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Overlooked: Guitarists on ECM: Feb 24, 2026
Since 1969, Manfred Eicher’s ECM record label has...
Overlooked: Rob Saffer and Ben LaMar Gay: Feb 17, 2026
Tune in for an interview between Rob Saffer, host...
Overlooked: First New Releases of 2026: Feb 10, 2026
The first show of 2026 will feature two-dozen newl...
Overlooked: Two Fats, Two Chicks and a Dodo: The Jazz Nickname Project (Part 1): Jan 27, 2026
This pre-recorded broadcast from Overlooked Mounta...
Overlooked: Overlooked: Jan 17, 2026
Underheard and Overlooked Music - hosted by Rob Sa...
Overlooked: Last Licks of 2025: Jan 13, 2026
There’s never enough time to play choice tracks du...
Overlooked: Jazz That's A Century Old: Dec 23, 2025
As we near the end of 2025, this live broadcast fr...
Overlooked: Newly Released Strings, Vocals and Percussion: Dec 09, 2025
In the last newly released music show of 2025, “Ov...
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Rob Saffer: Jun 19, 2019
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
"The Fabulous Nicknames of Jazz,” All About Jazz, March 31, 2020.: Jan 27, 2026
The Hard Machine, Trinary System, 2025 Cuneiform Records: Jan 13, 2026
Example of "acoustic" recording; funnel-like metal horns capture sound vibrations sent to a stylus that cut into a soft wax master, Library of Congress.: Dec 23, 2025
Dream Up, Tomas Fujiwara, Out of Your Head Records, 2025: Dec 09, 2025
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20260512: May 12, 2026: 12pm - 2pm
“Overlooked” is a show focusing on overlooked and...
20260428: Apr 28, 2026: 12pm - 2pm
More Newly Released Music: Apr 14, 2026: 12pm - 2pm
This live broadcast from Overlook Mountain will fe...
Nicky Skopelitis: Mar 24, 2026: 12pm - 2pm
Little known to the world outside of Bill Laswell’...
Newly Released Music: Mar 10, 2026: 12pm - 2pm
In this live broadcast from Overlook Mountain, hos...
Guitarists on ECM: Feb 24, 2026: 12pm - 2pm
Rob Saffer and Ben LaMar Gay: Feb 17, 2026: 11am - 11:59 am
First New Releases of 2026: Feb 10, 2026: 12pm - 2pm
Two Fats, Two Chicks and a Dodo: The Jazz Nickname Project (Part 1): Jan 27, 2026: 12pm - 2pm
Last Licks of 2025: Jan 13, 2026: 12pm - 2pm
Hampton Grease Band Meets OOIOO: Jul 27, 2017: 7pm - 9:30 pm
In this lighter-than-normal, summery installment of “Overlooked,” host Rob Saffer will focus on two bands: OOIOO from Japan and The Hampton Grease Band, whose album, Music to Eat, was the second-worst...
Jazz Record Labels: Jun 22, 2017: 7pm - 9:30 pm
This Radios in Motion pledge drive installment of “Overlooked” will focus on jazz record labels, their role in the development of the music and how each had their own sound, look and personality. Prog...
Ben Ratliff: May 25, 2017: 7pm - 9:30 pm
This month Overlooked host Rob Saffer is honored and humbled to welcome his dear friend, music/cultural writer Ben Ratliff, to WGXC’s studios to listen to music from here to Burkina Faso and from the...
Ellington & Mingus: Apr 27, 2017: 7pm - 9:30 pm
The next installment of “Overlooked,” WGXC’s monthly guide to overlooked and under-heard music, comes sandwiched between two April birthdays: Duke Ellington (4/29) and Charles Mingus (4/22). On Thursd...
International Rock and Funk: Mar 23, 2017: 7pm - 9:30 pm
This installment of Overlooked will feature international rock and funk from all five continents with selections showcasing local languages and instruments. It includes Qawwali remixes, South America...
Middle Eastern/North African Music: Feb 23, 2017: 7pm - 9:30 pm
In this broadcast, a showcase the genre-defying intersection of traditional Arabic and Islamic music with contemporary improvisation. Musicians will include Hassan Hakmoun, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, Bismilla...
Technical Mix Up II: Jan 26, 2017: 7pm - 9:30 pm
A show focusing on overlooked and under-heard jazz, improvisational music and other fringe music, from early roots to contemporary experiments...a real mix of familiar to rare, classic to weird. Hoste...
Mystery Band: Dec 22, 2016: 7pm - 9:30 pm
On December 22nd, Overlooked host Rob Saffer will switch from typically presenting a lot of artists from a variety of genres and instead will present a single, live recording that occurred on the show...
Second Annual Thanksgiving Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music: Nov 24, 2016: 7pm - 9:30 pm
On Thanksgiving, November 24, from 7 - 9:30, Overlooked will present the Second Annual Thanksgiving Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music. Host Rob Saffer and guests Sarah (age 13) and Sam (age 16) will...
British 60s Psych with Bill Dubilier: Oct 27, 2016: 7pm - 9:30 pm
Music nut and record store crawler Bill Dubilier is a guest on this month's “Overlooked.” The show focuses on his collection of rare, little-known and under-heard psychedelic music, primarily from the...
Monk and Coltrane: Sep 29, 2016: 7pm - 9:30 pm
This edition of Overlooked falls in between the birthdays of John Coltrane (September 23) and Thelonious Monk (October 10) and that’s what we’ll listen to - Monk and Trane together in classic as well...
Technical Mix Up I: Aug 25, 2016: 7pm - 9:30 pm
This edition of Overlooked will explore film soundtracks made by jazz musicians such as Miles Davis, Sun Ra, Duke Jordan, Marion Brown, Chico Hamilton, as well as other artists known and unknown, movi...
Krautrock with Matthew Cullen: Jul 28, 2016: 7pm - 9:30 pm
This month's show features Kraut Rock from the late 60s and 70s with special guest co-host, musician/producer/audio engineer and good pal Matthew Cullen. We'll listen to Can, Ash Ra Temple, Cluster,...
Creative Music Studio: Jun 23, 2016: 7pm - 9:30 pm
Two weeks ago, Steve Coleman, Hassan Hakmoun, Adam Rudolph, Hamid Drake, Taylor Ho Bynum and Karl Berger among many other world-class artists and 34 aspiring musicians from all over the world came to...
20160526: May 26, 2016: 7pm - 9:30 pm
Big Ears Festival Review: Apr 28, 2016: 7pm - 9:30 pm
Amiri Baraka's Jazz Poetry: Mar 24, 2016: 7pm - 9:30 pm
Jazz Quintets: Feb 25, 2016: 7pm - 9:30 pm
Bowie, Bley and More: Jan 21, 2016: 7pm - 9:30 pm
Jazz Jews for Xmas Eve: Dec 24, 2015: 7pm - 9:30 pm
First Annual Thanksgiving Tryptophanfest of Intolerable Music: Nov 26, 2015: 7pm - 9:30 pm
Couplets and Connections: Oct 22, 2015: 7pm - 9:30 pm
Show Premiere: Oct 22, 2015: 7pm - 9:30 pm
Premiere broadcast of Overlooked, a show that focusses on overlooked and under-heard jazz, improvisational music and other fringe music, from early roots to contemporary experimental -- a mix of music...