Exclusive Mark Karan performance on KPFA/GDH

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Because live music’s what it’s all about… Jemimah Puddleduck will celebrate the release of Mark Karan’s Walk Through the Fire by playing on David Gans’ Dead to the World show on KPFA on July 1st, 2009, from 8 pm to about 9:30 pm. You can hear the program live on kpfa.org; it … Read more

KPFA fund drive

KPFA – Always Relevant, Never Commercial The media landscape in this country is changing significantly, as newspapers go out of business, the music industry collapses, and the broadcast media contracts. The culture and information that KPFA provides is becoming ever more rare. KPFA has bucked the trend by expanding its news coverage with a groundbreaking … Read more

KPFA still needs our support

* KPFA is taking a break from fundraising this weekend, but we’d like to encourage you to still support us by pledging online. So why should you give your money to KPFA? Consider for a moment the impact that our programming has on activism locally, regionally, and even nationally, whether musicians — such as Free Peoples last Wednesday … Read more

Interview with Steve Goodman biographer

I happened upon this by accident in Chicago. I am in the process of editing an interview with Clay Eals, author of Steve Goodman: Facing the Music. The program will air on KPFA (94.1 Berkeley CA and on the web) Wednesday, July 16, 8:00pm Pacific time. Clay brought multi-instrumentalist and longtime Goodman collaborator Jim Rothermel … Read more

Dead to the World 6/4/08

Me and Kettle Joe – Donna Jean and the Tricksters Till the Morning Comes – Donna Jean and the Tricksters (unreleased) Not Fade Away – Grateful Dead (“Skull and Roses”) Hey Bo Diddley-> I’m a Man-> I’ve Seen Them All-> Jam – Grateful Dead with Bo Diddley, Dick’s Picks vol. 30 (3/25/72 Academy of Music, … Read more