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The Stonewall Inn is a sacred place for many in the LGBTQ community. How did violence outside the New York City bar help define the push for queer rights? Why we remember Stonewall fifty years later. Plus, more reaction from the Democratic presidential primary debate on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

Morning Edition from NPR News airs weekday mornings from 6:00 am - 9:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: New York's Stonewall Inn was site of the 1969 uprising considered the birth of the LGBTQ movement - Mike Segar/Reuters/via NPR)

Americana duo Buddy and Julie Miller have a new album called Breakdown on 20th Ave. South – It’s named after a real address, and a real-life breakdown, that led to their ten-year hiatus from recording. The Grammy-nominated couple joins host Stephen Kallao today, talking candidly about what caused the turmoil and how they worked to repair it – In part through the making of this record. Plus, Buddy and Julie perform live. That’s coming up, on the next World Cafe.

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 /  streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org  / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App from the App Store & Google Play.

(Photo: Buddy & Julie Miller - Kate York/Courtesy of the artist)

This week, a story three decades in the making. Maria Hinojosa meets David Luis “Suave” Gonzalez in 1993. He was 17 years old when he was sentenced to life in prison. At a Pennsylvania prison, Suave joined the largest population of juvenile lifers in the country. And then a Supreme Court ruling changed everything, forever altering the course of Suave’s life.

Two years ago, Latino USA brought you the story of Estrella, an undocumented transgender woman who was arrested inside a courthouse, by ICE agents. Now, Estrella has served nearly 4 years of her 9-year sentence. The story of Estrella: punished for breaking the law, for being undocumented, and for being a woman in a men’s prison.

We step into British baking history with Regula Ysewijn for boiled jam roly-polys, three-foot-tall gingerbreads and fruitcakes that take months to ripen. Plus, we sample Estonia’s fake chocolate bar; consider dining outdoors with Adam Gopnik; and make passatelli in brodo, a simple supper from Bologna.

Milk Street Radio can be heard Sunday nights at 7:00 pm on KRCB-FM. / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a pioneer in the legal fight for gender equality going back to her early days as a lawyer. Her strategy - and her legacy on the next All Things Considered, from NPR News.

All Things Considered from NPR News, airs weekday afternoons from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

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(Photo: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Shuran Huang/NPR)

In the years leading up to menopause, many women struggle. And for those with a history of depression and anxiety, the transition can be even harder. Why finding help to maintain good mental health can be challenging. Plus, a look at the role impeachment managers will play during the Senate trial of President Trump on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

Morning Edition from NPR News airs weekday mornings from 6:00 am - 9:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App for your favorite mobile device!

On the next Fresh Air – Terry talks with Randy Rainbow, who writes and performs satirical songs about President Trump set to the melodies of show tunes. His videos have gone viral on YouTube. Rainbow was just nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Short Form Variety Series.  Join us.

Fresh Air can be heard weekdays at 4:00 pm on KRCB-FM (and again at 12:00 am Tuesday through Friday)! / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download from the App Store & Google Play.

(Photo: Randy Rainbow - Courtesy of Varela Media/via Twitter)

Millions of children in the U-S go to racially and economically segregated schools. We'll revisit the Supreme Court case that paved the way for that. And look at what comes after Robert Mueller's testimony on the next All Things Considered from NPR News.

All Things Considered from NPR News, airs weekday afternoons from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

(Photo: United States Supreme Court - Jarek Tuszyński [CC-BY-SA-3.0])

Long before Coldplay announced their issues with touring and sustainability, the band Illiterate Light was biking across the mid-Atlantic for bicycle-powered shows. We’ll talk to the duo of Jeff and Jake about their music, their unconventional set up that features a standing up drummer and playing bass with your feet, plus they’ll talk about their time working on a farm in the Shenandoah Valley.

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 /  streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org  / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App! Download it today for your favorite mobile device.

(Photo: Illiterate Light – Courtesy of the artist/via Facebook)

In this week’s back-by-popular-demand re-airing, we’re joined by longtime friends of the Forsters, The Travelin’ McCourys. This Nashville-based bluegrass band was founded by Ronnie and Rob McCoury, sons of bluegrass legend Del McCoury. The boys continue their father’s legacy of stellar bluegrass music, along with band members Jason Carter (fiddle) and Alan Bartram (bass). And an exceptional gospel/soul/R&B vocalist, Liz Vice, also joins us. We’ll round things out with a moving eChievement Award story about a Syrian American citizen whose nonprofit is bringing crucial support to those suffering from the war in her native Syria.

eTown airs Wednesday nights at 10 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play.

(Photo: The Travelin’ McCourys – Courtesy eTown)

While President Trump claims testing for COVID-19 is improving, some patients and health care providers tell a far different story. You'll hear more on that story, along with the latest updates on the pandemic on the next All Things Considered from NPR News.

All Things Considered from NPR News, airs weekday afternoons from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

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(Photo: Courtesy of CDC)

The Black Lives Matter movement asks what role white people should play in the struggle for racial justice. How the unlikely pairing of a Black pastor at a church in Vancouver, Washington is helping a mostly white community better understand that movement -- and bringing the church closer to people who feel marginalized on the next Morning Edition from NPR News.

Morning Edition from NPR News airs weekday mornings from 6:00 am - 9:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App for your favorite mobile device!

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We talk with journalist Adam Higgenbotham, author of Midnight in Chernobyl, who writes about the design flaws and shortcuts, human hubris, soviet secrecy, and lack of imagination that led to the 1986 explosion.  He talked to many eyewitnesses and says this was a uniquely Soviet accident. Join us.

Fresh Air can be heard weekdays at 4:00 pm on KRCB-FM (and again at 12:00 am Tuesday through Friday)! / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download from the App Store & Google Play.

There's an incredibly uplifting story behind Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" – And she’s here to tell it and perform the disco classic live, on this special encore edition of the World Cafe.  We’ll also hear music from the gospel album she released last year, Testimony, which includes original songs as well as her take on classics, like “Amazing Grace.” Plus, Gloria shares about nightlife at Studio 54. That's coming up, on the next World Cafe with host Raina Douris.

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App! Download it today for your favorite mobile device.

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(Photo: Gloria Gaynor, 2003 - Docklandsboy / CC BY 2.0)

Atlanta was the cradle of the civil rights movement. So, what does that fight sound like today? The view from the capital of the South on the next All Things Considered from NPR News.

All Things Considered from NPR News, airs weekday afternoons from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

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Our musical guests this week have one thing in common: They’re all returning to the eTown stage after many years. They include The Waifs, the dynamic Australian band headed up by sisters Vikki Thorn and Donna Simpson, and gifted singer/songwriter Jim Lauderdale, whose songs have been recorded by a Who’s Who of country stars over the years. And we’ll hear from the young founder of a nonprofit that enables other nonprofits around the country to go solar, despite their modest budgets.

eTown airs Wednesday nights at 10 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play.

(Photo: The Waifs – Courtesy of the artist/via eTown)

When this eTown episode first aired last year, our musical guests had one thing in common: They were all returning to the eTown stage after many years. They include the dynamic Australian band The Waifs, which normally consists of sisters Vikki Thorn and Donna Simpson and their longtime collaborator Josh Cunningham; and gifted singer/songwriter Jim Lauderdale, whose songs have been recorded by a Who’s Who of country and pop music stars over the years. Plus, we’ll hear from the young founder of a nonprofit that, he feels, will help with global warming while acting as a bridge to heal the political division re: climate change in this country.

eTown airs Wednesday nights at 10 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play.

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(Photo: Courtesy eTown)

Stories of people who unexpectedly find themselves stuck in small spaces—an elevator, an attic, an orchestra pit—and try to make sense of their new surroundings.

This American Life is heard every Friday night at 7:00 pm; repeating every Saturday morning at 9:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / Streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org /  On-demand with the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes App Store & Google Play!

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(Photo by Gracia Lam)

On the next Fresh Air. Terry Gross talks with Tim O’Brien. O’Brien talks about the new documentary, the War and Peace of Tim O’Brien, that’s about the Vietnam veteran who wrote one of the most acclaimed books about the war, The Things They Carried. After writing about mortality in war time, he’s now reflecting on mortality as a man in his 70’s. Join us.

Fresh Air can be heard weekdays at 4:00 pm on KRCB-FM (and again at 12:00 am Tuesday through Friday)! / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download for your favorite mobile device.

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(Photo: The War and Peace of Tim O’Brien, by Tim O’Brien – book cover) 

There is nothing quite like the energy of a live concert. If you are missing those moments, tune in for the next World Cafe. The War on Drugs released their live album, Live Drugs, back in the Fall, and frontman Adam Granduciel will bring us some of his favorite live tracks from other artists in a guest DJ set.

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App! Download it today for your favorite mobile device.

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(Photo: The War On Drugs in side the World Cafe Performance Studio at WXPN - Galea McGregor/WXPN).

After years of fighting battles as a child soldier in South Sudan, a man finds himself a refugee in Australia. As he struggles to overcome his adolescence filled with trauma, by a chance encounter, he comes face to face with his childhood tormentor on a TV show.

Snap Judgment - storytelling with a beat, airs every Saturday morning at 10 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - Download the FREE KRCB mobile App from iTunes & Google Play!

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Words mean things, but some words are especially meaningful — whether in a survival manual, a song lyric, or a slur.

This American Life is heard every Friday night at 7:00 pm; repeating every Saturday morning at 9:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / Streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org /  On-demand with the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes App Store & Google Play!

The White Stripes are now known as one of the most influential indie rock groups of the 2000s – and back in 2003, they were just hitting the peak of their fame and success. That’s when they visited the World Cafe. Today, we’re going back to that moment in music history for a conversation with original host David Dye, and the band performs a live set from their then-new album Elephant. It’s a Classic Cafe with The White Stripes, on the next World Cafe. 

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App! Download it today for your favorite mobile device.

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(Photo: The White Stripes - Patrick Pantano/Courtesy of the artist)

Kingdom in My Mind, the latest album from The Wood Brothers, started from some time spent jamming in a new studio space. The songs didn’t end up as long improvisations though. On the next World Cafe, the trio talk about their process and Chris Wood shares what it is like to sing publicly with The Wood Brothers after the decades he spent in the instrumental group Medeski, Martin and Wood.

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App! Download it today for your favorite mobile device.

(Photo: The Wood Brothers performs live at the AmericanaFest Day Stage presented by NPR Music, WMOT and World Cafe - Dylan Estes/WMOT)

This week’s show is part one of a two-part special “eTown at Red Rocks,” as we return to the legendary Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre for an hour of live music with Boulder-born, Nashville-based American folk trio The Wood Brothers, consisting of brothers Chris and Oliver Wood, as well as multi-instrumentalist Jano Rix. We’re also joined by Portland-bred bluegrass folk band Fruition and North Carolina-based bluegrass band Steep Canyon Rangers. Tune in for an episode of amazing music and interesting conversation, coming to you from one of the most beautiful natural music venues on the planet.

eTown airs Wednesday nights at 10 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play.

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(Photo: Wood Brothers – via eTown)

This week, special guest-host Peter Mulvey welcomes The Wood Brothers, Todd Snider, Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Kat Wright.

Mountain Stage with Larry Groce can be heard every Monday night at 10:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download our free KRCB Mobile App for your iOS or Android device from the App Store & Google Play!

(Photo: The Wood Brothers/via Mountain Stage)

In 2005 a man from Tennessee went to trial for murder. The killer was there, sitting in the courtroom, but he wasn’t the man on the stand. Injustice hits home — the wrongful conviction of Joseph Webster.

Latino USA, hosted by Maria Hinojosa, can be heard Saturday evenings at 6:00 pm on KRCB-FM. / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: Courtesy NPR)

Every day, zoo chef Stacy Kyles prepares breakfast, lunch, and dinner for 600 animals at the Oakland Zoo. This week, we chat about how she feeds the pickiest eaters, how she celebrates birthdays at the zoo and what everyone eats—from watermelon-licking lions to smoothie-guzzling primates. Plus, we discover Tokyo’s Neapolitan pizza scene; we make a Greek-style risotto, and Dr. Aaron Carroll demystifies the latest study on eggs and health.

Milk Street Radio can be heard Sunday nights at 7:00 pm on KRCB-FM. / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

International best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith collaborated with the composer James Ross on their song cycle “These Are The Hands”.  The writer and composer met with Fiona Ritchie to chat about the process of telling their stories and combining lyrics with musical arrangements.  Singers Michelle Burke and Kathleen MacInnes are both featured, along with other contributors.

The Thistle and Shamrock airs Saturdays at 11:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play!

Transformational women leaders are restoring societal balance by showing us how to reconnect relationships not only among people, but between people and the natural world. This astounding conversation among diverse women leaders provides a fascinating window into the soulful depths of what it means to restore the balance between our masculine and feminine selves to bring about wholeness, justice and true restoration of people and planet. Alice Walker, Jean Shinoda Bolen, Nina Simons, Sarah Crowell, Joanna Macy and Akaya Winwood.

(Photo: Alice Walker – Courtesy of Bioneers)

You’re in for some fantastic 1970's Jazz Funk from Grover Washington, Jr, Bob James, Eddie Harris, Ramsey Lewis, and more. Plus, you’ll hear some more modern and experimental sounds, too, from Medeski, Martin and Wood, Brian Charette, and the OM Trio. It's a Notes from the Jazz Underground Dance Party! 

Notes from the Jazz Underground with host Paul Abella airs Saturday nights at 11:00 pm on KRCB-FM / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB Mobile App from the App Store & Google Play!

(Photo: Grover Washington Jr. – Courtesy of the artist)

A different kind of #MeToo story, about several women who worked for the same man. They tell us not only about their troubling encounters with him, but also about their lives beforehand. Who were they when they entered the workplace, and how did their personal histories shape the way they dealt with his harassment?

This American Life is heard every Friday night at 7:00 pm; repeating every Saturday morning at 9:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / Streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org /  On-demand with the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes App Store & Google Play!

(Photo: Lauren Tamaki – via This American Life)

People coming face to face with unfiltered versions of themselves and what that tells them about who they are. Growing up, there was always one thing that our producer Emanuele wasn’t allowed to talk about with her dad: this basketball game from over 40 years ago that changed his life forever. Then, they found a recording of the game and sat down to watch it. That’s this week on This American Life.

This American Life is heard every Friday night at 7:00 pm; repeating every Saturday morning at 9:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / Streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org /  On-demand with the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes App Store & Google Play!

(Photo credit: Sophie Gilmore)

Whether you’ve already voted, or you’re on your way to the polls today – It’s Election Day in the USA! And host Raina Douris has a mix of songs to inspire, to empower, and to remind us that we’re all in this together. We’ll hear from artists like James Brown, Patti Smith, The Youngbloods, Chicano Batman, and many more. It’s music to vote by! On the next World Cafe.

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App! Download it today for your favorite mobile device.

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(Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Siddhartha Khosla is the composer for NBC’s hit series “This Is Us,” and he was recently nominated for an Emmy for his work on the show. Today we'll step into his process of scoring the emotional drama about the Pearson family, and Siddhartha talks us through the soundtrack. We'll also hear about the soundtrack to his own life - He was raised on traditional Indian music until his teens, when he flipped on the radio one day and heard R.E.M. It’s music from “This Is Us” and the man who writes it, on this encore edition of the World Cafe.

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 /  streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org  / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App from the App Store & Google Play.

(Photo: This Is Us composer Siddhartha Khosla - Courtesy of the artist/via NPR)

We go live in concert and conversation with two New Orleans artists each of whom bring their family heritage forward into contemporary music. Singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla has called New Orleans home for many years, but her family ties are to Haiti. She draws on French Creole roots for inspiration, as well as from the poetry of Langston Hughes. Then jazz saxophonist Big Chief Donald Harrison, whose musical journey includes time in New York with drummer Art Blakey’s band, talks about “Afro-New Orleans culture” and demonstrates how to bring soul, funk, and Black carnival traditions into modern jazz.

American Routes airs Fridays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

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(Photo: Courtesy of the artist)

The annual Notes from the Jazz Underground Jerry Garcia episode. We'll hear Jerry with Ornette Coleman, Jerry with Merl Saunders, and of course, Jerry with the Dead, too. 

World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 /  streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org  / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB Mobile App from the App Store & Google Play.

(Photo: Jerry at Red Rocks taken 08-11-87 - Mark L. Knowles, aka rainbow_trout [CC BY-SA)])

New Orleans’ soulful hoodoo rock and roller and carnivalesque hero Mac Rebennack, better known as Dr. John, passed away on June 6, 2019. Within a day, the city’s streets filled with mourners honoring his legacy of high funknology in the verbal, musical and spiritual arts. In our archival interview, Dr. John recalls his early days as a studio guitarist and later the West Coast birth of his mysterious public persona. We also revisit a live performance in 2013 where Mac reminisces about learning to play piano at home from an auntie and hearing his heroes out on the music scene. American Routes is ‘the right place” to share these conversations and celebrate the beloved music of our friend, the late legendary Dr. John.

American Routes airs Fridays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: Mac Rebenack, aka Dr. John - via American Routes)

TODAY'S PROGRAM MY BE PRE-EMPTED BY LIVE NPR NEWS COVERAGE OF THE TRUMP IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.

This week we visit with two Southern crafters of music and song. Kentucky native and guitarist Joan Shelley takes her ethereal songwriting and voicing of life’s emotional flow from observations on the banks of the Ohio River near Louisville. Then, the virtuosic Blue Ridge pianist Jeff Little shares his stories of growing up playing alongside the legendary flat-pick guitarist Doc Watson at the family’s music store in Boone, North Carolina. It led to a singular career of playing high-speed fiddle tunes on the piano. Also music of love, loss, and fast trains with Bill Frisell, Johnny Cash, James Brown, Tom Waits, and Elizabeth Cotton.

American Routes airs Fridays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: Joan Shelly – Courtesy of American Routes)

From Great Britain to the Big Easy, we explore the sounds of musical and social breakouts. First, we hear how British blues pioneer John Mayall broke out of England with his band the Bluesbreakers, bringing British blues to a larger audience. We’ll hear some of Mayall’s sources and contemporaries, like Big Maceo and Eric Clapton. Then, it’s butt shakes and backbeats with Big Freedia, the Queen Diva of New Orleans Bounce, a rhythmic dance music with sources in hip hop and rap, as well as much earlier jazz and R&B. We’ll explore some of those sources, and strut with Kermit Ruffins and Sam Morgan, head “Down Yonder” with Smiley Lewis, and “Take it to the Street” with Rebirth Brass Band.

American Routes airs Fridays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo credit: David Gomez/via American Routes)

We take a deep dive into the memory vaults to spin the tunes that we shamelessly love. From guilty pleasures, including a disco dance number, to confessional ballads like James Carr’s “Dark End of the Street” and songs of redemption ala Bobby Hebb’s “Sunny,” we shine a light on our heart’s true delights. Plus, we explore social protest anthems including Mavis Staples’ “Long Walk to D.C.,” Simon & Garfunkel’s “Richard Cory,” and a standout R&B version of Pete Seeger’s “If I Had a Hammer” sung by Shreveport’s Toussaint McCall.

American Routes airs Fridays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: via American Routes)

Songs and stories of the healing power of music and its role in improving personal health with gospel singer Cora Harvey Armstrong, Apsaalooke rapper and fancy dancer Supaman, singer-songwriter Jesse Colin Young and Santana‘s reflections on reincarnation. Plus, songs about the temptations of elixirs as fixers of pain and maladies of all kinds from the flu and plain old love sickness.

American Routes airs Fridays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: Courtesy of American Routes)

Songs and stories of the healing power of music and its role in improving personal health with gospel singer Cora Harvey Armstrong, Apsaalooke rapper and fancy dancer Supaman, singer-songwriter Jesse Colin Young and Santana‘s reflections on reincarnation. Plus, songs about the temptations of elixirs as fixers of pain and maladies of all kinds from the flu and plain old love sickness.

American Routes airs Fridays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

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American Routes celebrates this Thanksgiving weekend with words and music from the National Heritage Fellows Concert in Washington DC. Since 1982, the National Endowment for the Arts has presented the fellowships. It’s America’s highest honor in Folk & Traditional Arts. This year’s fellows include Texas ranchera elders Las Tesoros de San Antonio, Basque accordionist Dan Ansotegui, Malian balafon player Balla Kouyate, African American storyteller Linda Goss, Wyoming leatherworker James F. Jackson, Spanish colcha embroiderer Josephine Lobato, decoy carver Rich Smoker, Crow storyteller Grant Bulltail and Tennessee folklorist and state parks manager Bob Fulcher. Plus fellows from years gone by: Mavis Staples, Doc Watson, Wanda Jackson and the Holmes Brothers.

American Routes airs Fridays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: via American Routes)

American Routes celebrates this holiday weekend with words and music from the National Heritage Fellows Concert in Washington DC. Since 1982, the National Endowment for the Arts has presented the fellowships. It’s America’s highest honor in Folk & Traditional Arts. This year’s fellows include Texas ranchera elders Las Tesoros de San Antonio, Basque accordionist Dan Ansotegui, Malian balafon player Balla Kouyate, African American storyteller Linda Goss, Wyoming leatherworker James F. Jackson, Spanish colcha embroiderer Josephine Lobato, decoy carver Rich Smoker, Crow storyteller Grant Bulltail and Tennessee folklorist and state parks manager Bob Fulcher. Plus fellows from years gone by: Mavis Staples, Doc Watson, Wanda Jackson and the Holmes Brothers.

American Routes airs Fridays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

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(Photo: via American Routes)

It’s time to celebrate the New Year with live music from the French Quarter including the Rebirth Brass Band, jazz with Leroy Jones...and Ellis Marsalis, Little Freddie King’s country blues, funk from Jon Cleary... and songs from Charmaine Neville. Start the New Year right with American Routes!

American Routes airs Fridays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: via American Routes)

The Rolling Stones have been around for over five decades and touring almost as long. This week we listen back to Stones songs about working people, the band's sources in blues, country, and gospel, and speak with two of their sidemen who share their tales of working with the group.  Pianist and Rolling Stones music director, Chuck Leavell got a fateful call to join the band in 1982 while working on his family’s Georgia tree plantation, but before that, he played with the Allman Brothers. Singer and percussionist Bernard Fowler was touring with Herbie Hancock before he got the call to come work with the Stones. He recently made a spoken-word recording of their songs as social commentary. Then a conversation with Missouri’s own Narvel Felts, who tells us about his journey from the cotton fields to the famed studios of Sun and Mercury Records as a rockabilly singer, and later adventures in country and pop. Narvel is a marvel—a maker of some of the best rock n roll songs you’ve never heard.

American Routes airs Fridays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: via American Routes)

Texas singer-songwriter Billy Joe Shaver is a prolific composer who draws inspiration from his life experiences: turning horses to working in a sawmill; his relationship with religion and his family. All raw material for honing classic country songs, many of which are anthemic in the Outlaw Country music scene of yore. We’ll talk to Shaver about his life in music. Then, the former Crawfish Queen of Breaux Bridge, Yvette Landry, shares stories of coming to music and song-making later in life, and her work with the "Godfather of Swamp Pop," Warren Storm. Plus music by Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Marcia Ball and Fats Domino.

American Routes airs Fridays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

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(Photo: Billy Joe Shaver – via American Routes)