The Radical Songbook

Time to learn how Central Oregon communities can protect and defend immigrant rights. Joanne Mina, is working with the Latino Community Association to organize community response to bias and hate and resistance to the Trump administration's plans for mass deportation. That, plus old and new songs of social significance.

We celebrate the 1964 Free Speech Movement at the University of California. This show includes some great historical audio recorded on the scene by KPFA, Berkeley's independent radio station. It is living history. And 60 years later it is as timely as ever, given the current attack on free speech at colleges and universities across the nation.

The Sixties Songbook for more San Francisco Bay Area rock and roll from the sixties. Quicksilver Messenger Service, Beau Brummels, Lydia Pense, Lynn Hughes, and more good sounds for your ears.

The Thanksgiving/Manifest Destiny show featuring William S. Burroughs, the Firesign Theater, Buffy Sainte-Marie, and a Tribe Called Red...plus a Haiku by Kathryn Wood and a road trip down Route 66. Then we return to the Sixties (what? again?) in the San Francisco Bay Area, with some rare cuts by short-lived bands that performed in small venues on the Peninsula and over in the East Bay.Tune in to hear Lydia Pense and the Newcastle Five, the Mojo Men, the Vejtables, Harbinger Complex, Peter Wheat and the Breadmen, and a band billed as the Salinas Beatles. My good friend Glenn Morgan will be on the phone with me from Belmont, California, as we listen to and recall bands we saw at hot spots like the Nu Beat Club, the Cinnamon Tree and the Peninsula Y. Will the Spyders show up? Who knows?

Take a break from the reality of today and tune in the Hippie Dance Hall Songbook. The sounds of the Sixties, from Jefferson Airplane to Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan and even the Harbinger Complex, will provide good sounds for your ears and good vibes for your soul. Guaranteed to be far out.

Some new (and tried and true) songs for the new and darker Trump Era. Plus, a commentary and some music celebrating the life of Quincy Jones.

A medley of songs--jazz, blues, and social significance by Barbara Dane. Barbara Dane died October 20 at age 97. She left us a legacy of great music. We'll only be scratching the surface with this show, but I promise that you will love what you hear.Barbara was an inspirational singer and defiant activist who devoted her powerful voice to social justice for 80 years. Eighty years!

Who do you like the best, The Beatles or the Rolling Stones? Back in the mid-Sixties, that was the question asked by millions of American teenagers. Tune in for a battle of the bands that led the British Invasion. Even if you weren't 17 in 1964 you might get some satisfaction that'll get you through a hard day's night.

Good sounds for your ears with some fine tunes by Iris DeMent, the Housemartins, Rhiannon Giddens, and more.

Joe Boyd Songbook. From Pink Floyd to Nick Drake, Fairport Convention to Maria Muldaur, the Incredible String Band to Nico, Joe Boyd was there helping to make the Sixties happen.