12
Sep 27, 2025
Sep 27, 2025
1hr 2 min
This is a great conversation with Rauf Saami of the Saami Brothers brilliantly translated by his Ashar Mumtaz. The Saami Brothers will be preforming for the world music institute on Saturday, October 4, 2025 https://www.worldmusicinstitute.org/saamibrotherskhayal/The Saami family is the living custodian of the Delhi Qawwal Bacha Gharana – a musical school of thought — founded in the 14th century by the legendary Sufi poet, musician, and scholar Amir Khusrau by combining Persian, Turkish, Arabic and South Asian elements. The Saami family is the last family to preserve this tradition in its purest form and are true masters of Khayal—a word that roughly translates to “imagination.” As exemplary vocalists, they are capable of producing a rarely heard 49-note microtonal scale relayed in a manner that uses few words sung in unending variations.
Sep 16, 2025
Sep 16, 2025
39 min
2 AM set of the 24 hour Ragas Live Festival at Pioneer Works 10.23.22
Qasim Naqvi (Analog Synths - New York)
Originally broadcast on WKCR-FM
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October 18-19 at Pioneer Works
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Sep 9, 2025
Sep 9, 2025
56 min
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
Ragas Live Festival 2025
October 18-19 at Pioneer Works
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Sep 2, 2025
Sep 2, 2025
49 min
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 Cossin (percussion)
Mark Stewart (guiter)
Originally broadcast on WKCR-FM
Ragas Live Festival 2025
October 18-19 at Pioneer Works
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Aug 27, 2025
Aug 27, 2025
57 min
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
Ragas Live Festival 2025
October 18-19 at Pioneer Works
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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.