Overlooked: From Spirituals to Swing: Nov 28, 2023

After the local news at noon, music recorded at two concerts entitled, “From Spirituals to Swing” in the late 1930s. Not even 30 at the time, producer John Hammond went against all odds and assembled...

Overlooked: The Annual Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music: Nov 23, 2023

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 unlistenable that you...

Overlooked: 20231122: Nov 22, 2023

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: Jazz Supergroups: Nov 14, 2023

The local news at noon is followed by Jazz Supergroups — Good, Bad and Mediocre, an overlooked aspect of jazz music. Many listeners are aware of rock and roll supergroups such as Cream, Blind Faith, a...

Overlooked: Overlooked: Nov 02, 2023

Overlooked and under-heard music

Overlooked: Overlooked: Nov 01, 2023

Overlooked and under-heard music

Overlooked: Overlooked: Nov 01, 2023

Overlooked and under-heard music

Overlooked: Overlooked: Nov 01, 2023

Overlooked and under-heard music

Overlooked: Overlooked: Nov 01, 2023

Overlooked and under-heard music

Overlooked: Overlooked: Nov 01, 2023

Overlooked and under-heard music

Overlooked: Overlooked: Nov 01, 2023

Overlooked and under-heard music

Overlooked: Robert Fripp: Oct 25, 2023

After the local news at noon, the work of guitarist Robert Fripp, who for the past 54 years has most often been associated with the prog-rock band, King Crimson. His work outside that legendary band i...

Overlooked: Robert Fripp: Oct 24, 2023

After the local news at noon, the work of guitarist Robert Fripp, who for the past 54 years has most often been associated with the prog-rock band, King Crimson. His work outside that legendary band i...

Overlooked: Monkeying with Monkery: Oct 10, 2023

After the local news at noon, this live WGXC Fall Pledge Drive broadcast lands squarely (and hiply) on what would have been Thelonious Monk’s 106th birthday. The show will feature nine couplets, each...

Overlooked: 20230927: Sep 27, 2023

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: John Coltrane, Lost and Found: Sep 26, 2023

After the local news at noon, eleven lost and found posthumous John Coltrane recordings released over the past three decades. Coming just days after what would have been Trane’s 97th birthday, this sh...

Overlooked: Newly Released Music: Sep 12, 2023

After the local news at noon, detuned pianos, faded field recordings, audio palimpsests, hazy improvisation, melancholic composition, loopy, circular, and slow are just a few words to describe the new...

Overlooked: Songs for My Sister II: Aug 23, 2023

After the local news at noon, host Rob Saffer plays some of his sister Cathy's favorite songs and musicians. Cathy is gravely ill with cancer. The broadcast is a celebration of her life, just days bef...

Overlooked: Songs for My Sister II: Aug 22, 2023

After the local news at noon, host Rob Saffer plays some of his sister Cathy's favorite songs and musicians. Cathy is gravely ill with cancer. The broadcast is a celebration of her life, just days bef...

Overlooked: African Music for Summertime: Aug 08, 2023

After the local news at noon, this live broadcast will feature a variety of African sounds well suited for midsummer’s grinding heat with more than 20 tracks originating from Angola to Zimbabwe. Among...

Overlooked: 20230726: Jul 26, 2023

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: One Hundred Years of Musician-Led Jazz Record Labels: Jul 25, 2023

After the local news at noon, host Rob Saffer and guest Marc Epstein will explore the first 100 years of musician-led jazz record labels. The (roughly) chronological review spans recordings from Fletc...

Overlooked: New Releases Heavy and Light: Jul 11, 2023

The air in the Hudson Valley has alternated between thick, leaden and smokey, and clear, bright and wispy. This live WGXC summer pledge drive broadcast from Overlook Mountain will celebrate air. Featu...

Overlooked: 20230628: Jun 28, 2023

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: Out is In: Jun 27, 2023

After the local news at noon, for certain jazz musicians who recorded from the mid 1950s until 1970, going out — at times way out — was in. Eric Dolphy, Booker Little and Roy Haynes were among those a...

Overlooked: New Releases from Europe and the Middle East: Jun 13, 2023

This live broadcast from Overlook Mountain will feature newly released Middle Eastern music and contemporary Jazz primarily from the European record labels Akuphone, Clean Feed, and Intakt. Egypt fea...

Overlooked: 20230524: May 24, 2023

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: Music + Words (Not Lyrics), Vol. 1: May 23, 2023

This live broadcast from Overlook Mountain will feature spoken word and poetry, backed by music of all types and styles, from jazz and dub to psychedelic and avant garde. Special guest, music archivis...

Overlooked: Newly Released Music: May 09, 2023

This live broadcast from Overlook Mountain will feature newly released music exploring a wide variety of sonic directions including unusual instrumentation and vocalizing. A primary focus will be on n...

Overlooked: Overlooked: May 08, 2023

Underheard and Overlooked Music - hosted by Rob Saffer

Overlooked: Big Ears X: Apr 26, 2023

Each year at the end of March, sleepy Knoxville, Tennessee is taken over by hundreds of musicians from every corner of the world, for the Big Ears Festival. It's widely considered the most diverse mu...

Overlooked: Big Ears X: Apr 25, 2023

Each year at the end of March, sleepy Knoxville, Tennessee is taken over by hundreds of musicians from every corner of the world, for the Big Ears Festival. It's widely considered the most diverse mu...

Overlooked: Even More Newly Released Music!: Apr 11, 2023

This live broadcast from Overlook Mountain will feature the wide variety of genres and artists that “Overlooked” likes to spotlight on its programs of newly released music. It will include 18 tracks,...

Overlooked: Newly Released Music: Mar 28, 2023

This pre-recorded broadcast from Overlook Mountain will feature 19 newly released tracks offering listeners a diverse sample of music being made today. The show will feature: diaspora jazz from London...

Overlooked: Ornette Through Others’ Ears Vol. 2: Mar 22, 2023

A celebration of composer/musician/philosopher Ornette Coleman, five days after what would have been his 93rd birthday. This live broadcast from Overlook Mountain will feature 20 Coleman compositions...

Overlooked: Ornette Through Others’ Ears Vol. 2: Mar 14, 2023

After the local news at noon, a celebration of composer/musician/philosopher Ornette Coleman, five days after what would have been his 93rd birthday. This live broadcast from Overlook Mountain will fe...

Overlooked: Ornette Through Others’ Ears Vol. 2: Mar 14, 2023

After the local news at noon, a celebration of composer/musician/philosopher Ornette Coleman, five days after what would have been his 93rd birthday. This live broadcast from Overlook Mountain will fe...

Overlooked: First New Releases Show of 2023: Feb 28, 2023

This live broadcast from Overlook Mountain will be the first “Overlooked” show of 2023 to feature newly released music: 21 pieces of all sonic shapes, sorts and sizes. Coming at the end of WGXC’s Win...

Overlooked: The Improvising King Crimson: Feb 14, 2023

After the local news at noon, two hours of the Improvising King Crimson. In the mid-1970s, the prog rock band King Crimson - John Wetton (bass, vocals), Bill Bruford (drums, percussion), David Cross (...

Overlooked: Jeremy Denk: Jan 25, 2023

After the local news at noon, 700 years of music with Jeremy Denk. The work of solo pianist Denk, a classical musician known for boldly mixing genres, styles, and eras will be featured during the broa...

Overlooked: Jeremy Denk: Jan 24, 2023

After the local news at noon, 700 years of music with Jeremy Denk. The work of solo pianist Denk, a classical musician known for boldly mixing genres, styles, and eras will be featured during the broa...

Overlooked: Horse Lords: Jan 10, 2023

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...

Overlooked: 21 from 2022: Dec 28, 2022

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...

Overlooked: 21 from 2022: Dec 27, 2022

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...

Overlooked: Newly Released Music: Dec 13, 2022

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...

Overlooked: Eighth Annual Thanksgiving Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music: Nov 23, 2022

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...

Overlooked: Eighth Annual Thanksgiving Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music: Nov 22, 2022

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...

Overlooked: Overlooked: Nov 22, 2022

Underheard and Overlooked Music - hosted by Rob Saffer

Overlooked: Overlooked: Nov 21, 2022

Underheard and Overlooked Music - hosted by Rob Saffer

Overlooked: Overlooked: Nov 13, 2022

Underheard and Overlooked Music - hosted by Rob Saffer