Horse Lords: Jan 10, 2023: 12pm - 2pm

After the local news at noon, two hours of the innovative music of Horse Lords, a Baltimore-based quartet that recently relocated to Berlin. Through five studio albums and four extended ‘mixtapes’ in...

21 from 2022: Dec 28, 2022: 10pm - 11:59 pm

After the local news at noon, the final “Overlooked” of 2022, featuring 21 new releases from 2022, highlighting the typically wide range of artists and styles associated with “Overlooked’s” newly rele...

21 from 2022: Dec 27, 2022: 12pm - 2pm

After the local news at noon, the final “Overlooked” of 2022, featuring 21 new releases from 2022, highlighting the typically wide range of artists and styles associated with “Overlooked’s” newly rele...

Newly Released Music: Dec 13, 2022: 12pm - 2pm

After the local news at noon, this live broadcast will feature the seemingly sonically disconnected grab bag of newly released musical oddities painstakingly sequenced to make sonic sense. The show wi...

Eighth Annual Thanksgiving Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music: Nov 23, 2022: 10pm - 11:59 pm

This broadcast continues a WGXC tradition with the Eighth Annual Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music to kick off the Thanksgiving weekend. Tryptophanfests are designed to get listeners to turn off the...

Eighth Annual Thanksgiving Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music: Nov 22, 2022: 12pm - 2pm

After the local news at noon, this live broadcast from Overlook Mountain in Ulster County, continues a WGXC tradition with the Eighth Annual Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music. In addition to its reg...

Vote for America: Nov 08, 2022: 12pm - 2pm

After the local news at noon, an Election Day 2022 broadcast celebrating America, its triumphs, and its shortcomings, featuring American musical themes as well as pieces that are political in nature....

New Sounds, New Supporters: Oct 26, 2022: 10pm - 11:59 pm

This WGXC Tower Power Pledge Drive broadcast will feature an assortment of new sounds in the hope of attracting more new WGXC supporters. Host Rob Saffer will play a slew of guitar-driven jazz and imp...

New Sounds, New Supporters: Oct 25, 2022: 12pm - 2pm

This WGXC Tower Power Pledge Drive broadcast will feature an assortment of new sounds in the hope of attracting more new WGXC supporters. Host Rob Saffer will play a slew of guitar-driven jazz and imp...

Newly Released Music: Oct 12, 2022: 8pm - 10pm

After the local news at noon, listeners will be led through a variety of newly released recordings, connecting odd sonic dots, from straight-ahead jazz and panoramic synth-psych to Avant-hip hop jazz...

Newly Released Music: Oct 11, 2022: 12pm - 2pm

After the local news at noon, listeners will be led through a variety of newly released recordings, connecting odd sonic dots, from straight-ahead jazz and panoramic synth-psych to Avant-hip hop jazz...

John Gilmore Away from Ra’s Orbit: Sep 27, 2022: 12pm - 2pm

After the local news at noon, a broadcast celebrating the September 28, birthday of reed player, John Gilmore. Gilmore spent more than 40 years working almost exclusively with composer and bandleader...

Newly Released Music: Sep 13, 2022: 12pm - 2pm

After the local news at noon, a live broadcast of newly released music, with a special emphasis on guitars, psychedelic noisy metal, and new, improvised music (sometimes called jazz). Plus some "tradi...

Jazz Cellists (for Abdul Wadud): Aug 24, 2022: 8pm - 10pm

An exploration of the often overlooked world of jazz cellists, including Abdul Wadud who died at age 75 on August 10. As a memorial, this broadcast will feature improvising cellists as composers, band...

Jazz Cellists (for Abdul Wadud): Aug 23, 2022: 12pm - 2pm

After the local news at noon, an exploration of the often overlooked world of jazz cellists, including Abdul Wadud who died at age 75 on August 10. As a memorial, this broadcast will feature improvisi...

New Beats to Beat the Heat: Aug 09, 2022: 12pm - 2pm

After the local news at noon, host Rob Saffer will play a heat-stroke, fever-dream grab-bag of newly released music. This broadcast will explore leading edges in the blending of contemporary composed...

Phillip Pearlman: Jul 27, 2022: 10pm - 11:59 pm

After the local news at noon, this rebroadcast from July 26, 2022 from Overlook Mountain in Woodstock, NY, will explore the work of Phillip Pearlman, an obscure pioneer in psychedelic folk music. His...

Phillip Pearlman: Jul 26, 2022: 12pm - 2pm

After the local news at noon, this live broadcast from Overlook Mountain in Woodstock, NY, will explore the work of Phillip Pearlman, an obscure pioneer in psychedelic folk music. His personal story i...

More New Releases: Jul 12, 2022: 12pm - 2pm

After the local news at noon, live from Overlook Mountain, the broadcast will feature 20 newly released recordings that run the gamut from Egyptian jazz and heavy minimalism to odd experiments fusing...

New Releases: Jun 28, 2022: 12pm - 2pm

The plan for this broadcast did not start the way it ended. Many of the tunes included have a musical edge a bit sharper than host Rob Saffer originally envisioned. After the local news at noon, here...

Holy Rock 'n' Rollers: Jun 14, 2022: 12pm - 2pm

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...

Iannis Xenakis: May 24, 2022: 12pm - 2pm

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...

A Lot of New Releases: May 11, 2022: 10pm - 11:59 pm

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 rebroadcast from May 10, 2022 from Overlook Mountain...

A Lot of New Releases: May 10, 2022: 12pm - 2pm

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...

Charles Mingus Centennial: Apr 26, 2022: 12pm - 2pm

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...

New Releases, Long and Noisy: Apr 12, 2022: 12pm - 2pm

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...

New Releases, 2022: Mar 23, 2022: 10pm - 11:59 pm

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...

New Releases, 2022: Mar 22, 2022: 12pm - 2pm

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...

Ornette Coleman Through Others’ Ears: Mar 08, 2022: 12pm - 2pm

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...

Betty Davis, 'Nasty Gal': Feb 22, 2022: 12pm - 2pm

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...

Dollar Brand, Jaki Byard, Charles Mingus, Sun Ra: Feb 08, 2022: 12pm - 2pm

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...

Ron Miles, Kirk Knuffke: Jan 25, 2022: 12pm - 2pm

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...

Revisiting 1960s Free Jazz with Ezz-thetics: Jan 11, 2022: 12pm - 2pm

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...

21 from 2021: Dec 28, 2021: 12pm - 2pm

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...

Thread, Cellos, Artifacts: Dec 14, 2021: 12pm - 2pm

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...

The Seventh Annual Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music: Nov 25, 2021: 8pm - 9pm

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...

The Seventh Annual Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music: Nov 23, 2021: 12pm - 2pm

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...

A Love Supreme: Nov 09, 2021: 12pm - 2pm

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...

New Sounds for New Supporters: Oct 27, 2021: 8pm - 10pm

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...

New Sounds for New Supporters: Oct 26, 2021: 12pm - 2pm

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...

Rip Rig and Pigbag: Oct 13, 2021: 8pm - 10pm

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...

Rip Rig and Pigbag: Oct 12, 2021: 12pm - 2pm

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...

Gauzy Atmosphere: Sep 28, 2021: 12pm - 2pm

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...

Gnawa’s The Time: Sep 22, 2021: 8pm - 10pm

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...

Gnawa’s The Time: Sep 14, 2021: 12pm - 2pm

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...

Celebrating Pres and Bird: Aug 25, 2021: 8pm - 10pm

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...

Celebrating Pres and Bird: Aug 24, 2021: 12pm - 2pm

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...

New Releases Oddly Juxtaposed: Aug 11, 2021: 8pm - 10pm

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...

New Releases Oddly Juxtaposed: Aug 10, 2021: 12pm - 2pm

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...

20210728: Jul 28, 2021: 8pm - 10pm

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...