This Friday night, 12/30/2022, at 11:59pm, KALX’s weekly jazz show Round Midnight presents an hour of jazz versions of classical compositions by Bach, Hindemith, Dvorak, Mozart, Debussy, Babbit, and more. These recordings range from 1937 till a few years ago, some lightly tweaking the compositions and some really reworking things. DJ Amazing Grace (10 years of piano lessons) curates.
KALX Live! 2022 RetroSpectacular & New Year’s Eve Countdown
For over a decade now, tradition has (almost always) dictated that the last KALX Live! show of the year is the RetroSpectacular— that special night when the crew takes a heartfelt look back at the impressive assemblage of diverse artists who guested on the program during the entire year.
This year the show falls on New Year’s Eve, so there’s gonna be a festive party mood!
Spend your NYE with host Cia Cia La Pirata & the KALX Live! gang as we present this 3-hour extravaganza overflowing with carefully curated, bite-sized excerpts from a ton of performances that all took place in 2022.
When Midnight approaches, there will be a reliable & accurate New Year’s Eve countdown to welcome in 2023!
Join host DJ Jon The Reptilian & local band Five Pines 12/24 at 9pm for KALX Live!
Five Pines began in 2012 and is an eclectic adventure about growing up in California. The songs are visual cues that capture the grit of life’s eccentricity. ‘Spice of Life’ is the second album in the collection that explores deeper compositional writing. The first album “The Long Hot Summer of 8-Tracks and 74 LTD’ garnered appreciation from the guitar community. Songs like Bonanza in B&W, Psychic Factory and Taking Care of Business in a Wintery Minnesota show a range of styles all within each song. Kevin WIlliams is the main composer and is a music geek obsessed with all things guitar. Kev studied classical guitar and composition around the country and brings those influences to these albums. Craig Alimo holds down the percussion for all live shows and future recordings. Every song is a story. While the first album is more playful, the second album has a more complex structure of celebrations and reverence to the people we know.
