JoAnn Mar
Board Op/Announcer; Producer and Co-Host, Folk Music & BeyondJoAnn Mar is a veteran radio announcer, producer and host of Folk Music & Beyond, heard every Saturday from 3 to 5 pm. In her spare time, she is a radio documentary producer/journalist. Her news reports and features have aired on NPR, Voice of America, The Charles Osgood File, Pacifica Radio and AARP's series Prime Time Radio. Topics covered include prisons, end-of-life, women's issues, the plight of immigrants and public education.
In 2006, Mar received the prestigious George Polk award for investigative reporting on prison privatization. More recently, she was the recipient of a 2007 media fellowship from the Open Society Institute and produced the in-depth, award-winning documentary "Prisons In Crisis: A State Of Emergency In California."
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This Saturday 3 pm, songs in remembrance of war victims over the last century. We'll hear two classic songs by the late Leonard Cohen, as well as music by…
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Join us this Saturday at 3 pm for music and conversation with Alasdair Fraser, one of the finest Scottish fiddlers in the world. Fraser's lyrical and…
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On the Sep. 27, 2015 edition of Work with Marty Nemko, I talked apprenticeships and did Workovers on callers. I also offered some tips from Google HR head…
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On the Sep. 27, 2015 edition of Work with Marty Nemko, I talked apprenticeships and did Workovers on callers. I also offered some tips from Google HR head…
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5 stages of live music. 44 singing and instrument workshops. 36 dance classes. All part of the San Francisco Free Folk Festival June 21st & 22nd. "Folk…
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Ya Elah, the women's vocal ensemble, returns to KALW with a new line-up of singers and musicians. Their spiritual songs combine the rhythms and melodies…
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We'll paint the KALW airwaves green this Saturday 3 pm on Folk Music & Beyond--a celebration of St. Patrick's a day early with lots of Irish music plus an…
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Bay Area Celtic harper and multi-instrumentalist Chris Caswell passed away last month. This Saturday at 3 pm, Folk Music & Beyond presents a retrospective…
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"Folk Music & Beyond" pays tribute to Joni Mitchell, who turns 70 later this year. Our special guest this Saturday (1/19) at 3 pm will be Dina Maccabbee,…
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Folk Music & Beyond welcomes master musician Ross Daly from the Grecian isle of Crete. He draws upon a number of popular and classical idioms mainly from…