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LA’s Pearl & the Oysters bring the swingin’ cocktail-party-in-space vibes of ‘Planet Pearl’ to KCRW HQ.

LA’s Pearl & the Oysters bring the swingin’ cocktail-party-in-space vibes of ‘Planet Pearl’ to KCRW HQ.

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All the 2025 SoCal James Beard Semifinalists

From Bridgetown Roti, Evil Cooks, and Baroo to Kato, Thunderbolt, and Etra, here are all the JamesBeard SoCal semifinalists.

Eaton Fire: LA County Supervisor Kathryn Barger on text evac orders

LA County Board of Supervisors Chair Kathryn Barger responds to reports of residents not receiving text evacuation alerts, and shares updates on rebuilding efforts.

Welcome to KCRW Music Relief

Resources, mutual aid, news, and comfort for the Los Angeles music community impacted by the California wildfires.

Eat out: Eaton Fire-adjacent neighborhoods edition

Only by patronizing neighborhood restaurants can we keep them afloat and our communities vibrant. Here are some eateries located in neighborhoods adjacent to the Eaton Fire.

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KCRW's signature daily music show. New releases, live performances, and interviews.

Morning Becomes Eclectic

KCRW's signature daily music show. New releases, live performances, and interviews.

 This season on Lost Notes: Groupies. Women of the Sunset Strip from the Pill to Punk.

Lost Notes

This season on Lost Notes: Groupies. Women of the Sunset Strip from the Pill to Punk.

 Left, Right & Center is KCRW’s weekly politics show where we take on the tough, divisive issues you’re afraid to talk about with your own family.

Left, Right & Center

Left, Right & Center is KCRW’s weekly politics show where we take on the tough, divisive issues you’re afraid to talk about with your own family.

 Are your friends sick of hearing about your latest hookups and troublesome relationships? We’re not. KCRW is here to ask, How’s Your Sex Life?

How’s Your Sex Life?

Are your friends sick of hearing about your latest hookups and troublesome relationships? We’re not. KCRW is here to ask, How’s Your Sex Life?

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Morning Becomes Eclectic

KCRW's signature daily music show. New releases, live performances, and interviews.

Jan. 22 2 hr, 49 min

Francesca Harding

Music to make you feel.

Jan. 21 1 hr, 59 min

FREAKS ONLY

Future beats and a mind-melting mix of fuzz, bass, and funk. Served fresh every weeknight.

Jan. 21 1 hr, 58 min

José Galván

An infectious harmony of varied sounds and melodies that bridge cultures and genres.

Jan. 20 2 hr

LeRoy Downs

A varied sonic experience to jazz, blending music, style, and culture.

Jan. 19 2 hr

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Locals’ Night
Jan 23

Santa Monica Pier

Locals’ Night

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Goldenvoice

Dua Saleh

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 An artist gifts 1,000 drawings of homes destroyed by fires

An artist gifts 1,000 drawings of homes destroyed by fires

 KCRW Features

Eaton Fire: LA County Supervisor Kathryn Barger on text evac orders

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Eat out: Eaton Fire-adjacent neighborhoods edition

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Food & Drink

 All the 2025 SoCal James Beard Semifinalists

All the 2025 SoCal James Beard Semifinalists

 Good Food

How will the wildfires affect restaurants in LA?

 Good Food

Remembering the Reel Inn, a century old building, lost to the Palisades Fire

 Good Food

Politics

 With Trump in office again, is this the end of DEI?

With Trump in office again, is this the end of DEI?

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

What Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons mean for future of the far right

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Could new Trump presidency turn OC into a GOP hotbed?

 KCRW Features

Best New Music

 Today’s Top Tune: Seun Kuti & Sampa The Great – ‘Emi Aluta (Zamrock Remix)’

Today’s Top Tune: Seun Kuti & Sampa The Great – ‘Emi Aluta (Zamrock Remix)’

 Today's Top Tune

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Jungle, Ora the Molecule, Perfume Genius

 Music News

Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: January 22, 2025

 Morning Becomes Eclectic

Arts

 You’re invited to Pearl & The Oysters’ intergalactic bossa nova bash

You’re invited to Pearl & The Oysters’ intergalactic bossa nova bash

 Live From

Welcome to KCRW Music Relief

 Music Special Programming

‘I've been in many ways erased’: Artist on Eaton Fire grief

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Entertainment

 Palisades Fire destroys historic ranch house of entertainer Will Rogers

Palisades Fire destroys historic ranch house of entertainer Will Rogers

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

TV preview 2025: ‘The Pitt,’ ‘Apple Cider Vinegar,’ ‘On Call’

 Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Pablo Larrain on loving opera and making ‘Maria’

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Afrobeat superstar Seun Kuti teams up with Zambian singer, rapper, and songwriter Sampa the Great .

Today’s Top Tune: Seun Kuti & Sampa The Great – ‘Emi Aluta (Zamrock Remix)’

Afrobeat superstar Seun Kuti teams up with Zambian singer, rapper, and songwriter Sampa the Great .

from Today's Top Tune

Jungle's "Keep Me Satisfied" definitely satisfies our itch for neo-soul-funk-dance sounds.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Jungle, Ora the Molecule, Perfume Genius

Jungle's "Keep Me Satisfied" definitely satisfies our itch for neo-soul-funk-dance sounds.

from Music News

Will Rogers State Park was beloved by Angelenos, especially Palisades residents.

Palisades Fire destroys historic ranch house of entertainer Will Rogers

Will Rogers State Park was beloved by Angelenos, especially Palisades residents.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Among his executive orders, President Trump has discontinued diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in the federal government.

With Trump in office again, is this the end of DEI?

Among his executive orders, President Trump has discontinued diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in the federal government.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Chris Douridas guest hosts Morning Becomes Eclectic.

Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: January 22, 2025

Chris Douridas guest hosts Morning Becomes Eclectic.

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

You’ll recognize the voice within the first few notes… It’s the signature sound of Little Dragon’s celebrated vocalist Yukimi , and there will be more to enjoy as she puts the…

Today’s Top Tune: Yukimi – ‘Winter Is Not Dead’

You’ll recognize the voice within the first few notes… It’s the signature sound of Little Dragon’s celebrated vocalist Yukimi , and there will be more to enjoy as she puts the…

from Today's Top Tune

This week, Alex Hutchison , writer and author of Endure and The Explorer’s Gene : Why We Seek Big Challenges, New Flavors, and the Blank Spots on the Map , talks about the Arrival…

Midweek Reset: On Arrival Fallacy

This week, Alex Hutchison , writer and author of Endure and The Explorer’s Gene : Why We Seek Big Challenges, New Flavors, and the Blank Spots on the Map , talks about the Arrival…

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One artist’s offer to create free portraits of homes destroyed in the Palisades and Eaton Fires generated hundreds of requests.

An artist gifts 1,000 drawings of homes destroyed by fires

One artist’s offer to create free portraits of homes destroyed in the Palisades and Eaton Fires generated hundreds of requests.

from KCRW Features

Music to make you feel.

Francesca Harding's playlist, January 21, 2025

Music to make you feel.

from Francesca Harding

New music. Emerging artists. No boundaries. Served fresh every weeknight, 8-10pm, only on FREAKS ONLY by Travis Holcombe.

FREAKS ONLY playlist: Jan 21, 2024

New music. Emerging artists. No boundaries. Served fresh every weeknight, 8-10pm, only on FREAKS ONLY by Travis Holcombe.

from FREAKS ONLY

President Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of every January 6 insurrection defendant, including Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the far-right Proud Boys.

What Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons mean for future of the far right

President Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of every January 6 insurrection defendant, including Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the far-right Proud Boys.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Residents in western Altadena experienced a delay in getting evacuation notices as the Eaton Fire raged, according to an LA Times investigation.

Some Altadena residents got text evacuation alerts after fires already hit

Residents in western Altadena experienced a delay in getting evacuation notices as the Eaton Fire raged, according to an LA Times investigation.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

A sculptor/printmaker and the J. Paul Getty Trust president share how the recent fires devastated LA’s artist community.

‘I've been in many ways erased’: Artist on Eaton Fire grief

A sculptor/printmaker and the J. Paul Getty Trust president share how the recent fires devastated LA’s artist community.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

TV critics review “The Pitt,” “Apple Cider Vinegar,” “On Call,” and “Severance” season two.

TV preview 2025: ‘The Pitt,’ ‘Apple Cider Vinegar,’ ‘On Call’

TV critics review “The Pitt,” “Apple Cider Vinegar,” “On Call,” and “Severance” season two.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

LA-via-Baltimore duo S/H/E have delivered their funkiest single yet with “Open Ocean” — hear it here before it hits DSPs.

Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: Jan. 21, 2024

LA-via-Baltimore duo S/H/E have delivered their funkiest single yet with “Open Ocean” — hear it here before it hits DSPs.

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

Rapper, actor, and film-director Dear Derrick ’s new film The Black Sea features an accompanying soundtrack of the same name.

Today’s Top Tune: Dear Derrick – ‘Ven Aqui (feat. Dario)

Rapper, actor, and film-director Dear Derrick ’s new film The Black Sea features an accompanying soundtrack of the same name.

from Today's Top Tune

Donald Trump has never won Orange County, but new Republican leadership hopes to turn a purple region into a GOP stronghold.

Could new Trump presidency turn OC into a GOP hotbed?

Donald Trump has never won Orange County, but new Republican leadership hopes to turn a purple region into a GOP stronghold.

from KCRW Features

An infectious harmony of varied sounds and melodies that bridge cultures and genres.

José Galván's playlist, January 20, 2025

An infectious harmony of varied sounds and melodies that bridge cultures and genres.

from José Galván