Fanatic! I hope you had a hydrated and music-filled week. Over the last few days, I checked out: The Black Bats - Black Bats Still Animals - Still Animals Bikini Kill - Yeah Yeah Yeah Facs - Present Tense Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette UK Subs - Diminished Responsibility Mark Robinson - Tiger Banana Dio - Holy Diver Dio - Last In Line Also, a lot o…

Fanatic. I hope you had a good week and you’re maintaining your hydration levels. If you take the briefest of glances at tonight’s playlist you might possibly notice there’s a bit of a concept happening. We will be listening to a few songs by the Ruts. As we do every year to the best of our ability, we acknowledge the sad passing of the great band’…

Fanatic! I hope you had a safe holiday. People in my neighborhood take fireworks very seriously and it was quite loud around here. Not wanting to get in the way of your potentially festive mood I will keep these notes brief. We have a great show lined up for you with new tracks and some you may find familiar. A good mix tape was what we were after.…

Fanatic! As I’m writing to you, the temperature is going further and further up to eventually climb into the mid 90s. Something to look forward to. I think I told you about these records a couple of weeks ago but I wanted to remind you again. There’s a new Osees album called SORCS 80. Of course there’s a new Osees album. It’s a great one too. We’ll…

Fanatic! I reckon there’s a chance it’s pretty hot where you are. It’s currently 93F at my location. I hope you had a great week with a lot of music. I’ve been at the desk and the gym and whenever possible, in front of the speakers. If you have to be out, make sure to stay hydrated and if possible, seek shade and tunes. We have a great show for you…

Fanatic! we’ve got a great show lined up for you. We’re starting the new Alan Vega and Liz Lamere records tonight. Both are very cool. New Alan Vega - Insurrection https://intheredrecords.com/collections/store/products/alan-vega-insurrection New Liz Lamere - One Never Knows https://lizlamere.bandcamp.com/album/one-never-knows Don’t forget about the…

Fanatic! I hope you had a great week. I’ve been working away on book projects and trying to keep it going. I’ve been getting some records played over the last few days. I liked these. Hot Tip - Hold Me, Closely Gym Tonic - Good Job Gym Tonic - Sanitary Situations New Osees - SORCS 80 You might remember every once in awhile I’ll tell you about a rec…

Fanatic! June is here and so are the frogs. So glad to have them back. The Bed Maker album is available now https://bedmakerdc.bandcamp.com/album/s-t We’ve got a great show for tonight. Hopefully you’ll find it to be a good warm-to-hot weather mix tape. I just listened to all the tracks yesterday and I’m still liking it. We’re busy at work on the n…

Fanatic! I think it’s a holiday weekend. At the gym earlier, I saw on the news there will be millions of people on the road all over the USA. Please be careful out there. We have a great warm weather mix tape of tunes for you tonight. We’ve got a Whippets track on for tonight. Their new album is out. I just got mine. Very cool. You might remember t…

Fanatic! I hope you had a great week. I’ve been at the desk working away on things and trying to get in as much listening as possible. I checked out the new Memo PST album, really great. I checked out the first Fake Fruit album, which I hadn’t played in awhile. They have a new one coming out later this year I’m looking forward to hearing. I got my …

What not to miss of the musicians from all over the world who play in Los Angeles this month. 2019-10-07T20:31:02+00:00 2019-10-07T20:31:02+00:00 -- Delivered by Feed43 service

Nancy Wilson, one of my favorite singers of all time, passed away December 13, 2018 at the age of 81. She was a song stylist like few others. 2019-01-11T11:49:23-08:00 2019-01-11T11:49:23-08:00 -- Delivered by Feed43 service

This week Rhythm Planet showcases new albums from violinist Ray Chen, jazz from Geoffrey Keezer and John Coltrane, Haitian rara from RAM, Colombian vallenato from Very Be Careful, and cool vinyl sides from Argentina's ZZK Records. 2018-06-29T07:23:56+00:00 2018-06-29T07:23:56+00:00 -- Delivered by Feed43 service…

This week Tom speaks with Oscar Hernández, veteran pianist and arranger of Rubén Blades's Seis Del Solar and leader of the Grammy award-winning Spanish Harlem Orchestra. 2018-06-22T16:31:29+00:00 2018-06-22T16:31:29+00:00 -- Delivered by Feed43 service

Music from Angelique Kidjo covering Talking Heads, Eddie Daniels’ tribute to Egberto Gismonti, Algerian chaabi music from Koun Tara, a soccer song for Senegal by Sam Mangwana, and other sonic delicacies. 2018-06-15T16:23:14+00:00 2018-06-15T16:23:14+00:00 -- Delivered by Feed43 service

This week Rhythm Planet showcases new music from Cyrille Aimée, Grant Green, Eddie Daniels, and an oldie from the Dar es Salaam Jazz Band. 2018-06-08T03:54:05+00:00 2018-06-08T03:54:05+00:00 -- Delivered by Feed43 service

Rhythm Planet goes on a musical safari through Ghana, Mali, Senegal, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya, Morocco and Algeria. 2018-06-01T16:55:33+00:00 2018-06-01T16:55:33+00:00 -- Delivered by Feed43 service

New Brazilian, African, and jazz music from Diana Purim, Sean Khan, Fatoumata Diawara, Adi Meyerson, and others. 2018-05-25T17:44:50+00:00 2018-05-25T17:44:50+00:00 -- Delivered by Feed43 service

Timeless music from John Coltrane, Sarah Vaughan and Quincy Jones, Aida Garifullina, Vladimir Horowitz, Anouar Brahem, and others. 2018-05-18T17:14:29+00:00 2018-05-18T17:14:29+00:00 -- Delivered by Feed43 service

Rhythm Planet showcases new music from Nickodemus, Nicola Conte, Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, Elina Duni and others 2018-05-11T16:55:05+00:00 2018-05-11T16:55:05+00:00 -- Delivered by Feed43 service

So often architecture is associated with high price custom homes and fancy institutional buildings.But many designers are also helping shape the city with pro bono work for nonprofits in less affluent neighborhoods. One in the news recently is the Campus For At-Risk Children in Watts being designed by Frank Gehry.And unveiled Saturday – with a cele…

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Berliners are facing many of the same challenges as Angelenos in terms of affordable living space, as well as coming to grips with changing family structure; but, they have come up with an intriguing solution. Baugruppen, meaning building groups, are cohousing communities where you choose who you want to live alongside and then split the costs of d…

While in Berlin, DnA’s producer Caroline Chamberlain visited the world’s first board game cafe called Spielwiese. She met with the designers of some games dealing with some very German challenges. “Cool am Pool” is a board game coming soon by Hartwig Jakubik that has players compete over the best places by the pool. Caroline learns how it works and…

Frank Lloyd Wright’s first L.A. commission, the Hollyhock House, opens once more to the public after a lengthy restoration. Alan Hess, an architect and preservationist who has written five books on Frank Lloyd Wright, talks about why he can’t wait for the building’s opening and what we can learn from Frank Lloyd Wright today.…

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