On this month's Food Segment during the Monday Afternoon Show's 4 p.m. hour, the Food Segment team analyzes various German specialties at Jaeger Haus at 5084 NY-9G in Tivol and Tepper must confront another diner's dissatisfaction with a burger by keeping his mouth filled with chicken schnitzel at all times. Osaka is called in.

And, during the 5 p.m. hour, host Kieran Riley is joined by Dan Kaufman of Barbez, to talk about the band's upcoming album release, and their show at The Avalon Lounge on July 25th, 2025.

Elegy for Gaza, the first Barbez release in seven years, is a plea for peace and a lament for the victims of the war in Gaza. “Our music has often drawn inspiration from historical events, struggles for human rights, and poetry,” said the group’s primary songwriter, Dan Kaufman. “All these elements are woven together in this piece. We see this music as a small gesture of solidarity for the citizens of Gaza, especially for its children.”

Rooftops of Tehran, the album’s B side, is a reference to the 2009 protests against the Iranian regime in response to apparently rigged election results. The voice at the beginning is that of a young woman speaking into her phone, hoping that calls of “Allahu Akbar” from the city’s rooftops would continue through the night. The cries were a sign that defiance against the government had not been extinguished.

The cover, by the visual artist Adam O’Neal, was based on an image taken by the Palestinian photojournalist Said Khatib, who gave the rendering his blessing. Arabic calligraphy was drawn by the Lebanese fashion designer Gabi Asfour (threeASFOUR), and the Arabic poem on the A side was translated by his sister, Nana Asfour, a journalist and editor. Artwork was created by Heung-Heung Chin, the designer for John Zorn’s Tzadik label. The music was recorded and mixed by Martin Bisi at B.C. Studio in Brooklyn and mastered by Fred Kevorkian at Kevorkian Mastering in Brooklyn. Jeff Mueller (Rodan, Shipping News, June of 44) printed the cover artwork on a letterpress at Dexterity Press in New Haven, Connecticut. Proceeds from the recording will benefit World Central Kitchen and the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund.

Barbez crafts a haunting mosaic that draws on avant-rock, old-world cabaret, European folksong, and contemporary classical. Since forming in Brooklyn in the late 1990s, Barbez has released six albums, each mixed by the incomparable Martin Bisi (Sonic Youth, Swans, Herbie Hancock). Force of Light, released on John Zorn’s Tzadik label, was an homage to the Romanian-Jewish Holocaust poet Paul Celan. The band’s follow-up, Bella Ciao, also released on Tzadik, was inspired by ancient Roman Jewish melodies and the Italian Resistance during World War II. In 2018, the group released For Those Who Came After: Songs of Resistance from the Spanish Civil War on Important Records, a Boston-based label that also released the group’s first two albums.

Tune in for a mix of music themed on current events, interviews with artists, musicians, community members, and more live from Housatonic, Mass. Also featured are the segments:

• "The Stream Line" on 1st Mondays at 4:10 p.m.
• "CREATE CALENDAR" on 2nd Mondays at 4:10 p.m.
• "Catskill Housing Talks" on 2nd Mondays at 5:10 p.m.
• "Food Segment" on 3rd Mondays at 4:10 p.m.
• "The Month Ahead at Cornell Cooperative Extension with Deven Connelly" on 4th Mondays at 4:10 p.m.

Kieran Riley lived in Columbia County for years and now resides in Housatonic, South Berkshire County, MA, where he broadcasts the weekly "Monday Afternoon Show" live. Kieran has been involved with WGXC since before the launch of the station in 2011 and has been the host and co-host on many shows including "The Ag Show," "Tell It Like It Is," and "Coyote Ghost Radio Show." He has been broadcasting the Monday edition of WGXC's "Afternoon Show" weekly since 2013, interviewing local guests on many topics AND bringing music and audio covering a range of both local and global issues. His show highlights issues of peace and social justice and provides radio space for youth and marginalized people. He is currently also stepping in for Tony Fallon on the weekly show "The Irish Show."