In a once-in-a-lifetime experience, KPFA presents the four-hour fund-drive special: Bob Dylan at 80. KPFA programmers Derk Richardson (“The Hear and Now”) and Larry Kelp (“Sing Out”) co-host this birthday salute to Bob on Wednesday, May 26, from 8 p.m. to midnight. As they have done for 30 years, Derk and Larry present a mix of the … Continued


In a once-in-a-lifetime experience, KPFA presents the four-hour fund-drive special: Bob Dylan at 80. KPFA programmers Derk Richardson (“The Hear and Now”) and Larry Kelp (“Sing Out”) co-host this birthday salute to Bob on Wednesday, May 26, from 8 p.m. to midnight. As they have done for 30 years, Derk and Larry present a mix of the … Continued



Sing Out

Bob Dylan 78th Birthday Special

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Bob Dylan turns 78 on Friday, but at KPFA we’re not waiting to celebrate his birthday. On Wednesday (May 22) Larry Kelp hosts a two-hour “Sing Out” Bob Dylan special from 10 p.m.-midnight. Since 1991 the “Bob’s Birthday Special” has been an almost annual event on KPFA. Dylan is a unique force in modern music, … Continued


Bob Dylan 78th Birthday Special

Bob Dylan turns 78 on Friday, but at KPFA we’re not waiting to celebrate his birthday. On Wednesday (May 22) Larry Kelp hosts a two-hour “Sing Out” Bob Dylan special from 10 p.m.-midnight. Since 1991 the “Bob’s Birthday Special” has been an almost annual event on KPFA. Dylan is a unique force in modern music, … Continued


Sing Out

Bob Dylan 76th Birthday Special

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Continuing a tradition dating back to the previous century, KPFA’s Derk Richardson and Larry Kelp co-host “Bob Dylan 76th Birthday Special” on Bob’s birthday: Wednesday, May 24, from 8 p.m. to midnight. Four hours of the Nobel Prize laureate’s greatest recordings, rarities, some fascinating cover versions by musicians from the Grateful Dead to Nina Simone, … Continued


Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Journalist James Risen: CIA Torture Methods Caused Long-Term Psychological Harm to Former Prisoners; The White Helmets: As Syria Death Toll Mounts, Meet the Rescue Workers Saving Thousands of Lives.

Journalist James Risen: CIA Torture Methods Caused Long-Term Psychological Harm to Former Prisoners; The White Helmets: As Syria Death Toll Mounts, Meet the Rescue Workers Saving Thousands of Lives; Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize For Literature: Listen to Rare Interviews and Songs from Pacifica Radio Archives; Surviving Torture in a CIA Secret Prison: Khaled al-Sharif … Continued


Journalist James Risen: CIA Torture Methods Caused Long-Term Psychological Harm to Former Prisoners; The White Helmets: As Syria Death Toll Mounts, Meet the Rescue Workers Saving Thousands of Lives; Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize For Literature: Listen to Rare Interviews and Songs from Pacifica Radio Archives; Surviving Torture in a CIA Secret Prison: Khaled al-Sharif … Continued


Sing Out

Bob Dylan 75th Birthday Special, Part 2.

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A four-hour music extravaganza (8 p.m.-midnight) with Dylan’s classics, rarities and distinctive covers by an array of musicians. The show is presented by three regular KPFA hosts: Kevin Vance (Across the Great Divide), Derk Richardson (The Hear and Now) and Larry Kelp (Sing Out). Since 1991 the “Bob’s Birthday Special” has been an almost annual … Continued