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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The Shook Twins are Katelyn and Laurie Shook, identical twin sisters who also happen to be enormously talented musicians from Portland, Oregon. They stop…
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Music and conversation with folk singer Judy Collins, from an interview recorded in 1998. Collins talks about her memoir "Singing Lessons" and her…
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The Real Vocal String Quartet returns to Folk Music & Beyond for another live appearance. Their music covers a lot of territory - classical, jazz, rock,…
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Enjoy the music of Neil Young and highlights from the new Bridge School Concert's 25th Anniversary recordings on this week's Folk Music & Beyond. You'll…
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Blues singer-guitarist Eric Bibb stops by the KALW studios to talk about his recent CD "Deeper In The Well" and perform a few songs. Eric's warm and…
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Blues singer-guitarist Eric Bibb stops by the KALW studios to talk about his recent CD "Deeper In The Well" and perform a few songs. Eric's warm and…
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Folk Music & Beyond presents award-winning songwriter-storyteller David Francey from Canada this Saturday August 4th 3:00 pm. David performed recently at…
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Award-winning Maui playwright, author Wayne Moniz will read excerpts from his new book "Beyond The Reef: Stories of Maui in the World"--eight tales…
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Hawaiian slack key guitarist Patrick Landeza returns to the KALW studios this Saturday for a live performance. He'll talk about his upcoming appearance at…
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Live music by two of the headliners at the upcoming San Francisco Free Folk Festival. The Americana duo Misner & Smith will be in at 3 pm, performing…