The new film, One Night in Miami, which is nominated for two Golden Globes, is about the 1964 meeting of Malcolm X, Muhammed Ali, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown.  On the next Fresh Air, our archives interviews with biographers of Cook, Ali and Malcolm X:  We’ll hear from Peter Guralnick, Jonathan Eig, and Alex Haley. 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. … Read More

A boy who can’t dribble gets a coach, a new best friend, and something to believe in. 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!  Find our complete programming schedule here. (Photo: By Owen Freeman) Read More

Listen for selections from George Benson, Ryley Walker with Kikagaku Moyo, Return To Forever, Yasmin Williams and much more. Strange Currency with host Jedd Beaudoin can be heard Fridays at 8:00 pm on KRCB-FM / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download from the App Store & Google Play. Find our complete programming schedule here. (Photo: George Benson - Robbie Drexhage, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Read More

Tune in for a tribute to the man who melded gospel, soul and pop in music and life, Sam Cooke. We’ll follow the singer from Clarksdale to Chicago and from the church to the Copa as he revolutionized gospel music with the Soul Stirrers and then secular music with self-penned hits “You Send Me,” “Change is Gonna Come,” and more. Plus an hour of the musical roots and branches of Sam Cooke. American Routes airs Saturdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play! Find our complete programming schedule here. … Read More

Famed Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel had big plans for 2020 — then COVID-19 happened. And like all of us, El Maestro had to adapt to a changed world, rethinking what his role as a conductor, musician, artist, and educator looks like. In this episode he shares his passion for music, and tells us why he believes it’s the key to a better future. (Photo: Gustavo Dudamel - Dieter Nagl/AFP/Getty Images, NPR) Read More

This week, we continue our look back at Chick Corea's career, and this time, we're cranking up the volume and jamming to Return to Forever. We're covering every version of the band, from their origins as a Brazilian flavored electric Jazz band to their final incarnation that merged Jazz, funk and prog-rock into a heady stew. 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: Return to Forever in Rochester, New York, 1976. Left to right: White,… Read More

“The long-term energy future of America is not going to be written in fossil fuels,” declared John Kerry last April. President Biden recently appointed the former Secretary of State to a top position in his climate cabinet - United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate. Joe Biden did not start his campaign as the “climate candidate.” But as he starts his second month as president, he is looking at everything through a climate lens – from jobs and infrastructure to international diplomacy, public health, and social justice. “He really is a person who was engaged somewhat in climate, but I don't think… Read More

How do we change the story of corrosive racial inequity? First, we have to understand the stories we tell ourselves. In this program, racial justice innovators John A. Powell and Heather McGhee show how empathy, honesty, and the recognition of our common humanity can change the story to bridge the racial divides tearing humanity and the Earth apart. (Photo: Courtesy of Bioneers) Read More

Food science expert Harold McGee helps us separate food science fact from fiction and explains why smell can reveal more about food than taste. Plus, we learn about 30-foot longevity noodles from Jason Wang, the co-founder of New York’s Xi'an Famous Foods; Grant Barrett and Martha Barnette tell us who lobster Newburg and chicken tetrazzini were named after; and make pork in Veracruz sauce. 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! Find our complete programming schedule here.  (Photo: Courtesy of the author) … Read More

On March 6, 1971, a group of some of the top musicians from the United States – Ike & Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett, The Staples Singers, and more – boarded a plane bound for Ghana to perform in a musical celebration that was dubbed the “Soul to Soul Festival.” Afropop Worldwide can be heard Sunday nights at 9:00 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: Wikimedia Commons) Read More