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 before what Saffer hopes will be her 60th birthday. There will be musical prayers from the Beatles, David Bowie, Yo La Tengo, Joni Mitchell, the Roches, the Grateful Dead, and many others. An earlier version of ’Songs for My Sister’ aired on August 27, 2019, when Cathy was first diagnosed. That audio can be found here, in the Overlooked archives. Apologies if there are one or two repeat songs. First broadcast on Tue., Aug. 22.

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 familiar to rare, classic to weird. Broadcast live from the shadow of Overlook Mountain in Ulster County.

Playlist
Tomorrow Never Knows - the Beatles
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
Ohm - Yo La Tengo
Slipknot - Grateful Dead
Franklin’s Tower - Grateful Dead
Here He Comes - Brian Eno
Help Me - Joni Mitchell
She’s My Best Friend - Velvet Underground
Heroes - David Bowie
Hammond Song - the Roches
Night Falls on Hoboken - Yo La Tengo
Listening Wind - Talking Heads
Losing True - the Roches
Almost Blue - Elvis Costello
Celestial Road - Sun Ra
Eyes of the World - Grateful Dead

Host Rob Saffer is the former Executive Director and Producer of the Creative Music Foundation. While living in Brooklyn for 25 years, he served on advisory boards for Celebrate Brooklyn and Symphony Space. He also curated the Brooklyn Museum’s summer jazz series and helped found The Mingus Big Band.

Overlooked Playlist Archive