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This week on Beale Street Caravan we have acclaimed singer-songwriter, Todd Snider. Grammy-nominated blues man, Guy Davis, will be with us to deliver an installment of the Blues Hall of Fame, an exploration of the lives of the pioneers and innovators enshrined in the Blues Hall of Fame, here in Memphis, TN, brought to you by the Blues Foundation.

Beale Street Caravan can be heard Wednesday nights at 11 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB App from iTunes & Google Play!

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(Photo: Todd Snider – Courtesy of the artist)

This week on Folk Alley, Elena See looks back at "the 10s" and share the Best of the Decade with favorite songs from 2010-2019, including music from Parker Millsap, Crooked Still, Gretchen Peters, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Jason Isbell, Lori McKenna, William Prince, and so much more! 

Folk Alley can be heard Saturdays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

This week on Folk Alley, we remember two legends of the folk world who recently passed with tracks from Leon Redbone and Koerner, Ray & Tony "Little Sun" Glover; new music from Sheryl Crow (feat. Bonnie Raitt and Mavis Staples), The Resonant Rogues, Willie Nelson, and The Small Glories; a set of exclusive recordings from our archives by Jay Ungar & Molly Mason Family Band and Mike + Ruthy; plus favorites from Bob Dylan, David Grisman & Jerry Garcia, Joni Mitchell, and more. 

Folk Alley can be heard Saturdays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

This week it’s Thanksgiving Rules: turkey, cranberry sauce and cake versus pie. We chat with Stella Parks about her pumpkin pie secret and a fresh twist on à la mode; Vivian Howard invites us to her kitchen for North Carolina turkey and sides; chefs, authors, listeners, and friends share their favorite Thanksgiving memories; Dr. Aaron Carroll talks food safety and stuffing; we make a quick Cranberry and Candied Ginger Buckle; and Adam Gopnik talks the magic of leftovers.

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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It’s Summer Rock Festival 2019. Now in its 4th year, SRF has become a Ric on the Radio fixture! This year features a stellar line-up of currently touring bands. Headliners, Vampire Weekend, will be joined by Garbage, The Chats, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Ocean Alley, and Barrie.

Bring your coolers and lawn chairs!

Ric on the Radio can be heard every 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month at 9:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

Sometimes you just gotta turn down that amp and let your sensitive side show. Sufjan Stevens, Iron & Wine, Elliott Smith, Beck, America, King Missile, Led Zeppelin, Yo La Tengo, Dirty Projectors, The Mountain Goats, Van Halen, The Lemonheads, Galaxie 500 and more!

Ric on the Radio can be heard every 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month at 9:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: Sufjan Stevens – Courtesy of the artist, via NPR)

This week on Snap Judgment, a mix of missionaries, mercenaries, and misfits from around the world pack their bags, fly to Iraq and voluntarily run into the line of fire... to fight ISIS.

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!

A young boy had a complicated relationship with his mother. But after she passed, he travels across the world to try and make things better. And Glynn’s mom… burns his books.

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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A young girl in San Francisco helps her mom make and sell special brownies, two boys dream of becoming firefighters, and lockdown advice from people all over the world. Snap Judgment presents, “Buds.” Amazing stories about friends, for friends, from friends.

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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A woman visits an island near South Korea to meet a group of grandmothers who free-dive well into their 80s for abalone and octopus. She comes away with an unexpected discovery about motherhood and about herself. And a boy who hates football has a father who loves it more than anything.

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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A teenage hacker inspired by “Mr. Robot” takes on his principal, teachers, and the Board of Education. And a night-shift doctor shares a story of life after death.

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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This week on Snap Judgment, a Chicago newspaper buys and operates an undercover bar to catch officials in the act of corruption. Reporters pose as bartenders to document crimes  and soon acquire a cast of characters looking for something more than a drink. Snap Judgment presents, “Subterfuge.” Specializing in shakedowns and payoffs.

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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An openly gay luchador full of talent faces an uphill battle to get the crowd and the press on his side. And a ten-year-old takes on superhero duty, serving as a heroine of the streets. Snap Judgment presents, “The Performer.” Exploring the magic behind the stagecraft.

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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This week on Snap Judgment, the battle may have ended, but the war isn’t over. A young boy beat down by life learns to fight back with the help of an upper-cut and milkshakes. And a man inspired by joy writes a song as a gift to humanity, then he discovers... it’s become a weapon.

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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This week on The BGS Radio Hour we’ve got new music from Vince Gill, a live acoustic session from Matt the Electrician, a Marty Robbins classic from Crystal Gayle, haunting country grooves from Paul Cauthen, a stunning track from Joseph, and much, much more.  

The Bluegrass Situation Radio Hour airs every Monday at 9:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download our FREE mobile App @ iTunes & Google Play! 

(Photo: YouTube screenshot of Matt the Electrician – via BGS Radio Hour)

This week on The BGS Radio Hour we have a full hour of California Country. From legends like Buck Owens, Lucinda Williams, and Merle Haggard, to current torchbearers Sam Outlaw and Jade Jackson, California country has deep roots and enduring influence.

The Bluegrass Situation Radio Hour airs every Monday at 9:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download our FREE mobile App @ iTunes & Google Play! 

Do animals grieve? Do they have language or consciousness? For a long time, scientists resisted the urge to look for human qualities in animals. This hour, TED speakers explore how that is changing.

Hear TED Radio Hour Sunday mornings at 9:00 am on KRCB-FM. / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: Courtesy TED Radio Hour/NPR)

Our online lives are now entirely interwoven with our real lives. But the laws that govern real life don't apply online. This week, TED speakers explore rules to navigate this vast virtual space.

Hear TED Radio Hour Sunday mornings at 9:00 am on KRCB-FM. / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

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Does something serious happen when we play? In this episode, TED speakers describe how all forms of amusement -- tossing a ball to video games -- can make us smarter, saner and more collaborative. 

Hear TED Radio Hour Sunday mornings at 9:00 am on KRCB-FM. / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: iStock/via TED Radio Hour/NPR)

There's so much we've yet to explore—from outer space to the deep ocean to our own brains. This hour, Manoush goes on a journey through those uncharted places, led by TED Science Curator David Biello.

Hear TED Radio Hour Sunday mornings at 9:00 am on KRCB-FM. / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

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(Photo: David Biello - Elizabeth Zeeuw / TED)

As the pandemic reveals the weaknesses of our economy, businesses and consumers are rethinking what they value. This hour, TED's Corey Hajim shares ideas on shifting the role of business in society.

Hear TED Radio Hour Sunday mornings at 9:00 am on KRCB-FM. / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

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We spend a month at a Jeep dealership on Long Island as they try to make their monthly sales goal: 129 cars. If they make it, they'll get a huge bonus from the manufacturer, possibly as high as $85,000 — enough to put them in the black for the month. If they don't make it, it'll be the second month in a row. So, they pull out all the stops.

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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This week, we celebrate pre-coronavirus summertime fun: at amusement parks! Ira Glass takes us behind the scenes at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, where the young staff – coached by a funny, fun-loving boss just a little older than they are – truly seem to love their jobs.

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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This week on "This American Life"… the staff creates the episode from their apartments and houses, with host Ira Glass in quarantine. In this moment when everyone is reaching out to the people they love, they've put together a collection of family stories... including timely stories about this moment we're all living in now. "Alone Together"

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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Beaches are open in some places, but if you're worried about whether it's safe to go, we'll bring the beach to you this week. First, the story of one man's fight against the Speedo. Then, David Sedaris on how losing a sister prompted an impulse buy of a lifetime — an oceanfront cottage big enough for his whole family.

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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A kidnapping victim in Colombia spends his nights listening to a radio station that plays messages from the families of the kidnapped. That and other stories of people held captive—by criminals, by paperwork, and in one man's case, his own body—and the ways they try to cope.

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: Viviana Duarte, one of many Colombian children whose father was kidnapped by the FARC. He’s been gone since 1998 - Jacob Silberberg/via This American Life)

We go inside one of the biggest parties in New York City. People come from all over the world. There are masks, feathers, rivalries that go back years, men staring at women. And one guy trying not to stare.

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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A story about doubt: how it germinated, spread, and eventually took hold of an entire community, with terrible consequences. A collaboration with The Marshall Project and ProPublica 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: Illustration by Jennifer Heuer/via This American Life)

We hear from students, educators, and parents across the country navigating the chaos of starting a new school year in the middle of a pandemic.

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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From the moment we wake up in the morning there are a trillion rules — big and little — governing our lives. But sometimes, we encounter one we just can't abide by. In a pitched moment of rule-questioning, a show about rules and the people who break them.

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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Nine radio producers. Two days. One rest stop on the New York State Thruway. In this show, we'll bring you stories of people who are just passing through, and people who are at the rest stop every day—working. One of them has worked there since 1969. A bunch of others came from Asia and eastern Europe to pour coffee for travelers.

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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Hear the story of a couple who were unhappy for 27 years. He had a temper, she never really loved him. And then they split up. Divorced. And then, two years after that — to everybody’s surprise, especially their grown children — they fell in love and married each other again. And everything this time was different. How that could possibly be. 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:Chance The Bull. Image by Ralph Fisher – via This American Life)

This week on This American Life: Dylan had always been small for his age. So his parents got him human growth hormone. His dad knows how it looks. … Some people want to cure smallness. Others see its raw, untapped power. 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!

Reports from the frontlines of the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" asylum policy. We hear from asylum seekers waiting across the border in Mexico, in a makeshift refugee camp, and from the officers who sent them there to wait in the first place.

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: Courtesy of Ira Glass - Illustration by Lola Dupre)

The number of Covid-19 patients is dropping and Michigan has started opening up. But it’s still been intensely difficult for the staff in the ICU at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. We've embedded with them over the past few months and tracked how this pandemic has changed them and their city.

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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Stories of people who are lost, histories that are lost, and things that are lost. This show was recorded onstage in front of audiences on a five-city tour in May 2003. The cities: Boston, Washington DC, Portland Oregon, Denver and Chicago. Featuring house band OK Go.

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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As China's new national security law tightens its control over Hong Kong this week, we return to our episode about last fall's anti-government protests and check in to see how people are responding.

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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Credit: Matt ChaseThis week on This American Life: LaDonna works security at an airport, a job she really loved, except for her supervisors. They did some pretty bad stuff. But LaDonna, she does not accept the world as it is. She reads a lot of self-help books and decides to put them to work — all of the stuff in them — to fix her situation. How that goes for her… 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!

Stories of people who decide the only way forward, for real change, is to burn everything to the ground. We go to Amsterdam where the boss of the city's fire department decides to set off a war with his own firefighters. 

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!

In the late 70s and early 80s, the use of synthesizers became widely used in rock music. From the avant-garde to pop, electronic music touched every part of the spectrum from punk and post-punk, to industrial, dance and bubblegum pop. Tuxedomoon, The Human League, Yellow Magic Orchestra, The Distributors, Gary Numan, Cabaret Voltaire, Kraftwerk, Throbbing Gristle, Algebra Suicide, Monitor, Severed Heads, Polyphonic Size, Blancmange, Yello, Howard Jones, Depeche Mode, Japan, and more!

Ric on the Radio can be heard every 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month at 9:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

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Founded by Greg Ginn in 1978, SST Records would become home to some of the most unique and influential bands of the 1980s. During its golden era, SST set the standard for do-it-yourself artists who cultivated an audience outside the mainstream. Minutemen, Black Flag, Husker Du, Meat Puppets, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Buffalo Tom, Bad Brains, Leaving Trains, Saccharine Trust, Slovenly, Opal, Dicks, Negativeland, Trotsky Icepick, Zoogz Rift, Universal Congress Of, Soundgarden, Firehose, and Screaming Trees.

Ric on the Radio can be heard every 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month at 9:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

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Jazz renditions of Country and Folk tunes by John Scofield, Bill Frisell, Bryan and the Haggards, Sara Gazarek and more. So, get on those boots, and get ready for some avant-garde line dancing! 

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!

This week, we'll listen to collaborations between punk rockers and Jazz artists, so get ready to hear the latest from The Messthetics, Charles Gayle's sit in with the Rollins Band, The Gang Font, which pairs Husker Du's Greg Norton with The Bad Plus' Dave King, and that time that Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore sat in with Swedish free-jazz legends, The Thing.

Notes from the Jazz Underground 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: Hüsker Dü – Courtesy of the Artist/fair use)

This week on Folk Alley, join host Elena See for more of Folk Alley's Best of 2019. Hear songs from Bruce Cockburn, Joe Pug, Ana Egge, and The Milk Carton Kids; plus an encore presentation of one of our favorite Folk Alley Sessions of 2019 with singer/songwriter, Anna Tivel.

In hour two, another Best of 2019 Folk Alley Session - this time with singer/songwriter/guitarist, Molly Tuttle; plus, favorite songs of the year from Dori Freeman, The Infamous Stringdusters, Hard Drive, Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley, and much more. 

Folk Alley can be heard Saturdays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

During the period of the year with the highest turkey consumption, we bring you a This American Life tradition: Stories of turkeys, chickens, geese, ducks, fowl of all kinds, real and imagined, and their mysterious hold over us. 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: Rob Walker/via This American Life)

This week, we'll get funky with Eddie Harris, weird with two featuring Marc Ribot, we'll get heady with Earth, Wind and Fire, and we'll check out two from the mind of Brian Krock, the composer and arranger behind Big Heart Machine and Liddle, plus jams from the Lowdown Brass Band and Joshua Redman, too! 

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!

This week on Folk Alley break out your bell bottoms and enter a time warp with host Elena See for music from 1970. Hear what was popular 50 years ago with songs from Simon & Garfunkel, Odetta, The Staple Singers, Steeleye Span, Pentagle, Joan Baez, Hot Tuna, Arlo Guthrie, and much, much more! 

Folk Alley can be heard Saturdays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play!

(Photo: Simon & Garfunkel – Courtesy of Columbia Records / Public domain)