Monsoon Radio

New music from Grammy-winner Arooj Aftab music on tonight's show, along with other moody night-time Indo-Jazz fusions, 7:00-9:00pm EDT on WRFI Community Radio 89.7 FM, streaming & archived at www.wrfi.org

Ithaca's indie rock/gamelan fusion band Twin Court will be guests on tonight's show, talking about their musical journey and previewing tracks from their forthcoming debut album, 7:00-9:00pm EDT on WRFI Community Radio 89.7 FM, streaming & archived at www.wrfi.org

Tonight we have an extra episode of "Monsoon Radio", featuring recent thrift scores from Ram Narain, Ravi Shankar, and more, 7:00-9:00pm EDT 89.7 FM WRFI Community Radio, streaming & archived at www.wrfi.org

A free concert tonight featuring Gondrong Gunarto, from Indonesia, with the and gamelan-indie-rock sensation Twin Court (who will be guests on the next Monsoon Radio show), 8:00pm in B20 Lincoln Hall on the Cornell campus. Details at: https://blogs.cornell.edu/gamelan/20240510-gondrong-gunarto/

Tonight's show features an interview with Kiran Ahluwalia about her amazing new album "Comfort Food", plus new music from Arooj Aftab, Arivu & the Ambassa, and other A+ music, 7:00-9:00 pm on WRFI Community Radio 89.7 FM, streaming & archived at www.wrfi.org

SPICMACAY - Cornell Chapter presents a free Indian classical music concert Friday April 12 at 7:00pm at Call Auditorium on the Cornell campus! Bharat Sundar performs Carnatic classical vocal music with Sayee Rash*th, Sumesh Narayn & Chandrasekara Sharma. Details at https://cglink.me/2ee/r2265054

We're back on the air tonight 7:00-9:00pm EDT with new music from Anoushka Shankar, Glass Beams, Heems, Kiran Ahluwalia, and more, only on WRFI Community Radio 89.7 FM and streaming/archived at www.wrfi.org

Tomorrow night, tabla master Zakir Hussain returns to Cornell, playing with Deopriya Chatterjee (bansuri) & Sabir Khan (sarangi) as part of the Cornell ConcertSeries, Friday March 22 at 7:30 pm in Bailey Hall. Tickets at https://vivenu.com/event/tisra-45mnli

Hear a special interview with tabla maestro Zakir Hussain on Friday March 15 at 2:00pm & Monday March 18 at 6:00pm only on WRFI Community Radio 88.1 FM and wrfi.org. Monsoon Radio host Daniel Bass asks him about his upcoming concert at Cornell Concert Series with Deopriya Chatterjee (bansuri) & Sabir Khan (sarangi) on March 22, his winning three Grammys last month, his first show in Ithaca in 1989, and more! Tickets at https://vivenu.com/event/tisra-45mnli

Tonight's show features an interview with Official: Sandeep Das, playing Saturday night with Kayhan Kalhor & Wu Man at Cornell, fusions from Zakir Hussain, who won 3 Grammy awards last week & is coming to town in March, plus some love songs to celebrate the day, 7:00-9:00pm EST, on WRFI Community Radio 88.1 FM and www.wrfi.org

Tonight's show is all about the ragas, from North and South India, traditional and fusion, including previews of upcoming concerts in Ithaca, 7:00-9:00pm EST on WRFI Community Radio 88.1 FM, streaming & archived at www.wrfi.org

Three weeks from today, three masters and old friends join together in a new collaboration: Wu Man, Kayhan Kalhor & Sandeep Das are the DoosTrio, performing at Bailey Hall on Saturday February 17. Tickets at: https://vivenu.com/event/doostrio-1wo8ec

After a six week break, we're back on the air tonight, featuring favorite music of 2023: ambitious new releases, fun re-releases, and newly acquired fusions, plus some Tamil music to celebrate Pongal, 7:00-9:00 pm EST on WRFI Community Radio 88.1 FM and www.wrfi.org

Tonight's show features new fusion sounds from Anoushka Shankar, Alam Khan, Rajna Swaminathan, and Ithaca's own gamelan rock band, Twin Court! 7:00-9:00pm EST on WRFI Community Radio 89.7 FM and www.wrfi.org

An amazing mix of traditional and fusion Southeast Asian music in a free concert Tuesday December 5 at 8:00 pm: A double bill of the Cornell Gamelan Ensemble presenting a sampling of traditional Central Javanese gamelan music, followed by local indie rock/gamelan fusion favorites Twin Court, in B20 Lincoln Hall on the Cornell campus. Details at: https://blogs.cornell.edu/gamelan/

We're celebrating Diwali/Deepavali early on tonight's show, with film songs, bhajans, kirtans, and more to bring light into this dark world, 7:00-9:00pm EST on WRFI Community Radio at 89.7 FM in NY and www.wrfi.org everywhere else

Tonight's show features new music from Nitin Sawhney, Anidrudh Varma Collective, Madhuvanti Pal & Sarathy Korwar, plus new to me thrift scores from the Friends of the Tompkins County Public Library sale, pictured here, 7:00-9:00 pm EDT on WRFI Community Radio 89.7 FM, streaming & archived at www.wrfi.org

Tonight's show features Bollywood covers and remixes, from Bally Sagoo to the Bartender, Enoch Daniels to Van Shipley, plus originals from Lata, Asha and more, 7:00-9:00 pm EDT on WRFI Community Radio 89.7 FM, streaming & archived at www.wrfi.org

Pulling out plenty of old faves and new discoveries for a special membership drive edition of "Monsoon Radio" tonight 9:00-11:00 pm EDT (equally large stack of LPs and MP3s not pictured). Show your support for WRFI Community Radio at https://www.wrfi.org/donate/ and tune in at 89.7 & 88.1 FM, streaming and archived at www.wrfi.org

We're stannng the Stans tonight, featuring music from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and the rest of the Muslim world, 7:00-9:00 pm EDT on WRFI Community Radio, 88.1 & 89.7 FM, streaming & archived at www.wrfi.org

Tonight's show features funky songs to say goodbye to summer, featuring R. D. Burman, Pinky Ann Rihal, Cornershop, Ilaiyaraja, Missy Elliot, and Rick James. Did you know that Rick James plays sitar? Tune in to find out, 7:00-9:00pm EDT 89.7 FM WRFI Community Radio and www.wrfi.org

Tonight's show features new music from Shakti, the pioneering Indo-jazz fusion band featuring John McLaughlin, Zakir Hussain & Shankar Mahadevan, their earlier works and other collaborations, plus other pioneering sounds from Ravi Shankar to Arooj Aftab, 7:00-9:00pm EDT on WRFI Community Radio 89.7 FM and www.wrfi.org

Back on the air tonight after a long vacation, playing LPs purchased at the amazing Mabu Vinyl in Cape Town, South Africa: Carnatic collaborations, 70s Bollywood, dance soundtracks, accordion covers, jazz fusions, and more, 7:00-9:00 pm EDT on WRFI Community Radio 89.7 FM in Ithaca, streaming & archived at www.wrfi.org

Tonight's show features an amazing new Carnatic-electronic collaboration from Pallavi MD Bangalore & Andi Otto, and other mixes of classical & electronic sounds from South Asia, 7:00-9:00pm EDT on WRFI Community Radio 89.7 FM and streaming/archived at www.wrfi.org

Tonight's show features some great thrift scores from the Ithaca library book sale: percussion fusions, diasporic folk songs, glass bowl ragas, Bangla tunes, and much more, 7:00-9:00pm EDT on WRFI Community Radio, 88.1 & 89.7 FM, streaming & archived at www.wrfi.org

Want to hear the latest and greatest music from Southeast Asia? Tune in to Kampung Jams every Thursday 3-4pm EDT on WRFI Community Radio 88.1FM in Ithaca, 89.7 Odessa, 91.9 Watkins Glen, streaming and archived at www.wrfi.org

Join host Dr. Billy as he dances across the region and genre: from hip hop bangers to folk/traditional, from R&B to reggae, from saravans and singalongs, to pop punk and psychedelic rock, he’ll slide across the soundscapes across one of the world’s most diverse musical and cultural geographies.

Tonight's show features new (and new to me) musical fusions from India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan and so much more, 7:00-9:00pm EDT on WRFI Community Radio, 89.7 FM, streaming & archived at www.wrfi.org

Tonight's show will preview Friday's free concert by Carnatic violinists Ganesh Kumaresh and other Carnatic classical sounds, 7:00-9:00 pm EDT on WRFI Community Radio, 89.7 FM and www.wrfi.org. Details on the concert at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1347199316069652/

In ten days, brothers Ganesh and Kumaresh perform a free concert of Carnatic classical music, April 28 at 8:00 pm in KG70 Klarman Hall, on the Cornell campus, thanks to SPICMACAY - Cornell Chapter. Next week's radio show will feature their music. Details at https://www.facebook.com/events/1347199316069652

Tonight's show will be trip to Bengal, with syncretic sounds of Baul minstrels, the melodious songs of Nobel-prize winning Rabindrinath Tagore, live sitar fury from Ravi Shankar, and so much more, 7:00-9:00 pm EDT on WRFI Community Radio 89.7 FM, streaming & archived at www.wrfi.org.