The Hear and Now

The Hear and Now

10:00 PM Pacific Time: Thursdays

A freeform mix of music, ranging from singer-songwriter folk and surprising back-catalog rock ’n’ roll to avant-garde jazz and improvisation, with unexpected forays into everything in between and beyond. Bits of comedy, international sounds, and contemporary and postmodern classical composition crop up now and then, and local and touring musicians stop by frequently for conversations and fully produced in-studio concerts. Hosted by Derk Richardson.

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Guitarist Peppino D’Agostino visits The Hear and Now – November 15, 2018

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Tune in to The Hear and Now at 10 p.m., right after The Bonnie Simmons Show, and listen to a conversation with, and dazzling fingerstyle guitar music by, Peppino D’Agostino. The Sicilian-born musician, a longtime Northern California resident, is widely recognized as an instrumental master, and he’ll play a few pieces live in the studio that will demonstrate why. … Continued

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Junk Parlor’s Jason Vanderford visits The Hear and Now – November 8, 2018

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Are you familiar with the Gypsy-punk band Junk Parlor? If not, listen into the second hour as songwriter, guitarist, lead vocalist Jason Vanderford talks with host Derk Richardson about the Oakland band and shares music from the new album, Electricity for Dreams. Also, musical tributes to the recently deceased Wah Wah Watson, Tony Joe White, … Continued

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Myra Melford – interview and new music – The Hear and Now – November 1, 2018

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Myra Melford is one of the most important composers, pianists, and bandleaders in contemporary music. Tonight she discusses, with host Derk Richardson, the inspirations, strategies, and collaborations that shape her jazz-rooted music, especially as it manifests in her Snowy Egret ensemble, which has a new recording, The Other Side of Air (Firehouse 12 Records), and will appear at the SFJAZZ Center Nov. … Continued

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A live doubleheader on The Hear and Now, 10 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 25: The Sheldon Brown Group, plus Michael Goldberg and Johnny Harper

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In a special, live, in-studio concert, reed virtuoso and composer Sheldon Brown (alto sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, and laptop) leads an all-star Bay Area septet that includes Darren Johnston on trumpet, Alan Hall on drums, John Finkbeiner on guitar, Michael Wilcox on bass, Andrew Joron on Theramin, and the extraordinary vocalist Lorin Benedict. Poetry by the late … Continued

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Jeff Denson performs live, and Lisa Mezzacappa and Kasey Knudsen discuss improvisation on The Hear and Now – October 18, 2018

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Tune in for a live in-studio concert by bassist/vocalist Jeff Denson‘s quartet with Paul Hanson, bassoon, Dahveed Behroozi, piano, and Dillon Vado, drums. It’s a preview of the CD release tour for Denson’s new album, Outside My Window. Derk Richardson hosts, and Tony Ferro engineers. In the second hour, bassist/composer Lisa Mezzacappa and saxophonist/composer Kasey Knudsen … Continued