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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


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