Music Special Programming • Private Playlist: Lyric Jones is all about music that makes you hit rewind
Lyric Jones joins KCRW’s “Private Playlist” to share the music that makes her hit rewind, from early influences like Georgia Anne Muldrow to current favorites like CARRTOOONS.
Today's Top Tune • Georgia Anne Muldrow: “Play It Up”
What do Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest, Mos Def and Erykah Badu have in common? They all love Georgia Anne Muldrow, a gifted jazz inspired singer with a flare for unique arrangements. Check out "Play It Up."
Music Special Programming • Private Playlist: Dante Elephante is slowing down his life with sides of vinyl
For KCRW’s “Private Playlist,” Ruben Zarate of Dante Elephante talks about Harry Nilsson’s ghost and Jeff Buckley’s funk period.
Music Special Programming • Private Playlist: Frankie Reyes marries technology with tradition
For KCRW’s “Private Playlist,” Frankie Reyes highlights his favorite “techno-indigenous” composers blending old traditions with new technologies.
Music Special Programming • Private Playlist: The Koreatown Oddity is raising his daughter on a colorful musical diet
For KCRW’s “Private Playlist,” The Koreatown Oddity digs into the crates for deep cuts from Madlib, The Stranglers, Horace Silver, and more.
Music Special Programming • Private Playlist: Genevieve Artadi is learning Bach and living moment by moment
For KCRW’s “Private Playlist,” Genevieve Artadi shares music made by friends, loved ones, and lifelong influences, from Nancy Wilson to Pedro Martins.
Music Special Programming • Private Playlist: Lady Blackbird honors fearless and transcendent artistry
For KCRW’s “Private Playlist,” Lady Blackbird honors the fearless and transcendent artistry of her influences, including Billie Holiday, Donny Hathaway, and more.
Music Special Programming • Private Playlist: Gabe Goodman longs for the sound of live musicians in a room
For KCRW’s “Private Playlist,” Gabe Goodman reflects on the musical masters he’s studied in quarantine, from Paul Simon to Tune-Yards.
Music Special Programming • Private Playlist: Xinxin’s Janize Ablaza spins a soundtrack for space travel
For KCRW’s “Private Playlist,” Xinxin singer/guitarist Janize Ablaza spins the best music for interplanetary travel, including Herbie Hancock and Cibo Matto.
Album Preview • Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins: Lighthouse
Georgia Anne Muldrow and Dudley Perkins (a.k.a. Declaime) have rarely combined funk, soul, hip-hop, jazz, psychedelic space-rock, spoken-word poetry, protest music and more as ambitiously as they do throughout their career as they do now.
Music Special Programming • Private Playlist: Qur’an Shaheed is revealing her inner truth through music
For KCRW’s “Private Playlist,” Qur’an Shaheed is using music to reveal her inner truth, including Minnie Riperton and Duval Timothy.
Music Special Programming • Private Playlist: Karriem Riggins embraces the infinite possibilities in creating
For KCRW’s “Private Playlist,” drummer Karriem Riggins offers a tour of the music that’s shaped his own playing, from J Dilla to Elvin Jones.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand • How Trump is practicing fascist politics, according to Yale professor • Jessie Ware, Jyoti, Daniel Blake: New summer music recommendations
People are listening to a lot of new music during this pandemic, according to a study from Billboard. KCRW DJ Valida gives recommendations for some new tracks.
Music Special Programming • Private Playlist: Channel Tres shares the classic songs that created his world
For KCRW’s “Private Playlist,” Channel Tres reflects on the music that made him whole as an artist and a person, from Prince and Nate Dogg to D’Angelo and Pharrell.
Music Special Programming • Private Playlist: Machinedrum keeps it chill with music for self-reflection
For KCRW’s “Private Playlist,” Machinedrum opens his bag to share his favorite music for self-reflection, from the ambient pop of Sam Prekop to Tigran Hamasyan’s modern/classical hybrids.
Music Special Programming • Private Playlist: Open Mike Eagle on dark purple jams and musical velvet paintings
Open Mike Eagle shares dark purple jams from The Breeders and a musical velvet painting by DJ Jazzy Jeff among his favorite musical selections for KCRW’s “Private Playlist.”
Music News • Line-up announced for KCRW's 2020 World Festival at the Hollywood Bowl
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association announced the line-up for the 2020 KCRW’s World Festival at the Hollywood Bowl .
Music News • The Week Ahead: Today’s Top Tune 12.31 – 1.4.19
Happy New Year, Today’s Top Tuners! We say goodbye to 2018 with an apropos track from beloved electronic genius John Tejada. Also, with the New Year, let’s introduce a striking new…
Music News • Music For Your Weekend
I recently came across some new music that I’m pretty excited about! This week’s recommendations span a nice range: from flamenco to future soul, to post-punk created in an ethereal…
Music News • World Festival Preview: Flying Lotus, Little Dragon, BadBadNotGood
Ever since its inception with Tom Schnabel at the helm, KCRW’s World Festival has been an unparalleled celebration of summer in Los Angeles. To host the 2018 kickoff show (June 17)…
Design and Architecture • 5 design things to do this week: July 15 - 21, 2019
This week: see art interacting with life at Descanso Gardens; immerse yourself in traditional Japanese folk art; celebrate black artists with live performances that express the Soul of a Nation; interpret narrative paintings that tell the stories…
Music News • Music For Your Weekend
This week feels like it’s been a particularly intense one, and that’s coming after a whole series of them. So in order to help us all self-soothe a bit –…