Explore the black musical experience from gospel to soul, jazz to hip hop, doo-wop to be-bop and beyond hosted by Mark Nicholas, a fixture on Sonoma County Radio since 1973. Hosted by Mark Nicholas, Rhythm & Roots can be heard 1st & 3rd Wednesday nights from 8:00 pm til 10:00 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!   Read More

Songhoy Blues are just about to release their third record. Like their past work, it combines North African desert blues with rock, and the songs are inspired by what is going on around them in Mali. On the next World Cafe, lead singer Aliou Toure talks about making music in the shadow of conflict, and the band shares live performances recorded at home in Mali’s capital city of Bamako. 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. Find… Read More

On the next Fresh Air.  Terry Gross talks with Nina Totenberg, NPR’s longtime legal affairs correspondent, and a founding mother of NPR. They will talk about the Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearings, how Trump has transformed the supreme court and the federal appeals courts, and Nina’s long friendship with RBG, 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. Find our complete programming schedule here.  (Photos: Courtesy of NPR) … Read More

Before Nirvana and grunge took over the airwaves in the early 1990s, there were tons of lesser-known and some fairly known bands working in styles ranging from power-pop and folk-rock to psychedelic and gothic. These bands had commercial ambitions of varying degrees. On the one hand, you had purely underground bands like Bongwater, Royal Trux, and The Jesus Lizard. On the other hand, there were bands who placed in the pop charts: The Sundays, King Missile, Cocteau Twins. It was a truly rich era in rock music when the sounds of the underground were ripe with excitement, and what was… Read More

This week on Art of the Song our guest is singer-songwriter-music educator, Crys Matthews. A North Carolina native who now calls Herndon, Virginia home, she blends Americana, folk, jazz, blues, bluegrass and funk into a bold, complex performance steeped in traditional melodies and punctuated by honest, original lyrics. A prolific lyricist and composer, Crys Matthews has found inspiration in her surroundings. Thoughtful, realistic, and emotional, her songs speak to the voice of our times and remind us why music indeed soothes the soul. Coming up in the second half of the show, Viv Nesbitt offers an essay on “Balance” for… Read More