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Margot James is a songwriter based in Oakland, CA. Using an electronic keyboard and a rotating variety of other instruments and musicians, her music explores memory and human relationships. She recently released her first full length album, Talker, listen below.
Born of the low roads and the high desert, from the Sangre de Cristos to the San Joaquin Valley, Trans Pecos Department Of Dust And Wire is a group of talented roots, Americana, and country musicians based in the East Bay featuring band leader Marco Baroz. The band has been wowing audiences at their many local gigs and are in the process of recording their first album. Together, we’ll hear tunes that will make us laugh, cry, and will leave us wanting more. After a break, we’ll get to hear from the band members themselves in an interview. We’ll learn about the band, their songwriting, instrumentation, especially the singing saw, and we’ll learn about the real life “Saturday Jesus”. Follow along with the band on Instagram at @transpecosdeptofdustandwire.
On Tuesday, February 4, at 9AM, Fiat Lux Redux presents WAR IS BACK, a panel discussion at UC Berkeley’s Social Science Matrix that explores the current geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and Europe; the changing nature of warfare, including the deployment and sometimes live-testing of new technologies; the emergence of a new cold war with sovereignty disputes and defensive trade and security policies with China; and what this all means for the future of war.
Panelists include Michaela Mattes, Associate Professor in the Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science at UC Berkeley; Andrew W. Reddie, Associate Research Professor at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, and Founder of the Berkeley Risk and Security Lab; and Daniel Sargent, Associate Professor of History and Public Policy at UC Berkeley, and Co-Director for the Institute of International Studies.
Co-sponsored by the Berkeley Institute of International Studies, this event took place September 30, 2024 at Social Science Matrix, as part of the Matrix on Point series, a discussion series promoting focused, cross-disciplinary conversations on today’s most pressing issues and featuring the perspectives of leading scholars and specialists from different disciplines, followed by an open conversation These thought-provoking events are free and open to the public. Learn more here.
Fiat Lux Redux presents previously aired lectures, conversations, and podcasts originating on the campus of UC Berkeley every other Tuesday from 9am to 9:30am. These often-lengthy original programs have been edited to a 30-minute format by experienced KALX producers. The show’s name, Latin for “Let there be light”, is a reference to the University of California’s motto, which is also Fiat Lux. The show’s goal is to provide listeners with a window into the intellectual and cultural life of UC Berkeley and to showcase the wide range of subjects and diversity of thought and ideas that are present at UC Berkeley.
Get to know Karen Y Los Remedios on Friday, January 17th at 2pm with DJ Reality Check. The band, a Mexico City based project by Ana Karen G Barajas, Jonathan Muriel (Jiony) and guitarist Guillermo Berbeyer (Z.A.M.P.A.), explores the edges of cumbia. You can listen to their latest record from 2023, Silencio, below via Bandcamp.
Another edition of KALX’s Best Of Week is imminent! Tune in to KALX, January 20th through January 27th, to bear witness to your favorite DJs unveiling their favorite, weirdest, and everything in between songs, albums, and artists of 2024. And of course there will soon be a deep supply of lists for you to shift through on the website. As more and more of our staff submit their lists you can find them HERE. You can also view past lists HERE.
If you’re listening during Best of 2024 Week make sure to let us know on Instagram or Bluesky.
Sabertooth Unicorn is a heavy psychedelic punk band from Concord-Rock-City, California. Seeing Sabertooth Unicorn live is on par with birthing a 17 pound baby. Sabertooth Unicorn is laughter, tears, sadness, and joy seasoned to perfection with equal parts hope and chaos. Sabertooth Unicorn is in the simplest of terms: joyful noise.
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