New Online Music Mix As Independent As You Streaming 24/7 - KCRW Eclectic24

New Online Music Mix As Independent As You Streaming 24/7 - KCRW Eclectic24

KCRW is the best radio station in the world. If you've noticed cooler music in TV shows? Thank KCRW. Better commercial songs, replacing cheesy jingles? Thank KCRW. They've introduced a generation of Angelenos to small artist and, I think, moved the needle in the direction of indie music. I think the Coachella wouldn't have existed without KCRW.

The station jockeys with KUSC (classical music) for the largest public radio listenership in the LA area, but its influence is international. Its mix of heavy NPR support and groundbreaking locally-produced music programs makes it the choice of, well, the hippest part of LA.

Left, Right & Center originates there. Le Show originates there. They were the first station to carry This American Life. Unabashedly progressive, the station delights in having articulate, smart conservatives on the air because the highest value is free and entertaining discourse.

I remember when they replaced Joe Frank with Car Talk (the single most popular hour on public radio). Car Talk, as fun as it is, is not a good fit for the station and didn't last.

Try the music. If you don't like it, I'll refund your money. :)

Smithsonian Folkways - The Folkways Collection

Smithsonian Folkways - The Folkways Collection

This is a test of how to save articles and links to the blog, but this is a great program on the history of folk music in the U.S. Right now it's an interview with Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead talking about listening to pygmy recordings on Folkways Records in the 1960's. Cool.