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Saami Brothers - Rauf Saami Sep 27, 2025

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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.

Qasim Ragas Live Festival 2022 Sep 16, 2025

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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

Ragas Live Festival 2025

October 18-19 at Pioneer Works

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Vinay Desai Ragas Live Festival 2022 Sep 09, 2025

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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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Vicky Chow, David Cossin, Mark Stewart Ragas Live Festival 2023 Sep 02, 2025

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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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Namami Karmakar Ragas Live Festival 2024 Aug 27, 2025

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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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Supruli Ragas Live Festival 2023 Aug 13, 2025

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2:50 PM Set of the 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival at Pioneer Works 10.15.23
Supruli is a NYC-based choir devoted to the traditional folk and liturgical polyphonic singing tradition from Georgia Led by Carl Linich, the choir features Leo Decristoforo, Marina Decristoforo, Ezra Halleck, Sarah Kessler Wolven, Jay Laubscher, Sunny Lawrence, Sarah Leitao, Luka Linich, Sarah Mullins and Addie Grace Mahdavi

Manik Khan & Sudhakar Vaidyanathan - Ragas Live Festival 2022 Aug 04, 2025

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Manik Khan (sarod) + Sudhakar Vaidyanathan (tabla) pay tribute to Manik’s father, Ali Akbar Khan.
2:30 AM Set of the 24 Hour Ragas Live Festival at Pioneer Works 2022
Originally broadcast on WKCR-FM
The next festival is happening 10/18-19 at Pioneer Works, tix and info at www.ragaslive.com

U. Rajesh, Harshad Kanetkar & Swaminathan Selvaganesh Ragas Live Festival 2024 Jul 13, 2025

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2:00 AM set of the 24 hour Ragas Live Festival at Pioneer Works 10.20.24 U. Rajesh (mandolin), Harshad Kanetka (tabla) and Swaminathan Selvaganesh (kanjira) at the Ragas Live Festival
More details and tix for this October at Ragas Live Festival

The Allman Brothers' Jaimoe at WKCR May 02, 2025

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It was an incredible thill to hang with Jaimoe, the legendary drummer of the Allman Brothers at WKCR 2014. To hear Jaimoe's song selections from the program, check out this playlist on spotify. Jaimoe shared stories and dug through our record library. When asked if he had a good time, he said "That's a f#$ng understatement!"
Also joining us was Alan Paul the band's official biographer and s Coltelli a jazz critic and force for good in music. This was during the Allman Brothers last run of shows at the Beacon and John and I went together the next day to watch from the stage.
His new project is The Brothers led by Jaimoe, Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes who just played 2 blistering shows at Madison Square Garden.

Joe Boyd and the Roots of Rhythm Mar 15, 2025

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Joe Boyd is a legendary producer who helped bring artists like Pink Floyd, Nick Drake and Toumani Diabate to the world alongside producing classic albums by Toots and the Maytals, REM, Taj Mahal and countless others.
His new book is "And the Roots of Rhythm Remain" and it is an astounding and inspiring history of music from around the globe. I can't recommend it enough. Joe Boyd will be at the The Local in Saugurties March 18, and April 9th at The Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn .

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