music

Composing the musical beat of a broken heart

Hana Baba — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:32:04 +0000

It’s not often we hear a story of love and heartbreak – and the music that was specifically composed for it. One such story befell the 19th century composer Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann. Meghan Laslocky is author of The Little Book of Heartbreak and she shares their story of love and the music that told it with KALW’s Hana Baba.

Today's local music: Nebula Force, Go

Steven Short — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:25:49 +0000

They're a band that describes themselves as a team dedicated to getting rid of evil in galaxies and recording their tales in song.

Nebula Force, Go's Facebook page also says "you're going to love hearing about zombies, robots, dinosaurs and undead radioactive Godzilla".

The song available below features one of those areas . . . it's about dinosaur bones.

Where does the band name come from? It's a reference to Power Rangers, and let's just leave it at that.

StoryCorps: Finding one's musical niche

News Producer — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:45:13 +0000

As a musician, you have to know how to deal with different types of crowds. Sometimes people aren't paying much attention to you, and they even talk while you're on stage. But other times, they give you standing ovations and beg for more.

Local Music: Shannon & the Clams

News Producer — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:59:22 +0000

Shannon & the Clams is a garage band out of Oakland. They'll be part of the program at Thee Parkside in San Francisco January 9th, and the sound assault starts around 9pm.

Local Music: True Life Trio

News Producer — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 23:00:23 +0000

True Life Trio will be at the Red Poppy Art House in San Francisco on Saturday, January 5th, opening for the group known as MWE. Doors open at 7pm.