Harvey Kubernik

music journalist and author

Guest

Music journalist and author of books including Turn Up the Radio!: Rock, Pop, and Roll in Los Angeles 1956-1972

Harvey Kubernik on KCRW

Dj Art Laboe has been a fixture of L.A. radio for more than 60 years...until this week.

Making the Art Laboe Connection

Dj Art Laboe has been a fixture of L.A. radio for more than 60 years...until this week.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

When people think of LA, they almost always think of Hollywood and the film industry. But it’s no secret that the LA music scene has been one of the most influential in the world.

Rock 'n' Roll Los Angeles

When people think of LA, they almost always think of Hollywood and the film industry. But it’s no secret that the LA music scene has been one of the most influential in the world.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

More from KCRW

The outcome of congressional races in Orange County could determine whether Republicans keep their majority in the House of Representatives.

from KCRW Features

Filmmaker Lauren Greenfield assesses how constant internet access affects the coming-of-age experience of pandemic teens in a new series called “Social Studies.”

from KCRW Features

Tim Matheson takes us through his new memoir “Damn Glad to Meet You,” Laurent Bouzereau talks documenting John Williams, and Pamela Adlon has The Treat.

from The Treatment

Anthropologist Susan Greenhalgh describes how soda companies have influenced the science around sugary drinks.

from Good Food

For the first time since World War II, Japanese Americans gathered at the site of the former Manzanar internment camp to play baseball at a reconstructed field.

from KCRW Features

Former Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do has agreed to plead guilty to federal corruption charges after prosecutors say he accepted more than half a million dollars in bribes.

from KCRW Features

Steve McQueen breaks down his new film “Blitz” (starring Saorsie Ronan), documentarian Dawn Porter talks Luther Vandross, and James Carville has The Treat.

from The Treatment

As Greta Gerwig prepares to dive into production on her adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia, the director is attempting to persuade Netflix to release her film on thousands of IMAX…

from The Business

The LA Dodgers are World Series champs! The Boys in Blue rallied from a five-run fifth inning deficit Wednesday night to beat the New York Yankees.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand