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.

The Hear and Now

Fred Frith: Gravity Re-Imagined on The Hear and Now – August 23, 2012

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Composer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist Fred Frith is revisiting his trailblazing “dance music” album, Gravity, in concert this Saturday night at Slim’s in San Francisco. Tonight he talks with Derk Richardson about the recording of that album in 1979 and how he re-imagines it for a new band of musicians (organized by him, Dominique Leone, and Aaron … Continued

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Haroula Rose performs live on The Hear and Now – July 19, 2012

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Raised just outside Chicago and transplanted to Los Angeles (by way of two years in Madrid), Haroula Rose drops into the KPFA studio to play a few songs with her guitar and share more lushly arranged tracks from her just-released EP, So Easy, the follow-up to last year’s full-length These Open Roads. That she covers … Continued