Gary Calamar takes the listener on an evocative nighttime adventure. The show encompasses rear-view reflections on the roots of Rock, Country, Jazz, Blues, and Soul, while looking ahead to the most compelling new releases emerging just around the bend.
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Gary Calamar hosts adventurous pop music, both timely and timeless. Listen on demand to the latest show.
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Legendary songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller are Gary Calamar's special guests in the 10 o'clock hour, to talk about their new autobiography, Hound Dog.
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Jody Stephens from the ultimate cult band Big Star drops in at the 11 o'clock hour to talk with Gary about some of the songs on the band's new Rhino Records box set.
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Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs delighted rock and pop fans when they teamed up as Sid n Susie to record an album’s worth of ’60s classics called Under the Covers Vol. 1. …
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Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey will be Gary Calamar's special guest DJ's on Sunday 7/19 in the 11pm hour. Here And Now is the first new collaboration in almost two decades …
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Australian musician and actor, Ben Lee will be Gary Calamar's special guest DJ this Sunday from 11pm to Midnight.
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Gary Calamar hosts local singer Eleni Mandell as his Guest DJ at 11pm. The LA singer-songwriter is about to release her 7th album of distinctive and adventurous songs on …
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In commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of McCabe's Guitar Shop, Gary Calamar hosts a special guest DJ session with Nancy Covey, John Chelew and Lincoln Myerson who …
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Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields guest DJs at 11 pm.
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Author and rock historian Domenic Priore will drop by to visit with Gary Calamar at the 11 o'clock hour. Domenic's latest book is Riot on the Sunset Strip: Rock 'n' Roll's …
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Actress and singer Zooey Deschanel(Almost Famous, Elf, All Real girls) will be stopping by Gary's show at 10pm this Sunday.
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Peter Case joins Gary Calamar as guest DJ from 11pm to midnight. Case is the
legendary songwriter and folk-rocker, whose bands The Nerves and The
Plimsouls helped define …
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Legendary singer, songwriter and producer Nick Lowe rides shotgun as guest DJ on The Open Road with Gary Calamar at 10pm. Lowe produced the early Elvis Costello albums and …
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Gary Calamar
Gary Calamar takes listeners for a moonlight ride accompanied by the sounds of adventurous pop music, both timely and timeless. A Grammy-nominated producer and music supervisor for his work on HBO's Six Feet Under, Gary is now overseeing the music on three of the most acclaimed shows on television, True Blood, Dexter, and House.
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