| KPFA’s 40th Anniversary Show, Part 3: KPFA Miscellany |
57 min |
Current Events
Folk Music |
| In another segment from KPFA’s all day broadcast celebrating its 40th anniversary, Charles Amirkhanian introduces a program of unusual “airchecks” (recordings made during a live broadcast), saved by KPFA producers during strategic... |
| KPFA’s 40th Anniversary Show, Part 4: Elsa Knight Thompson & G. I. Gurdjieff |
63 min |
Current Events
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| The all-day special broadcast celebrating KPFA’s 40th anniversary continues with a documentary about Elsa Knight Thompson. Throughout the 1960’s, KPFA Public Affairs Director Elsa Knight Thompson was an extraordinary and controversial... |
| Laurie Anderson Record Release Party |
46 min |
Popular Music
New Music |
| Laurie Anderson's record release party for “O Superman” 7" (and “Walk The Dog”) (released on 110 Records) on April 28, 1980 at The Kitchen in New York City. Charles Amirkhanian interviews Laurie Anderson, Bob George, Jon Gibson,... |
| Little Milton: Blues and Soul Man |
61 min |
Popular Music
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| Dan McClosky interviews Little Milton, the well-known blues guitarist and soul singer. Little Milton got his musical education, as did many rhythm and blues artists of his age, in the black churches of the South. In this wide ranging... |
| Lou Harrison 70th Birthday Concert |
165 min |
20th Century Classical
New Music |
| From the Mills College Concert Hall in Oakland California, hosts Charles Amirkhanian and Russ Jennings present a special live broadcast of a tribute to Lou Harrison on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The evening began with a gala... |
| Manfred Eicher of ECM Records |
36 min |
Jazz
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| Charles Amirkhanian interviews Manfred Eicher, the founder and director of ECM Records. Topics discussed include the influence of ECM, its unique sound, and the work of its best known artists, including Keith Jarrett, Arvo Pärt, and Jan... |
| Mauricio Kagel’s Anagramme |
69 min |
Avant-Garde
New Music |
| The Argentine composer residing in Germany discusses his "Anagramme" for chorus and instruments, and is questioned after the music by Pauline Oliveros, Ramón Sender, and Will Ogdon. One of his more famous compositions, “Anagramme”... |
| Moondog: The Man on the Street |
140 min |
Jazz
Avant-Garde |
| Gordon Spencer of WBAI in New York presents a program about Louis Hardin, more popularly known as Moondog. From the 1940s up until 1974 Moondog made his living as a street musician and poet in New York City and was typically found near... |
| Music of Andrew Imbrie |
134 min |
20th Century Classical
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| On April 6, 1971, in honor of Andrew Imbrie's 50th birthday, Charles Amirkhanian interviews the Berkeley based composer and plays a selection of his music, including his “Violin Concerto” of 1954 and his “String Quartet No. 4” from... |
| Music Special with The Hub |
119 min |
Electro-Acoustic / Electronic
Interactive Art |
| A live performance of “HubRenga”, an audience interactive music and poetry piece made possible by the communication between two computer networks. The collaborators in the creation of this piece are San Francisco Bay Area computer... |
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