Billy Bang: May 27, 2019: 3pm - 4pm

Violinist, composer, and improviser Billy Bang in a solo concert of original works and a Thelonious Monk classic recorded at Roulette on 13 March 2006. Bang (1947-2011) is known for his Vietnam War ex...

Ikue Mori: Apr 22, 2019: 3pm - 4pm

This edition illustrates two projects of composer/percussionist Ikue Mori whose drumming, drum machine experiments, and laptop electronics all display a unique sense of time and timbre. From her emerg...

Shelley Hirsch with Kazu & Christian Marclay: Mar 26, 2019: 3pm - 4pm

Excerpts from two 2008 Roulette concerts featuring the composer/vocalist/improviser and storyteller Shelley Hirsch in collaboration with artist/turntablist Christian Marclay and guitarist Uchihashi Ka...

Dave Douglas: Feb 25, 2019: 3pm - 4pm

Thoughts Around Mahfouz is a collection of compositions and improvisations inspired by the writing of Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz by composer Dave Douglas (trumpet and electrics) and an ensemble...

Myra Melford and Leroy Jenkins: Jan 19, 2019: 7pm - 8pm

Two creative virtuosos coming out of Chicago jazz and blues meet for a wide-ranging exchange. Melford begins with solos including a remarkable rendition of Ornette Coleman’s Passion Culture and soulfu...

Myra Melford and Leroy Jenkins: Jan 17, 2019: 1am - 2am

Two creative virtuosos coming out of Chicago jazz and blues meet for a wide-ranging exchange. Melford begins with solos including a remarkable rendition of Ornette Coleman’s Passion Culture and soulfu...

Thurston Moore: Dec 20, 2018: 1pm - 2pm

Guitarist Thurston Moore in a solo performance, recorded at the Roulette Concert Series in NYC on October 25, 1997. Moore, a pivotal figure in the 80s alternative rock movement along with his band mem...

Thurston Moore: Dec 20, 2018: 1am - 2am

Guitarist Thurston Moore in a solo performance, recorded at the Roulette Concert Series in NYC on October 25, 1997. Moore, a pivotal figure in the 80s alternative rock movement along with his band mem...

Jennifer Walshe, Tony Conrad: Nov 15, 2018: 1am - 2am

Ma la Pert is the duo of Jennifer Walshe and Tony Conrad, here recorded in concert at Roulette on 19 February 2010. They use voice, violins, viola, bass, autoharps, autotune, keyboard, shells, broken...

Stuart Dempster and Greg Powers: Oct 18, 2018: 1am - 2am

Virtuosos Stuart Dempster and Greg Powers in a Druphad style raga for didjeridu and trombone, recorded in concert at Roulette on March 4, 1999. Powers develops the raga on trombone while Dempster pro...

Toshio Kajiwara, Taketo Shimada: Sep 20, 2018: 1am - 2am

A sound installation/performance recorded at Roulette on May 15, 1999. Entitled Ferris Wheel, the piece is designed as a sonic flashback museum of digital samples, an archaeology of ideas, and a post-...

20180816: Aug 16, 2018: 1am - 2am

Tracking The Odds: The Roulette Concert Archive is a monthly hour-long radio special produced by Roulette Intermedium (roulette.org) and broadcast in partnership with Wave Farm’s WGXC 90.7-FM and Sta...

Annie Gosfield: Jul 19, 2018: 1am - 2am

The composer/keyboardist performing original compositions as well as work by mentor/alter-ego PW Schreck, “Father of Calamitonality”, recorded live in concert at Roulette on 28 October 1994. Along wit...

Bern Nix and Ayman Fanous: Jun 21, 2018: 1am - 2am

The gentle and ferociously inventive guitarist Bern Nix (1947-2017), a former Ornette Coleman collaborator, and Egyptian bouzouki/guitar/flamenco/jazz master Ayman Fanous in duos and solos, restored f...

Hamid Drake & Michael Zerang: May 17, 2018: 1am - 2am

This percussion duo performed at Roulette on 22 March 1995 in an eclectic cross genre, cross cultural program with Afro-Cuban, jazz, Middle Eastern, and Indian influences and utilizing instruments inc...

Joseph Jarman: Apr 19, 2018: 1am - 2am

Jazz legend, saxophonist, and multi-instrumentalist Joseph Jarman appears here in a 1995 concert at Roulette with pianist Myra Melford and guitarist Mikele Navazio. In the early sixties in Chicago Jar...

Guy Klucevsek: Mar 15, 2018: 1am - 2am

Guy Klucevsek is one of the world’s most versatile and award-winning accordionists. He has performed and/or recorded with Laurie Anderson, Bang On a Can, Brave Combo, Anthony Braxton, Anthony Coleman,...

Hans Reichel, Fred Frith, Ned Rothenberg: Feb 15, 2018: 1am - 2am

Berlin-based guitarist Hans Reichel (1949-2011) in an improvising trio with Fred Frith, guitar/bass and Ned Rothenberg, alto sax/bass clarinet, recorded at Roulette on 24 October 1987. All three lege...

Matthew Shipp Trio: Jan 18, 2018: 1am - 2am

A live concert by the Matthew Shipp Trio, recorded January 22, 2004 as part of the Roulette Concert Series held at the Thalia Theater in Manhattan. The Trio features Shipp on piano, William Parker on...

Min Xiao Fen: Dec 21, 2017: 1am - 2am

Min Xiao Fen is a Chinese pipa player and vocalist, known for her work in traditional Chinese music, contemporary classical and experimental music, and jazz and has worked with numerous contemporary c...

"Blue" Gene Tyranny: Nov 18, 2017: 8pm - 9pm

A performance by composer/pianist ”Blue" Gene Tyranny whose tonal yet asymmetrical compositions have inspired and tantalized artists from John Cage to Iggy Pop. He is widely known for his substantial...

"Blue" Gene Tyranny: Nov 16, 2017: 1am - 2am

A performance by composer/pianist ”Blue" Gene Tyranny whose tonal yet asymmetrical compositions have inspired and tantalized artists from John Cage to Iggy Pop. He is widely known for his substantial...

Eugene Chadbourne: Oct 19, 2017: 1am - 2am

Eugene Chadbourne: Crude Gene Mannipuappalachian. The guitarist and free styling provocateur Eugene Chadbourne with his renegade rockabilly noise band recorded at Roulette on December 10, 1994. Featu...

Susie Ibarra & William Parker Duo: Sep 21, 2017: 1am - 2am

Recorded in concert on May 2, 1997, Susie Ibarra on drums and percussion and William Parker on bass and percussion utilize bells, strings, wood, bows, skins, gongs, sticks and brass in a rare meeting...

Bill Frisell Live 1989: Aug 17, 2017: 1am - 2am

Guitarist Bill Frisell, whose extraordinary touch, technique, and daring has led him to collaborate with artists including Nora Jones, Paul Simon, Elvis Costello, and John Zorn, did some of his earlie...

Deep Listening Band: Jul 20, 2017: 1am - 2am

Tune into the premiere broadcast of Tracking The Odds, a new monthly program featuring selections from the Roulette Concert Archive. This month's broadcast features the Deep Listening Band. From delic...