A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
Playlists, program notes, and discussion of Dead to the World (Wednesdays 8-10pm on KPFA 94.1 Berkeley CA)
Iko Iko-> Wizard’s Son Don’t Bogart That Joint Ghost Train Blues-> Penumbra Earl’s Girls ~ Moondance Jam-> Beat It on Down the Line – David Nelson Band 1/29/10 Akebono Theater, Pahoa HI Nice review/story about the DNB Hawaii tour: “A David Nelson Band concert is like going to a family reunion when only your favorite … Read more
Tonight on Dead to the World: One full set of the David Nelson Band from the band’s annual Hawaii tour, plus some live music from Bill Kreutzmann‘s trio (scheduled to play live on KPFA Feb 24) and a new studio EP of Grateful Dead songs by Jackie Greene. Dead to the World airs 8-10pm Pacific … Read more
KPFA RAISES $130,000 FOR HAITI SETS ALL-TIME FUNDRAISING RECORD (Berkeley, CA – January 20, 2009) Pacifica radio station KPFA in Berkeley, California is no stranger to on-air fundraising – it’s been running off listener donations since it debuted as the world’s first listener-sponsored radio station in 1949. But the response to KPFA’s one-day Haiti fundraiser … Read more
Please disregard the previously announced tentative date. The annual KPFA Grateful Dead marathon is confirmed for Saturday, February 20, 2010, 9am to 1am pacific time. We are expecting to be webdcasting via nugs.net and gdradio.net in addition to kpfa.org and kfcf.org. Stay tuned for more information.
Please take a look at this post and contribute a few bucks if you can. We need to replace two monitor speakers in the KPFA studio. After Midnight The Golden Road (to Unlimited Devotion)-> Let It Grow-> Cryptical Envelopment-> Born Cross Eyed-> The Other One-> Cryptical Envelopment-> So Many Roads Cassidy – Furthur 12/31/09 Bill … Read more
A monitor speaker was stolen from the KPFA performance studio last week. This was the second of two (both now missing) donated in 2003 by the Jerry Garcia Estate. I and my listeners get tremendous value out of that studio. Given the station’s tight financial situation, I am taking on the mission of raising $800 … Read more
What Child Is This? – Jorma Kaukonen, Christmas Happy birthday, Jorma! Lost Sailor-> Saint of Circumstance Mason’s Children-> Sugaree – Furthur 12-13-09 Convention Hall, Asbury Park NJ Santa Claus Is Coming to Town – Joseph Spence, from Mas! A Caribbean Christmas There Must Be – Donna the Buffalo 10/25/09 MagnoliaFest, Live Oak FL Coal and … Read more
Space-> Iko Iko-> Truckin’-> Stella Blue-> Sugar Magnolia ~ It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue-> Johnny B. Goode – Grateful Dead 8/10/82 U of Iowa Fieldhouse, Iowa City IA This is the most interesting part of the show – this whole post-drums. Bob Weir uses an odd galloping rhythm guitar style in “Iko Iko.” And … Read more
KPFA just announced to staff members that they are making some major cuts to the budget. “These are very hard times for our listeners, for the media, and for non-profits around the country,” our station manager tells us. “The residents of Northern California have been hit hard by the recession and so have we. In … Read more
China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider Lost Sailor-> Saint of Circumstance-> Eyes of the World – Grateful Dead 8/10/82 U of Iowa Fieldhouse, Iowa City, IA The Starburst Commander talks about his book Confessions of a Dead Head Interview and performance by Geoff Muldaur and Suzy Thompson of the Texas Sheiks, recorded this afternoon … Read more