This Quarter
ere are our weekly listings for the winter months. Watch this list for further details to be filled in and other possible updates.
| 10/4 | Indigenous Music: In anticipation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, music from North and South America and elsewhere. Joy Harjo, Joanne Shenandoah, Snow Raven, Lyla June, Mari Boine, Mary Youngblood, Bill Miller, more. |
| 10/11 | Tribute to Rory McNamara: Guest host Nancy Iverson presents a remembrance of popular local musician Rory McNamara through his music and stories from his friends and colleagues. |
| 10/18 | Ensemble Sounds: Lady Maisery, Hedera, Solana, and The Wilderness Yet from England; Selveya and the Legiana Ensemble from the Continent; Birds of Play and Gone Gone Beyond from this country. A brief tribute to late bassist Danny Thompson, including some of his work with the band Pentangle and others. |
| 10/25 | Animal Transformations: Songs about humans changing into birds, fish, dolphins, and other creatures. Music by Steeleye Span, Martin Carthy, Susan McKeown, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Alison Krauss & The Chieftains, Nickel Creek, Seth Lakeman, and more. |
| 11/1 | Samhain/Dia de Muertos: Spirit bridges between the worlds. Mae Bird, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Lisa Thiel, Shimshai & Susana, Olivia Rosebery, Luna Santa, more. |
| 11/8 | Michele K-Tel Returns: More musical surprises from guest host Michele Flannery. |
| 11/15 | Genre Bendings: Folk crossovers to hip hop, reggae, jazz. |
| 11/22 | KALW’s On-Air Folk Festival: Our semi-annual festival of live music performed by the Bay Area’s finest acoustic talent. |
| 11/29 | Hymns, Chants, and Mantras: Meditative music for your Thanksgiving holiday. |
| 12/6 | Continental: A mix of music from across Europe: Poland to Portugal, Norway to Greece. |
| 12/13 | (Winter Fundraising Drive) |
| 12/20 | Songs for the Holidays: Seasonal music celebrating the holidays and winter solstice. |
| 12/27 | One Host’s Favorites: For the past year or so, all that most stood out. |
| 1/3 | In Memoriam: Remembering some of the notable musicians who passed away in 2025, including Tom Lehrer, Flaco Jimenez, Marianne Faithfull, Gabriel Yacoub, Peter Yarrow, Garth Hudson, Dave Cousins, Jill Sobule, Jesse Colin Young, Michael Hurley, Soïg Siberil, Amadou, Rob Reich, Guy Klucevsek, Brian Wilson. |
Shout out to all the roses growing in concrete. I was raised in a wooden home my father built from salvage wood with only an outhouse and worked as a busser and barista through my teens. I got caught up in drugs starting at age 11 and got sober at age 23. But something deep inside me said keep going. Something deep inside me said there was a reason I am here. Something inside me said “You have a message to give.” Something inside me said you were made to change the world in service to Love and the Creator. This life is treacherous and dangerous to say the least, but we were made for danger and bravery. We were made to slice through the illusions and bring love and hope to a lost world. We will fail and get back up again a thousand times and even still, what a blessing to be alive and breathing. To fight as warriors for the Creator in humble service. No where I’d rather be.
Keep going. Don’t stop. Believe in your dreams. And go to the places that make your dreams shine brighter and come alive. Surround yourself with people who lift you up and nourish your spirit. I believe in you. Your sister from across the ether. We are a big family of people who may not know each other’s names, but dream of a beautiful world for future generations. We will succeed or die trying and what a blessing to be alive.—Lyla June