-Updated 01/05/2026
It’s that time of year to reflect back on the music played and enjoyed by some of our amazing crew of talented KPFA music DJs. This list is also great for anyone of our listeners who’d like to get new music recommendations from the eclectic tastes of our tastemakers.
Greg Bridges – Transitions On Traditions – Mondays 8pm – 10pm
Nicholas Payton – Triune – Smoke Sessions
Kassa Overall – Cream – Warp
Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell – We Insist 2025! – Candid
Kelsey Mines – Everything Sacred, Nothing Serious – OA2
Butcher Brown – Letters From The Atlantic – Concord
Sabrina Jacobs & Chris C – A Box of Toys – Tuesdays – Midnight -2am
(Artist – Album – Label)
Maurice Louca – Fera – Simsara
Darkside– Nothing – Matador
Red Snapper – Barb and Feather – Lo
Kim Gordon – The Collective – Matador
Black Flower – Kinetic – Sdban Ultra
DJ Henroc – City Cat Radio – Wednesdays Midnight-2am
Estelle – Stay Alta – 1980
Jane Handcock – It’s Me Not You – Death Row
Clipse – Let God Sort Em Out – Roc Nation
De La Soul – Cabin In The Sku – Mass Appeal
Leon Thomas – Pholks – Ezmny
Excuse My French – Rhythm Machine – Wednesdays 2am-5am
Buckingham Nicks (re-issue) – Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks on -Rhino
Blood Orange – Essex Honey – Domino
Carlos Menas – Con Personas – Pinch
Maia Friedman – Goodbye Long Winter Shadow – Last Gang
Sally Shapiro – Ready To Live A Life – Italians Do It Better
Tim Lynch – Dead To The World – Wednesdays 8pm-10pm
Greensky Bluegrass – XXV – Big Blue Zoo
Sierra Hull – A Tip Toe High Wire – Sierra Hull
Brothers Comatose – Golden Grass – Swamp Jam
The Wood Brothers – Puff of Smoke – Honey Jam
Galactic & Irma Thomas – Audience With The Queen – Tchoup-Zilla Records
Bonnie Simmons – The Bonnie Simmons Show – Thursdays 8pm-10pm
Jesse Welles – Middle – Self Released
Bon Iver – Sable Fable – Jagjaguwar
Mavis Staples – Sad and Beautiful World – Anti
Jason Isbell – Foxes in the Snow -Southeastern
Joy Oladokun – Observations From A Crowded Room – Amigo
Anthony Bonet – Calling All Seekers – Thursdays 10pm-Midnight
Molly Joyce – Slate Chage – Better Company
Barry Can’t Swim – Loner – Ninja Tune
The Beverage Station – Little Green Cells – Gold Bolus
Felco Deutekom – Phillip Glass: Etudes For Piano – Orange Mountain
Ute Lemper – Pirate Jenny – The Audiophile Society
Rickey Vincent & Stevie G – History of Funk – Friday 10pm-Midnight
Bootsy Collins – Album of The Year #1 Funkateer – Bootzilla
Thurteen – Psychedelic Therapy – Self Released
Slapbak – Funk Lives Matter – Self Released
The 420 Funk Mob – The Emperor Has No Clones – Self Released
PTFI – Project 2025 Is Upon You – Self Released
Miz April – The Gospel Experience – Saturdays 6am-9am
Kenneth Overton– The Living Spiritual – Navonna
E. Dewey Smith – Songs Daddy Used to Sing – Pebble Street
Sensere – The Soul of Future Worship – Tribl | WrightSound M&E
Brent Jones – Praise in the Choir Stand – JDI Ent
Ricky Dillard – Choir Master II – Capitol CMG
Pedro Arroyo – Casa Babalyon – Saturdays 7pm – 9pm
Frente Cumbiero – Inconcreto Y Asociados – Salgaelsol y Discos Biche
El Leon Pardo – Viaje Sideral – ZZK Music
Lido Pimienta – La Belleza – Anti
Quetzal – Memory and Return – Tlacuilo Joint Productions
Carlos Dafé and Adrian Younge – Carlos Dafé JID 25 – Jazz is Dead
Luis Medina – Con Sabor – Saturdays 9pm-11pm
Ruben Blades with Roberto Delgado & Orchestra – Fotografias – Self Released
Pete Perigñon and Aymee Nuviola – Cache – Self Released
Issac Delgado – Mira Como Vengo – AnZn
Eduardo Zayas Y Su EZ La Banda – Salsa Con Perfume De Mujer – Self Released
Orquesta Failde – Caminando Piango Piango – Tumbao
Kevin Vance – Across The Great Divide – Sundays 11am-1pm
Muireann Bradley – I Kept These Old Blues – Tompkins Square
Tim Grimm – Bones of Trees – Self Released
Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson – What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow – Nonesuch
The Accidentals – TIME OUT 3 – Self Released
Tom Prasada-Rao – Beautiful You: The Songs of Tom Prasada-Rao – Simple Gift
Miguel Gurrero – Rock en Rebelion – Sundays 5pm-6pm
Mon Laferte – Otra Noche de Llorar – Universal Music México
Hello Seahorse! – Anoche Vi / Pour t’ Oublier (feat. Mehdi Nitsh) – Lov/Recs
Juan Campodonico – La Duda – ZZK
St. Vincent – Violent Times / Tiempos Violentos – Loma Vista
La Gusana Ciega – Sal de Mis Sueños – La Gusana Ciega
Greg Garza – Indie Landscapes – Sundays 7pm-8pm
Gelli Haha – Switcheroo – Innovative Leisure
Babe Rainbow – Slipper imp and shakaerator – P(doom)
Barry Can’t Swim – Loner – Ninja Tune
Jadu Heart– Post Heaven – VLF
Weval – Chorophobia – Technicolour
Mike Biggz- Living In The Now – Sundays 9pm-10pm
Say She She – Cut & Rewind – Stones Throw
De La Soul – Cabin In The Sky – Mass Appeal
Young Gun Silver Fox – Pleasure – Blue Elan
Slick Rick – Victory – Mass Appeal
Sault – 10 – Forever Living