Ritmo

Featuring Sheila E.

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World-class drummer, percussionist and Oakland home-girl whose credits include: Ringo Starr. Marvin Gaye, Prince, Beyoncé, Herbie Hancock, Diana Ross, Lionel Richie, Gloria Estefan and George Duke. Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter behind the seminal hits “The Glamorous Life” and “A Love Bizarre.” Sheila has a new book about her life, “The Beat Of My Own Drum.” She talks with KPFA’s … Continued


This episode will feature new music from Deerhunter returning with their latest single on 4AD. Beirut’s new single from the forthcoming album No No No on 4AD. Also including Deradoorian with the leading track from her breakthrough debut album The Expanding Flower Planet on Anticon. Ending the show with 2 bands that will perform at … Continued


Terra Verde

Terra Verde – Masters of Storms

What’s the forecast? Increasingly, scientists, scholars, and technocrats, as well as journalists, are openly speculating about ideas known by ambitious-sounding terms, like solar radiation management, stratospheric aerosol geoengineering, and albedo modification. Could such unorthodox strategies to counteract global warming be underway already, despite official claims suggesting otherwise? Today Terra Verde tackles controversies around climate intervention and weather manipulation.         … Continued


An Unequal Recovery in New Orleans: Racial Disparities Grow in City 10 Years After Katrina; Shock Doctrine: A Look at the Mass Privatization of NOLA Schools in Storm’s Wake & Its Effects Today; New Orleans Actor & Activist Wendell Pierce on the “Greatest Crime” in Wake of Hurricane Katrina; “George Bush Doesn’t Care About Black … Continued