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Overlooked: More New Music: Jun 09, 2026
This live broadcast from Overlook Mountain will fe...
Overlooked: Newly Released Music: May 26, 2026
Fuzzed-out guitars, haunting vocals, pop hooks, dr...
Overlooked: More Newly Released Music: May 12, 2026
Overlooked: Big Ears 13: Apr 28, 2026
Each year at the end of March, Knoxville, Tennesse...
Overlooked: More Newly Released Music: Apr 14, 2026
Overlooked: Nicky Skopelitis: Mar 24, 2026
Little known to the world outside of Bill Laswell’...
Overlooked: Newly Released Music: Mar 10, 2026
In this live broadcast from Overlook Mountain, hos...
Overlooked: Rob Saffer and Amir ElSaffar: Mar 07, 2026
Tune in for an interview between Rob Saffer, host...
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"Overlooked" host Rob Saffer at the Institute for Jazz Studies, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, 1985-6:
Bard College Conservatory of Music, Bard College, 2026.: Jun 23, 2026
The Horizon Viral, Lightning Bolt, Thrill Jockey Records, 2026: Jun 09, 2026
Away, I Was, John Butcher, Relative Pitch Records, 2026.: May 26, 2026
Murmuration, Percussia, Neuma Records, 2026: May 12, 2026
Percussia, Murmuration, Neuma Records, 2026: May 12, 2026
The Gardens of Loss, Mike Johnson, Cuneiform Records, 2026: Apr 14, 2026
Ekstasis, Nicky Skopelitis, Axiom Records, 1993: Mar 24, 2026
Circle the Heart, Marty Ehrlich/Julius Hemphill, 2026 Relative Pitch Records: Mar 10, 2026
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20261110: Nov 10, 2026: 12pm - 2pm
“Overlooked” is a show focusing on overlooked and...
20261027: Oct 27, 2026: 12pm - 2pm
20261013: Oct 13, 2026: 12pm - 2pm
20260922: Sep 22, 2026: 12pm - 2pm
20260908: Sep 08, 2026: 12pm - 2pm
20260825: Aug 25, 2026: 12pm - 2pm
20260811: Aug 11, 2026: 12pm - 2pm
20260728: Jul 28, 2026: 12pm - 2pm
20260714: Jul 14, 2026: 12pm - 2pm
Young Composers from Bard College: Jun 23, 2026: 12pm - 2pm
For the third consecutive year, listeners of WGXC’...
Overlooked: Holy Rock 'n' Rollers: Jun 14, 2022
After the local news at noon, preachers and poets, mystics and misfits, saints and sinners, demons, demigods, gods, cultists, believers, and heretics are just a few of the themes and character...
Overlooked: Iannis Xenakis: May 24, 2022
After the local news at noon, music as architecture, the work of composer Iannis Xenakis (1922-2021). His music is haunting, architectural and mathematical, otherworldly and sculptural, industrial and...
Overlooked: A Lot of New Releases: May 10, 2022
After the local news at noon, host Rob Saffer serves up a head-spinning selection of nearly 30 new releases, most relatively short in length. This live broadcast from Overlook Mountain will serve up a...
Overlooked: Charles Mingus Centennial: Apr 26, 2022
After the local news at noon, a celebration of the life of Charles Mingus, considered to be one of the most important figures in 20th-century American music, born 100 years ago on April 22, 1922. To h...
Overlooked: New Releases, Long and Noisy: Apr 12, 2022
After the local news at noon, Overlooked will focus on longer compositions by a wide range of musicians, rather than the usual new releases show that features roughly 25 pieces, often 2 to 5 minutes l...
Overlooked: Overlooked: Apr 12, 2022
Underheard and Overlooked Music - hosted by Rob Saffer
Overlooked: New Releases, 2022: Mar 23, 2022
After the local news at noon, finally some new releases from Overlooked host Rob Saffer. This live broadcast from Overlook Mountain features guitars, jazz, and jazz with guitars, made by newcomers and...
Overlooked: Ornette Coleman Through Others’ Ears: Mar 08, 2022
After the local news at noon, a tribute to composer/musician/philosopher Ornette Coleman, one day before what would have been his 92nd birthday. This WGXC Pledge Drive broadcast will feature Coleman's...
Overlooked: Betty Davis, 'Nasty Gal': Feb 22, 2022
In this broadcast, a celebration of the life of Betty Mabry Davis. Betty was a fashion designer, Wilhelmina model, and club hostess who met people like Jimi Hendrix, Sly Stone, and Andy Warhol. She wa...
Overlooked: Dollar Brand, Jaki Byard, Charles Mingus, Sun Ra: Feb 08, 2022
After the local news at noon, Overlooked will feature music from three great pianists — Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ibrahim), Jaki Byard, and Sun Ra — and one great bassist playing piano, Charles Mingus. H...
Overlooked: Overlooked: Jan 25, 2022
Overlooked: Ron Miles, Kirk Knuffke: Jan 25, 2022
After the local news at noon, a look at the uncommon cornetists Ron Miles and Kirk Knuffke. They have the uncommon in common. Both men lived and worked a lot in Denver when many of their peers were in...
Overlooked: Revisiting 1960s Free Jazz with Ezz-thetics: Jan 11, 2022
After the local news at noon, the broadcast will focus on 1960s free jazz and improvisation, specifically on reissued classic recordings from Hat Hut’s two-year-old ezz-thetics sub-label. Host Rob Saf...
Overlooked: 21 from 2021: Dec 28, 2021
After the local news at noon, 21 new releases from 2021. In the past 11 months, host Rob Saffer played more than 600 tracks from more than 450 different musician composers, many "overlooked" by other...
Overlooked: Thread, Cellos, Artifacts: Dec 14, 2021
Cello can closely approximate human voice, making it approachable and beloved. This broadcast will celebrate the cello in myriad settings and forms, as well as in several compositions from two recent...
Overlooked: The Seventh Annual Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music: Nov 25, 2021
The first hour of Overlooked's “The Seventh Annual Thanksgiving Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music” is rebroadcast from Nov. 23, 2021. Tryptophanfests are created to present an array of music so unl...
Overlooked: Overlooked: Nov 23, 2021
Overlooked: The Seventh Annual Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music: Nov 23, 2021
After the local news at noon, Overlooked presents “The Seventh Annual Thanksgiving Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music.” Tryptophanfests are created to present an array of music so unlistenable that y...
Overlooked: Overlooked: Nov 22, 2021
Overlooked: A Love Supreme: Nov 09, 2021
It is that rare occasion when there is newly released John Coltrane music. It is a much rarer day when a live version of his opus A Love Supreme is released. The only time, since 2002, when the other...
Overlooked: Overlooked: Nov 09, 2021
Overlooked: New Sounds for New Supporters: Oct 27, 2021
This WGXC 10th Anniversary Open Ears Pledge Drive broadcast will feature the typical open ears, unexpected sonic explorations that Overlooked listeners have come to expect, representing the station’s...
Overlooked: New Sounds for New Supporters: Oct 26, 2021
Overlooked: Overlooked: Oct 26, 2021
Overlooked: Rip Rig and Pigbag: Oct 13, 2021
After the local news at noon, the broadcast will feature two under-heard and overlooked bands: Rip Rig and Panic and Pigbag. Both bands were recording and performing in London in the early 80s when "O...
Overlooked: Overlooked: Oct 12, 2021
Overlooked: Rip Rig and Pigbag: Oct 12, 2021
Overlooked: Overlooked: Oct 06, 2021
Overlooked: Gauzy Atmosphere: Sep 28, 2021
Toward the end of summer and beginning of autumn the atmosphere on Overlook Mountain often alternates between brisk, strikingly clear days and those that are characterized by a deep, hazy gauziness. T...
Overlooked: Overlooked: Sep 28, 2021
Overlooked: Gnawa’s The Time: Sep 22, 2021
In this broadcast, a focus on Moroccan Gnawa music, with special emphasis on collaborations with western, often jazz musicians. The music is based in healing and prayer and is usually performed at ni...
Overlooked: Gnawa’s The Time: Sep 14, 2021
Overlooked: Overlooked: Sep 14, 2021
Overlooked: Celebrating Pres and Bird: Aug 25, 2021
Tune in for a celebration of ’The President,’ Lester Young and Charlie “Yardbird” Parker. Born August 27 and 29, respectively, and known simply as Pres and Bird, these two saxophone colossi helped inv...
Overlooked: Celebrating Pres and Bird: Aug 24, 2021
After the local news at noon, tune in for a celebration of ’The President,’ Lester Young and Charlie “Yardbird” Parker. Born August 27 and 29, respectively, and known simply as Pres and Bird, these tw...
Overlooked: Overlooked: Aug 24, 2021
Overlooked: New Releases Oddly Juxtaposed: Aug 11, 2021
In this broadcast, a musically diverse, wide range of newly released music spanning genres and continents. An array of recordings that offer the ear unusual musical juxtapositions and pairings: a stri...
Overlooked: New Releases Oddly Juxtaposed: Aug 10, 2021
After the local news at noon, a musically diverse, wide range of newly released music spanning genres and continents. An array of recordings that offer the ear unusual musical juxtapositions and pairi...
