Hearing Loss with Punk Rocker, Kathy Peck

You remember when the Bay Area was filled with the sounds of punk rock?  So does our guest Kathy Peck.  She played bass for the San Francisco all-woman band The Contractions.  Surprise!  All those loud shows led to hearing loss. How did she deal with that? How does music, laughter and DIY sound? She talks … Continued


Yahir Durán en Vivo en La Raza Chronicles

Música en vivo y entrevista con el roero mexicano Yahir Durán. El segmento Kápsulas Insumisas, de La Kolektiva Libertaria. Además, anuncios sobre conciertos y eventos en La Bahía. Conducido y producido por Miguel Guerrero. https://kpfa.org/program/la-raza-chronicles/  


HowellDevine and Dirk Hamilton perform live on The Hear and Now, 10 p.m., Thursday, July 19

Over the past six years, since the release of the debut recording, Delta Grooves, HowellDevine has matured into one of the hardest working and most distinctive blues groups in Northern California. On the trio’s latest and fourth CD, Howl (released by Little Village Foundation), Joshua Howell (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Pete Devine (drums, washboard, jug), and Joe Kyle, Jr. … Continued


Joe Rut performs live on The Hear and Now, 10 p.m., Thursday, July 12

Join host Derk Richardson as he presents Bay Area singer-songwriter Joe Rut in the KPFA performance studio. Rut is celebrating the release of his seventh album, Nekkid, a solo acoustic set recorded live this March at Santo Recording in Oakland. While his previous album, Stolen Tools & Stereos, featured such special guests as mandolinist David Grisman, pedal … Continued