Coming Attractions

Frontal Lobe recently sat down to chat with energetic Afrobeat scion, Femi Kuti, ahead of his rousing August 9th UC Theatre performance in Berkeley. Tune in for the interview on Sunday, September 28th at 12:30pm. In 2025, six-time Grammy nominee,

Do Cash Transfers Save Lives? On the next Fiat Lux Redux, Tuesday, September 30th at 9:00AM, Edward Miguel, Distinguished Professor of Economics, Oxfam Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics, & Faculty Co-Director of the Center for Effective Global Action at UC Berkeley, presents

On Tuesday, September 23rd at 9:30am, Berkestir speaks with Berlin based multi-practice artist, Anika, to discuss her latest album, Abyss (Sacred Bones Records), current tour, and her views on the state of the world. Abyss reflects Anika’s desire to create a

On Tuesday, September 30th at 11am, Sparkle Motion welcomes back composer and Other Minds programmer, Joseph Bohigian, to preview and discuss this year’s Other Minds Festival 29 taking place at the San Francisco Brava Theater on October 16th - 19th.

KALX invites you to kick off October with Guerilla Toss and Still Depths at The Chapel in San Francisco. Additional event information can be found at The Chapel's website here. You're Weird Now by Guerilla Toss When NYC-based experimental dance punks Guerilla

Join Excuse My French on Wednesday, September 17th at 1pm to hear his recent interview with Montreal based jazz & blues singer-songwriter, Dominique Fils-Aimé, ahead of her shows at SFJAZZ on September 18th & 19th. JUNO award winning musician, Dominique Fils-Aimé, puts the

Tune in on Tuesday, September 16th at 2pm when Microtone hosts Bay Area based sonic travelers, Pacific Walker, for a live in-studio performance and interview. Like Ted Lucas on a brown tab from Gibby Haynes, Pacific Walker find themselves lost in

Saturday, September 27th at 9pm, on KALX Live! we have Glenn Killer in charge with your featured artist; Dawn Ellerbeck. The singer-songwriter, now based in Alameda, has deep roots in small-town Iowa. Raised by a coal-mining dad and a choir-directing

Your KALX radio pals will be at the 49th Annual Solano Stroll on Sunday, September 14, from 10am-5pm! Stop by our booth and say hi during the East Bay's largest street festival that covers a whole mile of Solano Avenue.

On the next Fiat Lux Redux, Tuesday, September 16 at 9 AM,  Gwyneth Shaw, host of the Berkeley Law podcast Voices Carry, talks with UC Berkeley Law Professors Daniel Farber and Jonathan Gould on The Constitution, Congress, and Democracy and the division of powers between the President and Congress

On Tuesday, September 9th at 2pm, Jon The Reptilian welcomes Haitian-born singer-songwriter and bandleader, Moonlight Benjamin, to the KALX studios for a live performance and interview before she casts a spell over the crowd at The Freight in Berkeley later

Cuppa Joe hosts Tom Pitts and Carmela Thompson from SF punk vets Short Dogs Grow this coming Monday, September 8th at 7pm to talk about their first new record in almost 40 years, Quit While You're Young, and the free show they're playing Saturday, September

On Monday, September 8th at 4pm, Ears of Maize airs his recent talk with singer-songwriter, John McCrea of the band CAKE ahead of their upcoming performance at this year's Sound Summit Festival at the Mountain Theater in Mount Tamalpais State Park on

Saturday September 6, KALX Live! Ears of Maize welcomes Little Worth to the studio. Hailing from Sonoma, CA this 4-piece brings the sounds and smells of Sonoma County to life in their music. Rooted in friendship & community, their latest album

Tune in on Monday, September 1st at 1pm when Berkestir and Sparkle Motion host singer-songwriter, Emma Swift, for a live in-studio performance and interview. Swift is playing two Northern California Undertow Shows on September 1st in Oakland and September 3rd in Santa Cruz.

On Monday, September 15th at 1pm, Test Pattern hosts local bassist, songwriter, and bandleader, Kurt Ribak for a live in-studio interview. Kurt describes his music as “Charles Mingus meets The Meters. They go to Duke Ellington’s house to jam, and Cachao

Would you brave open water on a boat made of mushrooms? LA-based interdisciplinary artist and experimental mycologist Sam Shoemaker did just that, successfully paddling over 26 miles across the Catalina Channel on a boat grown from mycelium earlier this August. Join

Horsegirl, the New York-via-Chicago trio of best friends Nora Cheng, Penelope Lowenstein, and Gigi Reece, recently played the Great American Music Hall in SF and Poindexter was there to catch up with the band.  Tune in on Friday, August 29th at

What Explains Our Unshakeable Fascination with Cults? On the next Fiat Lux Redux, Tuesday, September 2 at 9am, California magazine's Editor-in-Chief Pat Joesph speaks with Dr. Poulomi Saha, teacher of the popular UC Berkeley course Cults in Popular Culture and author of the upcoming

Emmy Award winning, San Francisco based composer, performer, recording artist, and bandleader, Beth Custer, returns to the KALX airwaves on Wednesday, August 27th at 10am to speak with Sex 14's about her current projects and upcoming live performances. Custer has numerous