The Hear & Now – June 4, 2009 at 10:00pm
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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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Hosted by Betty Beasley.
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Join hosts Bonnie Simmons and Derk Richardson for a special four hour music extravaganza. Bonnie and Derk feature the music of Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women, Neil Young, Ry Cooder, Leonard Cohen and many more surprises on this evening's special.
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This unscheduled fill-in show is all OTE excerpts occurring during the same time period that the “How Radio Was Done” series concluded. Bits and extended clips from Howland Island and C. Elliot Friday, art and The Paint Line, Plagiarism, Night Of A Thousand Bands, The Air Show, Television, Rosebud and more.
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Today we listen to an hour of Hawaiian spirit music to celebrate KPFA’s 60th birthday. We devote the entire first hour from 10am until 11am to this beautiful music of Hawaii nei. Around 11:15am, we have a short interview with one of the greatest musicians from Turkey, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, who is in town for … Continued
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Derk Richardson hosts All Ones, performing live in the KPFA studio. David Brandt (drums, percussion), Ned Doherty (electric bass guitarist), and Matt Cunitz (Hammond organ, piano, Rhodes, and various synthesizers) are All Ones, an improvising trio rooted in the same avant-jazz-fusion, prog, psychedelic, and post-rock sensibilities you've heard swirling in the music of the electric … Continued
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“Sing Out” welcomes two Bay Area musical guests: jazz-beyond singer Ann Dyer, who indulges her passion for Beatles reworkings (she once recorded an acclaimed CD of jazz versions of Beatles songs, “Revolver: A New Spin”); and jazz bassist Kurt Ribak, who previews music from his new trio album (CD release concert is at Yoshi’s San … Continued
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These are stories of pain, pride, adoration, tolerance and acceptance. Learn whether a father accepts his daughter's wife. Hear how a father and daughter's life now converge. Some fathers and daughters talk about feminism as it pertains to both of them. Are traditional gendered parenting roles becoming a thing of the past. You'll hear these … Continued
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A musical tribute to East Bay musician John Havard. Guitarist and songwriter John Havard passed away at home in the care of friends early Monday, March 30, 2009. He had celebrated his 60th birthday with scores of friends the previous Sunday. In a long musical career, he played with Canyon, Rising Tide, Eagle Park Slim … Continued