This Quarter
ere are our weekly listings for the fall months. Watch this list for further details to be filled in and other possible updates.
| 10/5 | October Song: Old and new favorites to mark the change in the seasons, to include the classic song by that name by Robin Williamson. |
| 10/12 | New and Recent Releases: The latest by Gillian Welch, Richard Thompson, Laurie Anderson, Rhiannon Giddens & Yo Yo Ma, Buioch, Jane Rothfield & Allan Carr, Open the Door for Three, Clive Carroll, Vasen & Hawktail. |
| 10/19 | Indigenous People’s Day: Music by and about the world’s indigenous peoples: North and South America and more. |
| 10/26 | Taking Flight: Songs about things that fly—music by Patty Larkin, Guy Clark, Mary Chapin Carpenter, The Weepies, Liz Story, Aoife O’Donovan (Phoenix), Rory Block (Silver Wings), Alison Kraus & Gillian Welch, Shawn Colvin, Linda Waterfall, Richard Thompson, Richard & Mimi Fariña. |
| 11/2 | Samhain, Dia de Muertos: Music to mark the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter from the old world and the new. The opening between the worlds. Hymns to Hekate and Mictecacihuatl. |
| 11/9 | Happy 75th, Bruce Springsteen!: The Boss turns 75 years old this year. We’ll explore the acoustic side of Bruce Springsteen, including his austere landmark album Nebraska, his tribute recording to Pete Seeger, and “The Ghost of Tom Joad.” |
| 11/16 | Points North: Music from the earth’s higher latitudes: Scandinavia, Siberia, Canada. |
| 11/23 | KALW’s On-Air Folk Festival: Five hours of continuous live music performed by some of the Bay Area’s finest talent, including Wake the Dead! |
| 11/30 | Hymns, Chants, and Mantras: Meditative music for the Thanksgiving season from varied traditions. |
| 12/7 | Michele K-Tel Returns |
| 12/14 | Winter Solstice: Music for long nights. |
| 12/21 | Songs for the Holidays: Seasonal music celebrating the holidays, winter solstice, and the end of the year. |
| 12/28 | Recent Favorites: Some of one host’s favorites from the past year or so. |
We use music to heal ourselves, to save ourselves. We have, since before we discovered the mathematics of harmony. We will, long after everything we know of civilization has crumbled into discord. Nothing refracts the light of being like music. Nothing reflects the health of a culture and nothing predicts its durability better than how well it treats its song-makers.