Explore the black musical experience from gospel to soul, jazz to hip hop, doo-wop to be-bop and beyond hosted by Mark Nicholas, a fixture on Sonoma County Radio since 1973. Hosted by Mark Nicholas, Rhythm & Roots can be heard 1st & 3rd Wednesday nights from 8:00 pm til 10:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play! Read More

Austin, TX-based artists, The Band of Heathens, join us this week to share some tunes, including a few from their album ‘A Message From the People Revisited’, in which they reimagine Ray Charles’ 1972 classic of the same name . In addition, we’re joined by popular Americana/folk singer-songwriter Stephen Kellogg. And we’ll talk with Jamie Van Leeuwen, this week’s eChievement Award winner, who is the founder of an organization using music to connect a diverse group of people in Africa, in order to provide health education and care. eTown airs Wednesday nights at 10 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org /… Read More

Samantha Fish Samantha Fish taught herself guitar at a very young age with the help of her father and as she grew up the blues scene in her hometown of Kansas City embraced her.  She didn’t see many women playing lead as a kid – she has carved her own path as one of the few making a name for herself there.  She talks about that, plays live and shares how she translates her music from the studio to the stage. World Cafe airs weekdays at 2:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen live on-the-go with the FREE KRCB… Read More

On the next Fresh Air, a look at Attorney General William Barr with journalist David Rhode who writes about Barr’s long-held conservative views and commitment to expanding presidential power, in the latest edition of The New Yorker.  Join us. Fresh Air can be heard weekdays at 4:00 pm on KRCB-FM (and again at 12:00 am Tuesday through Friday)! / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the FREE KRCB Mobile App which you can download for your favorite mobile device. (Photo: New York Times journalist David Rohde - Charles Krupa/AP/via NPR) Read More

For the last decade, the WORLD has been rocked by massive protests movements. Some appeared disorganized, but does that mean their message failed? That story on All Things Considered from NPR News. All Things Considered from NPR News, airs weekday afternoons from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Listen on the go - download the FREE KRCB mobile app from the App Store & Google Play! Read More

This week, a mixed bag of fun and frivolity, this week we'll hear songs that start the album in a powerful way. Expect to hear Aerosmith, Van Halen, New York Dolls, Motorhead, The Police, Echo & the Bunnymen, Alice Cooper, Fugazi, Braid, Camper Van Beethoven, Little Feat, and other various and assorted sundries. Ric on the Radio can be heard every 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month at 9:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes & Google Play! (Photo: New York Dolls, 1973 - AVRO [CC BY-SA 3.0]) Read More

Singer Tanya Tucker got her start as a very young singer in Nashville. At age 13, she had her first hit with “Delta Dawn.” Since then, she’s seen a lot of the world of Country Music but still kept her landmark sound. We’ll talk about her new Grammy-nominated record and her love of cutting horses in the Desert West. Then the King of Swamp Pop, Warren Storm brings us back to Louisiana where he’s taking the world by storm with a new recording of classic songs. American Routes airs Fridays at noon on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org / Download the… Read More

A different kind of #MeToo story, about several women who worked for the same man. They tell us not only about their troubling encounters with him, but also about their lives beforehand. Who were they when they entered the workplace, and how did their personal histories shape the way they dealt with his harassment? This American Life is heard every Friday night at 7:00 pm; repeating every Saturday morning at 9:00 am on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / Streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org /  On-demand with the FREE KRCB App @ iTunes App Store & Google Play! (Photo: Lauren Tamaki – via This American Life) Read More