Deep Focus

No one will ever embody the concept of music as spiritual sustenance the way that Pharoah Sanders did.  William Hooker heard the call through the music and it changed his life.  William joins Mitch Go...

15 Okt 20221h 6min

Every once in a while, an artist comes along who gets so caught up in the sweep of history that the world seems to create itself for the artist's work, rather than the other way around.  Dollar Brand ...

6 Okt 202242min

Every once in a while, an artist comes along who gets so caught up in the sweep of history that the world seems to create itself for the artist's work, rather than the other way around.  Dollar Brand ...

2 Okt 20221h 5min

Every once in a while, an artist comes along who gets so caught up in the sweep of history that the world seems to create itself for the artist's work, rather than the other way around.  Dollar Brand ...

26 Sep 202259min

Even among his collaborators who were known for going their own way-- Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra and Archie Shepp, to name but a few-- trumpeter Bill Dixon was an iconoclast.  When the music was dismissed a...

22 Sep 202247min

Even among his collaborators who were known for going their own way-- Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra and Archie Shepp, to name but a few-- trumpeter Bill Dixon was an iconoclast.  When the music was dismissed a...

18 Sep 20221h 10min

Even among his collaborators who were known for going their own way-- Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra and Archie Shepp, to name but a few-- trumpeter Bill Dixon was an iconoclast.  When the music was dismissed a...

12 Sep 20221h 6min

Mitch Goldman's Deep Focus is back live on WKCR this Monday (8/8) for the first time since March 2020.  Guitarist/sonic architect Ben Tyree joins Mitch in examining rare live recordings of the magnifi...

25 Aug 202252min