Music in Time: Episode 38: Ambient Detective Mix Series 1: May 27, 2026

On this  slightly esoteric episode of Music In Time, host Evan McCormick introduces listeners to the world of 'Ambient Detective' -- a curated mix of dark jazz and ambient music selected for the...

Music in Time: Episode 37: Global Energy Crisis Blues: Mar 25, 2026

This sobering episode of Music In Time surveys the music of global energy crises. Informed by the current war-induced disruption to energy markets, host Evan McCormick looks back to similar historical...

Music in Time: Episode 36: Fifteen Years On: Feb 25, 2026

In honor of WGXC's 15th birthday, this episode of Music In Time explores the changes and growth that can take place over a decade and a half. Join host Evan McCormick as he spins a selection of song p...

Music in Time: Episode 35: Gifts I Gave Myself (2025): Dec 24, 2025

On this Christmas Eve episode of Music In Time, it's another installment of "Gifts I Gave Myself" -- an annual round-up episode featuring selections from the best albums added to host Evan McCormick's...

Music in Time: Episode 34: Quiet Gratitude Vol. 2: Nov 26, 2025

This month's episode of Music In Time, "Quiet Gratitude Vol. 2," continues a tradition begun Thanksgiving Week of 2024, when host Evan McCormick used ambient music to reflect on those things we have t...

Music in Time: Episode 33: Soundtracks of Terror!: Oct 22, 2025

It's a spooky season sonic time travel trip on this episode of Music In Time, as host Evan McCormick takes listeners back to soundtracks of horror films from years past. Come along for a rollicking zo...

Music in Time: Episode 32: What I Did On My Shoegaze Vacation: Aug 27, 2025

Listeners are in for an esoteric time-travel vacation on this episode of Music In Time, as host Evan McCormick explores why it is that shoegaze music seems to make the perfect soundtrack to the summer...

Music in Time: Episode 31: Unmute the Commute (NYC Streets): Jul 23, 2025

We're *taking it to the streets* on this episode of Music In Time. Freshly back from New York City, host Evan McCormick spins songs that reference streets, avenues, and other pathways through NYC -- i...

Geometric Sequences (Ripples Make Waves Pledge Drive Episode): Jun 25, 2025

It's a special WGXC pledge drive episode of Music In Time, as host Evan McCormick illustrates the theme "Ripples Make Waves" by involving listeners in a sonic-geometric sequence. In a geometric sequen...

Music in Time: The People's Clash - "The Clash" (1977) with Iain Key: May 28, 2025

On this episode of Music In Time', host Evan McCormick takes listeners back to the spring of 1977, and the release of the Clash's self-titled debut album, which lit a spark under a restless Great...

Music in Time: Everything's Gone Green: Apr 23, 2025

Everything's gone green on this episode of Music In Time, which celebrates the coming of spring with a playlist of songs that reference things that grow as the seasons turn anew: trees, grass, seeds &...

Music in Time Episode 27: The Cherry On The Ice Cream (WGXC Appreciation Week feat. Brendan Donegan): Feb 26, 2025

In honor of WGXC Appreciation Week, this episode of Music In Time features a long-form interview with Brendan Donegan, host of Playing Favorites, about his life and connection to music. The interview...

Music in Time: An Episode Both Wonderful And Strange: Jan 22, 2025

On this episode of Music In Time, host Evan McCormick pays tribute to the late David Lynch (1946-2025), highlighting the role of music in his filmmaking and cinematic vision. Playing songs from iconic...

Music in Time: Gifts I Gave Myself (2024): Dec 25, 2024

On this Christmas-morning episode of Music In Time, it's all about the gifts! Join host Evan McCormick as he unwraps a playlist featuring selections from the best albums added to his music collection...

Music in Time: Quiet Gratitude: Nov 27, 2024

We've had a hard year, haven't we? But even in chaotic times, there is room for gratitude for the simplest things -- the joys of everyday life, the quiet of the natural world, the warmth of community...

Music in Time: Election Cycles: Oct 23, 2024

This episode of Music In Time gets back to its political roots by focusing on ELECTION CYCLES. Back in 2022, the first-ever broadcast of this show centered on Neil Young's 1980 album Hawks & Doves...

Back To School: CUTS '84: Aug 28, 2024

On this special back-to-school episode of Music In Time, host Evan McCormick unearths the story of CUTS--Columbia University Tunes and Stuff--a compilation album of undergraduate student bands release...

Music In Time Episode 21: I Guess This is Growing Up: Jun 26, 2024

This week, Music In Time celebrates its 21st episode. In honor of its passage into radio adulthood we're putting on a rager of a show. Host Evan McCormick highlights artists who found musical fame whe...

Music in Time: The Problem With Music In Time: May 22, 2024

This episode of Music In Time honors the legacy of the late Steve Albini--not by recounting the best albums he engineered or the music he wrote and played (there are many such great tributes...

Music in Time: Senses of Home: Apr 24, 2024

As you might have heard, on May 1st, WGXC will begin broadcasting live from its new studio space at 393 in Catskill, New York! To commemorate the big move, this episode of "Music In Time" features a p...

Music in Time: Lucky 13 Pledge Drive - 13th Floor Elevators: Feb 27, 2024

In honor of WGXC’s 13th birthday and the ongoing “Lucky 13” pledge drive, on this episode of Music In Time host Evan McCormick takes listeners back to the 13th Floor Elevators and their 1967 psychedel...

Music in Time: Man or Astro Man?, Spiritualized, Björk: Jan 23, 2024

On this episode of Music In Time, host Evan McCormick celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Mars Exploration Rover mission landing on the red planet in January 2004 with a playlist of space-themed tu...

Music in Time: New Year, New You: Dec 27, 2023

With 2024 approaching, our minds turn to New Year's resolutions -- asking: who do we want to be in the new year? On this "New Year, New You" episode of Music In Time, we hear tunes from artists who ha...

Music in Time: Spooky Szn: Oct 25, 2023

During this special "Spooky Szn" broadcast, host Evan McCormick takes listeners on a musical-historical road trip featuring songs of haunting. With stops highlighting eerie and macabre tunes from diff...

Music In Time: 20230628: Jun 28, 2023

This episode of Music In Time travels between the present, the recent past, and a vital piece of global music history that sprung out of Manchester, England in the 1970s—the story of Factory Records....

Music in Time: 20230524: May 24, 2023

Music does not just exist. It exists in specific times and places, and in the sonic world of each individual listener who engages with it. That’s the basic idea behind "Music in Time," which explores...

Music In Time: Record Store Day: Apr 26, 2023

This episode of "Music in Time" celebrates Record Store Day (April 22, 2023) with another musical-historical road trip. Host Evan McCormick brings listeners through RSDs of years past, starting with t...

Music in Time: New Year's Eve: Dec 28, 2022

"Music in Time" rings in the new year with another history road trip, looking at notable New Year's Eves of the past, exploring what listeners were hearing as the calendar was turning. Making stops in...

Music in Time: Sincerely, Spike: Sep 28, 2022

In this broadcast, a different route to exploring the past through music — a route that travels down Main Street in the village of Catskill, and into Spike's Record Rack. Anyone who has been in the Re...

Music in Time: Road Trip: Aug 24, 2022

This month it's a special summer vacation episode of "Music In Time." As your host -- like so many Americans -- takes to the highway for a summer escape, we leave behind our usual album-feature format...

Music in Time: 'Tragic Kingdom': Jul 27, 2022

This broadcast will explore subscription music clubs, a bygone mail-order business model which offered consumers the chance to build music collections on the cheap from the comfort of their homes, but...

Music in Time: 'Tragic Kingdom': Jul 27, 2022

This broadcast will explore subscription music clubs, a bygone mail-order business model which offered consumers the chance to build music collections on the cheap from the comfort of their homes, but...

Music in Time: 'New York': Jun 22, 2022

Few synergies between artist and place are as enduring as the one between Lou Reed and the city of New York. From his days with the Velvet Underground through his decades as a solo artist, Reed’s abil...

Music in Time: 'New York': Jun 22, 2022

Few synergies between artist and place are as enduring as the one between Lou Reed and the city of New York. From his days with the Velvet Underground through his decades as a solo artist, Reed’s abil...

Music in Time: Gilded Palace of Sin: May 25, 2022

In this premiere broadcast of Music in Time, listeners travel back to the hills of Los Angeles in February 1969, when the little-known band, The Flying Burrito Brothers released the cosmic country cla...

Music in Time: Gilded Palace of Sin: May 25, 2022

In this premiere broadcast of Music in Time, listeners travel back to the hills of Los Angeles in February 1969, when the little-known band, The Flying Burrito Brothers released the cosmic country cla...

Audio Buffet: Music in Time: Apr 13, 2022

In this broadcast, listeners will travel back to the days leading up to the 1980 presidential election, when Neil Young’s Hawks & Doves was released to a country that seemed to be “Comin’ Apart at Eve...