A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
Week of October 16, 2023 Part 1 30:17 Grateful Dead 4/19/82 Baltimore Civic Center FEEL LIKE A STRANGER-> FRANKLIN’S TOWER ~ BROKEDOWN PALACE Part 2 25:40 Grateful Dead, Wake of the Flood (50th Anniversary Remaster) (Rhino) STELLA BLUE Jerry Garcia Band, GarciaLive vol 20 (Round Records) SITTING IN LIMBO Grateful Dead, Here Comes Sunshine 1973 … Read more
Week of May 17, 2021 Part 1 34:58 Grateful Dead 4/1/80 Capitol Theatre, Passaic NJ PROMISED LAND (APRIL FOOLS) PROMISED LAND CANDYMAN ME AND MY UNCLE-> BIG RIVER FRIEND OF THE DEVIL Part 2 20:56 Jerry Garcia Band, GarciaLive vol. 16 (Round Records) DON’T LET GO Big Bill Broonzy, from Roots of Bob Dylan (Mojo) … Read more
Week of March 25, 2019 Part 1 16:43 Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band, Acoustic on the Eel (Round Records) FRIEND OF THE DEVIL Bob Weir & Wolf Bros 2/28/19 State Theater, Ithaca NY BOMBS AWAY Part 2 38:23 Grateful Dead 12/2/81 U of I Assembly Hall, Champaign-Urbana IL BERTHA-> GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD FENNARIO MAMA TRIED-> … Read more
Saturday, March 2, 2019, 9am to 1am Pacific Time Broadcast live on KPFA 94.1.fm Berkeley CA, KFCF 88.1 Fresno CA, and K248BR 97.5 FM Santa Cruz CA Streamed live on kpfa.org, gdradio.net, and nugs.net Hosted by Tim Lynch, David Gans, and David Ogilvy Featuring unreleased Grateful Dead concerts, miscellaneous audio treats, and live performances by … Read more
KPFA’s annual Grateful Dead fund-raising marathon! Hosts: David Gans and Tim Lynch Saturday, March 11, 2017, 9am to 1am Pacific time Broadcast live on KPFA 94.1 in northern California; streaming live at kpfa.org, nugs.net, and gdradio.net Call 1-800-439-5732 or donate online at kpfa.org Here’s some general info And here’s the playlist, updated as the day … Read more
Week of August 15, 2016 Part 1 35:41 Grateful Dead 12/30/87 Oakland Coliseum Arena HEY POCKY WAY BIG BOSS MAN GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD FRIEND OF THE DEVIL MAMA TRIED-> MEXICALI BLUES Part 2 20:00 Dead & Company 7/29/16 Toyota Amphitheater, Wheatland CA MORNING DEW-> CASEY JONES Dead & Company live shows are available in … Read more
Week of November 2, 2015 Part 1 41:33 Grateful Dead 3/14/82 Recreation Hall, UC Davis CA ONE MORE SATURDAY NIGHT-> SUGAREE ME AND MY UNCLE-> MEXICALI BLUES BIRD SONG > LITTLE RED ROOSTER Part 2 14:48 Grateful Dead, 30 Trips Around the Sun: The Definitive Live Story (10/3/76) SCARLET BEGONIAS Support for the Grateful Dead … Read more
Week of March 23, 2015 Part 1 14:56 Grateful Dead, Europe ’72: The Complete Recordings (5/23/72) PLAYING IN THE BAND Part 2 39:26 Grateful Dead 6/14/87 County Fairgrounds, Ventura CA HELL IN A BUCKET-> SUGAREE TONS OF STEEL RAMBLE ON ROSE ME AND MY UNCLE-> MEXICALI BLUES Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this … Read more
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
Wildman Steve lost his radio station in Auburn, Alabama – damn that radio biz anyway – and in the bargain, the GD Hour lost its Auburn affiliate. But Steve picked up right where he left off by going online with Wildman Steve Radio. The GD Hour will air Saturdays at 10pm Central Time. Here is … Read more