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This week’s episode of Blues By The Bay honors the late Fats Domino. Host Tom Mazzolini takes listeners on an intimate journey through Fats’ life and career with rare tales and a vast aray of his greatest hits.
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Rickey Vincent will host the 32nd Annual ALL BOOTSY SHOW featuring the music of William “Bootsy” Collins. The bass player, writer, producer and singer with James Brown, George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic and Bootsy’s Rubber Band along with dozens of collaborations across the spectrum of music has been a cornerstone of Funk History from the beginnings. This … Continued
This Friday October 27, Funk Historian Rickey Vincent shares his exclusive interview with The Number One Funketeer of all Time, Bootsy Collins. Bootsy will debut cuts from his new album “World Wide Funk” and shares intimate details of the behind the scenes process of making this newest piece of joyful funk.
As President Trump denies that he told the widow of a U.S. soldier killed in Niger that her husband “knew what he signed up for,” we spend the hour with Khizr Khan, one of the country’s best-known Gold Star family members, whose son was killed in Iraq in 2004. Khan famously spoke out against Trump … Continued
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An interview on the ground in Puerto Rico with Vanessa Bohn.We’ll dive into the work of SOA watch and talk about US intervention in Latin America as well as the militarization of the border. You’ll also hear about Cuéntamelo is a collection of oral histories and illustrations from LGBT Latinx immigrants who arrived in the States … Continued
This morning we speak with Joseph Trevithick, freelance journalist currently writing for Time Inc.’s The War Zone and former analyst with GlobalSecurity.org. He speaks with UpFront about the American military involvement in Niger. His focus is in tracking U.S. military operations around the world, particularly in Africa. Joseph broke the news that private contractors with Berry Aviation … Continued
It’s an in-studio live-concert double-header as Jenna Mammina and her pop band, The Charmers, perform in the KPFA studio at 10 p.m., and dynamic veteran singer-songwriter Dirk Hamilton commands the mic at 11 p.m., with Tony Ferro engineering. Both acts will preview their upcoming shows in Berkeley: Jenna & the Charmers at the Freight & … Continued
Walter Turner gives a comprehensive history of Africa and AFRICOM, putting the US troops in Niger into a big perspective. Professor Turner relates a huge amount of clear information of the continent. More on AFRICOM click here for an article on this topic by Nick Turse that Walter mentions this in the show.
California wildfires have killed at least 42 people and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses, scorching more than 200,000 acres—roughly the size of New York City. The blazes are the deadliest since record keeping began. As global temperatures continue to rise, we’ll look at the link between fires and climate change with Max Moritz, fire … Continued
We speak with Native American activists about the massive Northern California wildfires and the long-term impacts.
