Author: Ishmael Katz

For ‘The United States of Americana’ show.  Rootsy, raggy, rockin’, rollin’ and rowdy The Band, Holy Modal Rounders, Allman Brothers, Chris Smither, John Hiatt, Randy Newman, Little Feat, Jesse Winchester, Youngbloods, Lovin’ Spoonful and Jim Kweskin Jug Band.

Join Ishmael and Kate as we journey through Europe with some of the music we have listened to during our travels. Check out artists you may be hearing for the first time but known across the pond.

Please join me on the air tomorrow as I play songs for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  I have found a wide range of music related to Dr. King and the civil rights movement.  From Mighty Sparrow to Sweet Honey on the Rock to Dr. King himself and Lyndon Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act […]

Annual Buddha’s Enlightenment Show. Sacred and amusing songs around Buddha, Zen and the like. Learn a little about Buddhism as well. The picture is of my first Zen teacher, Roshi Philip Kapleau who wrote the first book by an American that helped students learn how to sit in zazen (zen meditation). His book, ‘The Three […]

With Ishmael Katz Join me Thursday, Nov. 7 from 2-4 pm as I explore the sound of the female voice. I’ll be playing the women whose voices I would listen to if the only music I could listen to for the rest of my life would be these singers. See how it compares with your […]

Please join me for The 5th Annual Buddha;s Enlightenment Show on WSLR 96.5 FM and www.wslr.org….It’s a little bit info about Buddhism and a lot of songs, funny and deep about Zen , Buddhism, Enlightenment from artists you’ve hear of (Van Morrison, Dave Brubeck, Joseph Campbell, David Bowie, Cat Stevens) and some you probably don’t […]

Join me Thursday, May 17 from 2-4 pm (that’s 8-10  pm Hamburg time) for my bon voyage show before I head to Europe for the summer. I am dedicating the show to my sweetie , Katharina, who I will meet soon in Germany. So…the theme is songs by and about Kates, Katharinas, etc.  I got […]

Join me Thursday, Jan. 18 for the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. special.  Hear a variety of artists take on this great peacemaker.  Eclectricity airs from 2-4 pm and can be heard for two weeks on Archive.  Turn On; Tune In and don’t Drop Out….thanks, Ishmael

I’ll be hosting this week from 2-4 pm on Thursday, Dec 7 .  The first hour will be the 4th Annual ‘Buddha’s Enlightenment’ show.  The actual date of his awakening under the Bodhi Tree is Dec. 8 and is called Rohatsu (8th day of the 12th month). The second hour will be songs related to […]