Spring Fund Drive In May we had our Spring Fundraiser with the theme of The Next 70 Years, continuing the promotion KPFA’s 70th anniversary. It was a long 18-day drive that ended 100k short of the 550k goal but we kept our promise to our listeners and didn’t extend. Summer Fund Drive … Continued
Karl Evangelista (guitar, voice, percussion, electronics) and Rei Scampavia (keyboard, voice, percussion, electronics) are Grex. Their most recent album is Electric Ghost Parade, so you’ll probably hear some of that music as they play a live-broadcast in-studio concert, but they also promise to debut “some brand new slabs of explosive art rock and electronic sound.” … Continued
Guest: Amitov Ghosh, author of Gun Island
Bay Area singer-songwriter, guitarist (and classical violinist) Ariel Wang is about to release a new album, Bridges, and celebrate it with a show at the Starry Plough in Berkeley on Saturday, Sep. 14. As a preview, she and her band–Lewis Patzner, cello; Terrell Liedstrand, mandolin and vocals; Tim DeCillis, drums; Kevin Gordon, bass; Matt Montgomery, violin; … Continued
Kris Welch speaks with Dale Borglum of the Living/Dying project about the new documentary on Ram Dass, Becoming Nobody and about Dale’s work offering spiritual support to people who are dying and that means all of us. More info at: https://www.livingdying.org/intro/
Non Violent Communication can help us connect across differences but it can also help us more deeply experience the companionship and understanding that comes with being heard by others in similar situations. Host, Marlena Willis, is joined by members of her Chronic Illness and Disability Non Violent Communication Practice Group that happens on a conference … Continued
The Hear and Now, hosted by Derk Richardson, welcomes the Northern California jazz trio Charged Particles, with guest saxophonist Tod Dickow, to the KPFA performance studio for an in-studio concert, broadcast live and engineered by Tony Ferro. Formed in the early 1990s, and taking its name from a Chick Corea composition, the trio is anchored … Continued
The hard rocking, all-women Bay Area supergroup Skip the Needle joins host Derk Richardson in the KPFA performance studio for a live concert broadcast, with Tony Ferro engineering the sound. Katie Cash (guitar and vocals), Shelley Doty (guitar and vocals), Kofy Brown (drums and vocals), and Vicki Randle (bass, percussion, and vocals) [pictured above L-R] … Continued
Mass ICE Raids in Mississippi After Workers Fought for Better Conditions Leave Kids Without Parents; Supersizing Climate Change: U.N. Says Meat Production Destroys Land & Diminishes Key Water Sources; Documents Reveal Monsanto Surveilled Journalists, Activists & Even Musician Neil Young.
