NYC Radio Live

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

November 11, 2025 80 mins

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...

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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...

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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 

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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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October 24, 2025 77 mins

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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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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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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October 23, 2025 49 mins

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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October 23, 2025 59 mins

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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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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October 23, 2025 41 mins

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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October 23, 2025 59 mins

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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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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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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October 23, 2025 43 mins

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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