Mitch Goldman
2014.05.26 Eric Person on Sun Ra
It's after the end of the world. Don't you know that yet? Host Mitch Goldman and saxophonist Eric Person put Sun Ra in Deep Focus tonight (5/2) on WKCR [...]
2015.02.09 Andy Caploe on Sonny Rollins
Rebroadcast March 28, 2022.
I know you think of me as the on-air host at WKCR 89.9FM on Monday nights from 6pm to 9pm but the truth is that I have only been [...]
2011.08.15 Pheeroan akLaff on Coltrane and Miles in Japan
Rebroadcast February 28, 2022.
The music I love has porous boundaries. If the audience responds to what they hear, the musicians will give that energy [...]
2017.11.13 Adam Rudolph on Big Black, Mtume
Rebroadcast January 17, 2022.
The hand and the drum: after the human voice, probably the original musical instrument. But the question tonight on Deep Focus is [...]
2018.12.10 Melvin Gibbs on the Art Ensemble of Chicago
Rebroadcast January 3, 2022.
Melvin Gibbs is hearing things that I am not hearing yet. I know this from the choices he makes as a bassist, his work as a [...]
2014.04.28 Adam Rudolph on the Art Ensemble of Chicago
Rebroadcast December 13, 2021.
Let's keep the dance alive! The last episode of Deep Focus had us listening to live recordings of The Art Ensemble of [...]
2013.04.18 Daniel Sadownick on the Art Ensemble of Chicago
Rebroadcast November 29, 2021.
What is the Art Ensemble of Chicago? Are they a band or are they an omen, a signpost marking a new direction [...]
2017.10.02 Reggie Sylvester on Bern Nix
Rebroadcast November 15, 2021.
"You know, if we understand one question rightly, all questions are answered. But we don't know how to ask the right [...]
2016.06.20 Brian Charette on Keith Emerson
Rebroadcast November 1, 2021.
Seventies prog: bloated arena rock or informed, impassioned, challenging music featuring blazing chops and mind [...]
2017.08.07 William Hooker on Don Pullen
Rebroadcast October 18, 2021.
I love the conversations that ensue when I invite an artist to appear on Deep Focus. Drummer/conceptualist William Hooker is a [...]