blues

Celebrating blues guitarists who resisted the pressure and played left-handed.

Music of Moses, matzah, and movin' on up out of Egypt. Sunday, April 2 at 4 pm.

Songs of (semi-)celebration in honor of (some of) our Commanders-in-Chief.

This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the Bay Area Performing Arts, guest host Angie Coiro talks with filmmaker Ted Reed and his friend Tim Treadway about their documentary The Blues Trail Revisited, screening live at San Francisco’s Historic Balboa Theatre on June 17. Also, conversations with Sherene Melania, director of the Presidio Dance Theatre; with soprano Candace Y. Johnson and Lolly Lewis from the Amateur Music Network, about their collaboration in a Juneteenth Spirituals Workshop. And more about Frameline45 — the world’s largest LGBTQ+ film festival, with Peeter Rebane, director of the film Firebird, showing at the Castro Theatre on June 27.

The latest release from Bob Dylan's back pages includes 74 previously unreleased studio recordings from 1970, most taken from the sessions for the New…

It’s the first Wednesday of 2021 without a major event beginning with the letter "I", so we’ll take the opportunity to listen to some of the new local…

At least one long national nightmare is over. Songs of Joe, Kamala, and the U.S. Presidency, 9-11 pm.

Living Jazz invites all to celebrate unity and freedom at their 19th annual musical tribute honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.…

On the night before the night before Christmas, we'll listen to some new songs for the season from Bay Area artists, preview some of the local holiday…

'Tis the season to listen back to vintage in-studio performances.2020 marks the first time in 44 years that the Christmas Jug Band will not be putting on…