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Overlooked: Newly Released Music: May 26, 2026
Fuzzed-out guitars, haunting vocals, pop hooks, dr...
Overlooked: More Newly Released Music: May 12, 2026
This live broadcast from Overlook Mountain will fe...
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...
Overlooked: Guitarists on ECM: Feb 24, 2026
Since 1969, Manfred Eicher’s ECM record label has...
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"Overlooked" host Rob Saffer at the Institute for Jazz Studies, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, 1985-6:
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
Ralph Towner, At First Light, (ECM, 2023): Feb 24, 2026
Another Intensity, Philip Blackburn, Neuma Records, 2026: Feb 10, 2026
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“Overlooked” is a show focusing on overlooked and...
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Overlooked: 20210728: Jul 28, 2021
After the local news at noon, “Overlooked” is a show focusing on overlooked and under-heard jazz, improvisational, and other fringe music, from early roots to contemporary experiments, a mix of famili...
Overlooked: Newly Recorded Jazz and Improvised Music: Jul 27, 2021
After the local news at noon, a score of new scores, charts, and improvised music played and composed by musicians typically considered to be working in the jazz idiom. The broadcast will include 19 n...
Overlooked: 20210714: Jul 14, 2021
Overlooked: Jazz Mahoffs: Jul 13, 2021
Most languages have words for it. In English, it’s big shot, big wig, or big cheese. In French, it’s gros bonnet. In Italian, it’s pezzo grosso. In Spanish, it’s mandamas. In Yiddish, it’s macher. And...
Overlooked: Overlooked: Jul 13, 2021
Underheard and Overlooked Music - hosted by Rob Saffer
Overlooked: 20210623: Jun 23, 2021
This pledge drive broadcast will feature new recordings in the hope of attracting new sustaining supporters to Wave Farm's WGXC. The program will shift between genres and sonic extremes: noisy guitars...
Overlooked: Overlooked: Jun 22, 2021
Overlooked: More Newly Released Music (not Jazz): Jun 09, 2021
Rebroadcast from June 8, 2021, some offbeat, soon-to-be-not-overlooked non-jazz. Like most Overlooked new releases shows, there will be many different sonic palettes in this broadcast: vocally driven...
Overlooked: More Newly Released Music (not Jazz): Jun 08, 2021
After the local news at noon, some offbeat, soon-to-be-not-overlooked non-jazz. Like most Overlooked new releases shows, there will be many different sonic palettes in this broadcast: vocally driven a...
Overlooked: Overlooked: Jun 08, 2021
Overlooked: New Jazz Recordings: May 25, 2021
After the local news at noon, newly recorded music commonly described as ‘jazz’ in proper order: solos, duets, trios, quartets, and quintets — quite the opposite of Overlooked’s typically freewheeling...
Overlooked: Overlooked: May 25, 2021
Overlooked: Newly Released Music: May 12, 2021
A rebroadcast from May 11, 2021, another genre-spinning and globe-spanning review of recently released music: trippy rock; noisy, jazzy, jittery, punky stuff; lots of vocals, from black metal opera to...
Overlooked: Newly Released Music: May 11, 2021
After the local news at noon, another genre-spinning and globe-spanning review of recently released music: trippy rock; noisy, jazzy, jittery, punky stuff; lots of vocals, from black metal opera to Ch...
Overlooked: Blue Marc: Apr 28, 2021
Rebroadcast from April 27, 2020. After the local news at noon, two hours of healing through radio and music. Personal friend, occasional Overlooked, guest and jazz archivist Marc Epstein recently expe...
Overlooked: Blue Marc: Apr 27, 2021
After the local news at noon, two hours of healing through radio and music. Personal friend, occasional Overlooked, guest and jazz archivist Marc Epstein recently experienced the passing of his wife J...
Overlooked: String Theory: Apr 14, 2021
After the local news at noon, this rebroadcast from April 13, 2021 will showcase the more practical than theoretical ways jazz musicians and improvisers incorporate string instruments into their compo...
Overlooked: String Theory: Apr 13, 2021
After the local news at noon, this broadcast will showcase the more practical than theoretical ways jazz musicians and improvisers incorporate string instruments into their compositions and their band...
Overlooked: Newly Released Music: Mar 24, 2021
In this broadcast, an ear feast of newly released music, all styles, all over the place: music collage, skittish polkas, slippery strings, noisy guitars, noisy pianos, new jazz, old jazz, new chants,...
Overlooked: Newly Released Music: Mar 23, 2021
Overlooked: 20210310: Mar 10, 2021
Overlooked: William Parker: Mar 09, 2021
Those who have spent any time exploring New York City's downtown scene or been a fan of cutting-edge jazz for the past four decades are likely familiar with William Parker, bass player and bandleader,...
Overlooked: New Releases, Finally: Feb 24, 2021
This rebroadcast from Feb. 23, 2021 comes during week two of WGXC’s Winter 2021 10th Anniversary Pledge Drive, a perfect time to play music released in 2021 that highlights a variety of musical perspe...
Overlooked: New Releases, Finally: Feb 23, 2021
This broadcast comes during week two of WGXC’s Winter 2021 10th Anniversary Pledge Drive, a perfect time to play music released in 2021 that highlights a variety of musical perspectives, genres and st...
Overlooked: 20210210: Feb 10, 2021
Overlooked: Julius Hemphill, Julius Eastman: Feb 09, 2021
Overlooked host Rob Saffer presents Genii Julii: the music of composer/musicians Julius Hemphill and Julius Eastman. Since both Julii were genii, we’ll limit our palette to two box sets of recordings...
Overlooked: Awesome Tapes from Africa and Sahel Sounds: Jan 27, 2021
The broadcast will focus on two unique record labels that are bringing overlooked African music to ears around the globe while compensating artists 50/50 for their work — something like Fair Trade mus...
Overlooked: Awesome Tapes from Africa and Sahel Sounds: Jan 26, 2021
Overlooked: 20210113: Jan 13, 2021
Overlooked: Ta-Ta 2020: Jan 12, 2021
In this broadcast, host Rob Saffer says ta-ta, bye-bye, and good riddance to 2020 by playing the last new releases of the decade, featuring new vocal music in languages ranging from Farsi to Yiddish,...
Overlooked: Cantaloupe and Beethoven: Dec 22, 2020
The broadcast will feature new music from Cantaloupe Music, the recording label created by Bang on a Can founders and composers Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe. Plus a tribute to the 250th...
Overlooked: 20201209: Dec 09, 2020
Overlooked: New, New Amsterdam Records: Dec 08, 2020
This broadcast will highlight the artist-run, nonprofit recording label New Amsterdam Records. The label focuses on album-based music without walls or an agenda. A diverse selection of new, New Amster...
Overlooked: 20201125: Nov 25, 2020
Overlooked: The Sixth Annual Thanksgiving Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music: Nov 24, 2020
Overlooked presents the sixth annual "Thanksgiving Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music.” Past Tryptophanfests were created to present an array of music so unlistenable that you would want to turn off...
Overlooked: 20201111: Nov 11, 2020
Overlooked: Under Three: Nov 10, 2020
There is a noticeable and welcome trend toward shorter, sometimes miniature compositions that pack lots of musical information into a short period of time. This broadcast will highlight new releases u...
Overlooked: Lots of Guitars: Oct 28, 2020
Rebroadcast from Oct. 27, 2020, “Overlooked” is a show focusing on overlooked and under-heard jazz, improvisational, and other fringe music, from early roots to contemporary experiments, a mix of fami...
Overlooked: Lots of Guitars: Oct 27, 2020
Overlooked: Newly Released Music from All Over: Oct 14, 2020
In this broadcast, host Rob Saffer will play a wide-ranging selection of recordings from all over the place, Belarus to Brooklyn, Mali to Massachusetts. Fully aware that the previous installment of “O...
Overlooked: Newly Released Music from All Over: Oct 13, 2020
Overlooked: Newly Released String Music for a Strung-out End of Summer: Sep 08, 2020
This broadcast will focus on new recordings featuring string instruments, primarily violins, violas, cellos, and basses. There will be much beauty and intensity, along with plenty of droning and the u...
Overlooked: Squeaky, Moody Newly Released 'Rock': Aug 25, 2020
In this broadcast, brand new music widely considered 'rock' though most is sonically harder to characterize. The first hour will feature moody, short pieces generally two to four minutes in length whi...
Overlooked: Newly Released Jazz: Aug 11, 2020
This broadcast will feature two hours of un-square new recordings that fit squarely into the jazz idiom. Featured musicians include Rudresh Mahanthappa; Dave Douglas; Matt Wilson; Alan Braufman; Rez A...
Overlooked: Oliver Nelson: Jul 28, 2020
In this broadcast, an examination of the brief and often-overlooked career of composer, arranger, bandleader and reed musician Oliver Nelson, who died of a heart attack in 1975, at the age of 42. Nels...
Overlooked: Long and Summery-Slow: Jul 14, 2020
This live remote broadcast will feature only five (maybe six) long, often droney, sometimes summery-slow pieces, all released in 2020: Jupiter Quartet (Ligeti Quartet #1); Sun of Goldfinger (“Congratu...
Overlooked: Juneteenth, Black Live Matters, New Releases: Jun 23, 2020
This broadcast will honor Juneteenth and the Black Lives Matter movement with music by Ben LeMar Gay, Max Roach, Matthew Evan Taylor, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, and Jefferson Airplane (really?);...
Overlooked: Sonnys and Monks: Jun 09, 2020
A broadcast in honor of host Rob Saffer’s two cats, Sonny and Monk, featuring pieces long and short by Sonnys Ra, Sharrock, Clark, Simmons, and Rollins, along with Monks Thelonious, Meredith, Tibetan,...