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Since 1985, KUVO has provided a rare blend of music & news. We broadcast the best in Jazz, Latin Jazz & Blues in addition to 17 locally produced, culturally diverse programs.

HAPPY 80th BIRTHDAY, JONI!Her BD was Tuesday, 11/7, a lucky number. She suffered a brain aneurysm in 2015, that left her unable to walk or talk. Or know how to play guitar. Miraculously, and after much hard recovery work, she made a surprise appearance at the Newport Folk Festival last year, and again at Hollywood Bowl last summer at the Wayne Shorter tribute (he was a friend), with a touching rendition of her "Circle Game," a few registers lower but full of emotion. She got a standing...

Since 1985, KUVO has provided a rare blend of music & news. We broadcast the best in Jazz, Latin Jazz & Blues in addition to 17 locally produced, culturally diverse programs.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED:"A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE " – OK folks, if you haven’t caught this yet, you are really pushing your luck. It opened in mid-August, was extended through the first week of November, and now to Nov. 19. And they are still selling out shows; this weekend only the Sunday matinee is available (as I write this). It should have ended by now. And where would you be, if you missed it? Filled with lifelong regret.

Having sung and played keyboards with Rufus Wainwright, KT Tunstall and Chris Botti, Eckroth returns to modal and postbop jazz

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED:"A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE " – It opened in mid-August, and now has been extended through the first week of November. That’s coming right up. It should have ended by now. And where would you be, if you missed it? Filled with lifelong regret. Cringing every time one of your friends started waxing nostalgic over it, and everyone else chimed in…oh yeah. Remember that scene…? Memorable theater is not easy to find, even in LA, but you don’t even have to go further ...

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: ."A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE" – It opened in mid-August, and now has been extended through the first week of November.

MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSICLa de da, love it so much, good vibes – so sorry to stick in one somber note here, but as I heard about 260 carefree music festival celebrants gunned down in the Hamas attack on Israel, I couldn’t help but be reminded that the worst mass shooting in US history was also at a music festival, in Las Vegas. 59 dead, more than 500 hurt. I have no wisdom from this, except maybe, Make Love, Not War, and Give Peace A Chance. "You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the onl...

Keyboardist Jeff Babko, Bassist Tim Lefebvre and Drummer Mark Guiliana Converge to Capture Unpredictable Magic on Clam City.

Almost beyond imagining. dan said he went after sam first. they drove together to a theater, a place where dan had once taken the stage. dan had told sam he needed help moving some heavy items down from the attic. >> i said, you need to bend down and help me lift this thing up. and when he bent down, i grabbed the gun. i shot him once and then he was still alive. he was still talking saying, i need help. >> what did he say to you? >> i need help. something hit me. it felt like an electric shock....