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Be a Part of the Art at GLOW!

Be a Part of the Art at GLOW!

The free art event returns to Santa Monica Beach on Saturday, September 28

Join KCRW for an interactive art experience with
Colorfields by Steve Boyer
at 10pm

KCRW.com/glow 

(SANTA MONICA) September 12, 2013 –The 3rd edition of the late night art event Glow returns to Santa Monica on September 28 from 7pm to 3am. Fifteen artists from around the globe will showcase an incredible array of original works on the beach, including the interactive art experience Colorfields by Steve Boyer.

Colorfields provides a unique opportunity for crowd participation and will unite the masses gathered on the sand for a wondrous experience with color, light and sound via the device that often separates us – our cell phones.

The participatory art experience will be centered at a location south of the pier on the beach in front of the Sea Castle apartments, between Loews and Shutters hotels. (View Map)

While it will be ongoing throughout the evening, Santa Monica-based public radio station KCRW is leading the charge for a mass gathering at 10pm to truly put the technologically-driven display to the test.

Participants will need to download a special smartphone app, which is available now for both iPhone and Android devices. As visitors move from location to location within the Colorfields zone, the app synchronizes locational information via GPS and the colors and sounds on their cell phones will change.

A large video projection will display the full field of users on the side of the Wyndham Hotel.

Glow attendees can also prepare for this special evening of art via an audio tour hosted by KCRW’s DJs. The official Glow Soundscape includes the voices of each artist talking about their creations, navigation notes and music for the journey.

Listen/download here and let KCRW guide you!

Glow is produced by the City of Santa Monica.

DETAILS:

WHAT: Colorfields at Glow
WHEN: September 28 at 10pm
WHERE: Santa Monica beach, south of the pier on the beach in front of the Sea Castle apartments
MORE INFO:  An art project from Steve Boyer, Colorfields will convert crowd behavior into fields of color and sound via their smartphones.

DOWNLOAD THE APP

Rachel Reynolds
Music Publicity Director
KCRW 89.9FM
1900 Pico Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90405
(310) 314-4625 DIRECT
rachel.reynolds@kcrw.org
http://twitter.com/RachelRkcrw
http://blogs.kcrw.com/musicnews/

About KCRW: KCRW 89.9FM is an NPR affiliate serving Southern California and licensed to Santa Monica College. The public radio station represents cutting edge radio at its best, presenting an eclectic mix of independent music, news, talk and arts programming. The terrestrial signal serves Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura counties, as well as parts of San Diego, San Bernardino, Kern, and Santa Barbara counties and the greater Palm Springs area. KCRW’ s programming is internationally renowned and available worldwide at KCRW.com. KCRW offers an all-music channel, Eclectic24, an all news channel and on-air simulcast. . Podcasts and archives of our locally-produced programs and live band performances are available on our website, as well as on our smartphone apps for the iPhone, Android and Blackberry. KCRW’s acclaimed Music Mine app for iPad is dedicated to music discovery

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Lineup Announced for KCRW’s Halloween Party Masquerade on October 26

Talent Announced for Masquerade:

A Halloween Costume Ball & Dance Party
Benefiting KCRW

Saturday, October 26 – 9p to 2a
At the Legendary Park Plaza

FEATURING

16 KCRW DJs on the Decks
ROB GARZA of Thievery Corporation (solo DJ set)
DAVE SITEK of TV on the Radio (DJ set)
DALE EARNHARDT JR. JR. (DJ set)
GLASSER
HAR MAR SUPERSTAR
GRIZFOLK
ANGEL CITY ALL-STAR BRASS BAND

and THE HAUNTED DANCEHALL with
THE LIONS
TOM CHASTEEN’S DUB CLUB (DJ SET)

+ Harlow Gold’s vintage burlesque revue Blind Tiger
+ Avant-garde circus performers Lucent Dossier
+ The Bella-Donnas
+ Food Trucks
+ Costume Contest

Tickets on Sale Now at
http://www.kcrw.com/masquerade

Limited Press Tickets Available for Coverage

(SANTA MONICA) September 10, 2013 –From circus troupes, costume contests and burlesque performers to food trucks, ghost stories, and five rooms pumping music, KCRW‘s annual benefit bash Masquerade goes far beyond a traditional dance party.

Brand new spectacles await revelers in our 5th year, including Harlow Gold’s vintage burlesque revue Blind Tiger, live screenprinting by Hit + Run, a Haunted Dancehall and more to delight the senses.

The party returns on Saturday, October 26, 2013 from 9pm to 2am at the Park Plaza and tickets are on sale now.  The event has sold out every year.

Tickets are $100 in advance. The event is 21 and over and proceeds support KCRW.

Music throughout the themed rooms will be provided by 16 of KCRW’s own skilled selectors, as well as Guest DJ sets from TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek, Thievery Corporation’s Rob Garza and Detroit duo Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., mixing house and nu-disco.

Masquerade will also feature a live performance from playful provocateur Har Mar Superstar, as well as the dreamy electro sounds of Glasser and anthemic pop from one of LA’s best up and coming bands, Grizfolk.

Dub, reggae ska and more will fill the Haunted Dancehall thanks to a live set from The Lions and Dub Club‘s Tom Chasteen on the decks.

Traveling throughout the halls of the legendary venue will be the Angel City All-Star Brass Band, led by Todd Simon and paying homage to the roots of cumbia, afrobeat, soul and ethio-jazz, with some Halloween treats thrown in.

Find full details here.

WHAT: Masquerade: A Halloween Costume Ball & Dance Party for KCRW
WHEN: Saturday, October 26, 2012
WHERE: The Legendary Park Plaza in Downtown LA– 607 South Park View Street
TIME: 9pm to 2am
DETAILS: http://www.kcrw.com/masquerade

Rachel Reynolds
Music Publicity Director
KCRW 89.9FM
1900 Pico Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90405
(310) 314-4625 DIRECT
rachel.reynolds@kcrw.org
http://twitter.com/RachelRkcrw
http://blogs.kcrw.com/musicnews/

About KCRW: KCRW 89.9FM is an NPR affiliate serving Southern California and licensed to Santa Monica College. The public radio station represents cutting edge radio at its best, presenting an eclectic mix of independent music, news, talk and arts programming. The terrestrial signal serves Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura counties, as well as parts of San Diego, San Bernardino, Kern, and Santa Barbara counties and the greater Palm Springs area. KCRW’ s programming is internationally renowned and available worldwide at KCRW.com. KCRW offers an all-music channel, Eclectic24, an all news channel and on-air simulcast. . Podcasts and archives of our locally-produced programs and live band performances are available on our website, as well as on our smartphone apps for the iPhone, Android and Blackberry. KCRW’s acclaimed Music Mine app for iPad is dedicated to music discovery

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Pre-Sale Tickets for KCRW’s Halloween Party Masquerade on Sale Now

KCRW’s Halloween Party
Masquerade
Returns on October 26

The Benefit Bash Sells Out Every Year
Pre-Sale Tickets Available Now

http://www.kcrw.com/masquerade

(SANTA MONICA) August 20, 2013 –For the fifth year of KCRW’s annual Halloween fundraiser Masquerade, the public radio station will introduce new themed rooms at the legendary Park Plaza, as well as a myriad of sights, sounds and spectacles to delight all the senses.

The event will take place on Saturday, October 26 and pre-sale tickets are on sale now at KCRW.com with discounts for both members ($75) and non-members ($85).

Non-members who purchase tickets to Masquerade during the pre-sale will receive Membership benefits for one-year, including a Fringe Benefits card and eligibility to win ticket giveaways.

Only a limited number of tickets will be available at pre-sale prices and the event sells out every year.

From circus troops and costume contests to food trucks and ghost stories, the evening goes far beyond a traditional dance party.

Music in the five themed rooms will be provided by KCRW’s own skilled selectors and other high-profile DJs and live bands to be announced next month.

The event is 21 and over and all tickets are general admission.

Proceeds for the event support KCRW’s programming.

WHAT: Masquerade: A Halloween Costume Ball & Dance Party for KCRW
WHEN: Saturday, October 26, 2012
WHERE: The Legendary Park Plaza in Downtown LA– 607 South Park View Street
TIME: 9pm to 2am
DETAILS: http://www.kcrw.com/masquerade

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KCRW Announces Second Round of Judges for Good Food Pie Contest

Jonathan Gold, Susan Feniger to Join KCRW Good Food Pie Contest Judging Panel

NEW Vegan and Kids Categories Added to 2013 Competition

(SANTA MONICA) August 20, 2013 — The second round of judges for KCRW’s 5th Annual Good Food Pie Contest, includes Los Angeles Times Restaurant Critic Jonathan Gold and Susan Feniger, owner and chef of STREET and Border Grill. The all-star lineup of foodies, pâtissieres, restaurant owners and celebrities, also welcomes Garrett Snyder, Hourie Sahakian, Amy Rowat, Robert Wemischner, Meadow Ramsey, Tal Ronen, Lindsay William Ross, Christine Moore, Elina Shatkin, Gustavo Arellano, Hot Knives, and Nicole Mournian to the judging panel.

 The free, all-ages event returns to LACMA on Saturday, September 7. The contest includes two new categories, “Kids” and “Vegan” in addition to Fruit, Nut, Cream/Chiffon/Silk, Savory, Vegan, and “LACMA Art-Inspired” influenced by artwork in the museum’s collection. Good Food host Evan Kleiman will preside over the afternoon’s pie festivities which include a free pie tasting and an afternoon soundtrack provided by KCRW DJ Anne Litt. Attendees wearing an apron will also receive free admission to LACMA that afternoon only.

Submissions for the pie contest close Sunday, September 1 at 11:55pm PST.

The Good Food Pie Contest is the culmination of KCRW’s annual summer pie celebration. The Pie-A-Day series features a new, daily pie recipe on the Good Food Blog from the 4th of July through Labor Day. The blog will also include pie announcements, baking tips, pie pictures and more. Fans, bakers and listeners can also submit pie photos using the hashtag #PieADay.

For more information, contest details and entry submissions for KCRW’s 5th Annual Good Food Pie Contest visit: http://kcrw.com/pie

Daily pie recipes, photos and more can be found at: http://kcrw.com/pieaday.

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MOBY TO JUDGE KCRW’S 5TH ANNUAL GOOD FOOD PIE CONTEST

MOBY TO JUDGE KCRW’S 5TH ANNUAL GOOD FOOD PIE CONTEST

KCRW Announces First Round of Guest Judges, a Baking Benefit with Sherry Yard, and the #PieBeer Naming Competition Winner

(SANTA MONICA) July 31, 2013 — KCRW welcomes award-winning musician, Moby to be the official judge of the “Vegan” category at the 5th Annual Good Food Pie Contest. Moby, well known for his active stance in the vegan community, joins a star-studded cast of bakers, chefs, restaurateurs, and critics, who will each judge one-of-seven categories at this year’s competition. The first round of judges includes: Russ Parsons, Roxana Jullapat, Karen Hatfield, Valerie Gordon, Zoe Nathan, Shannon Swindle, David LeFevre and Kris Morningstar.

To help raise money for the contest, renowned baker Sherry Yard will join forces with KCRW Good Food host Evan Kleiman as they share their perfect pie secrets. The special pie fundraiser, hosted by the New School of Cooking, includes demonstrations with both bakers, a pie tasting, a recipe packet, and an essential pie tool for attendees. Kleiman will create a Chicken Pot Pie, while Yard sweetens the deal with a Plum & Blackberry Pie with Toasted Almost Crumble and her Quintessential Apple Pie. Tickets are $85 and all proceeds will be donated to KCRW’s 5th Annual Good Food Pie Contest.

Orange County craft brewers, The Bruery, helped kick off this year’s pie festivities with a special Pie Beer naming competition. Over 200 entries were submitted in four days to name the sour beer inspired by a rhubarb raspberry pie with a graham cracker crust. Evan Kleiman and The Bruery chose the winning name, Windowsill, which was submitted by food and beer bloggers, Hot Knives. The special brew will be available for limited release at the beginning of September through The Bruery’s Reserve Society and at KCRW’s Good Food Pie Contest.

KCRW celebrates all things pie every summer, with their Pie-A-Day series which features a new pie recipe on the Good Food Blog daily through Labor Day. The site will also include pie announcements, baking tips, pie pictures and more. Fans can also submit their own pie photos which will be aggregated on the blog using the hashtag #PieADay.

For more information, contest details and entry submissions for KCRW’s 5th Annual Good Food Pie Competition visit: http://kcrw.com/pie

Daily pie recipes, photos and more can be found at: http://kcrw.com/pieaday

For more information and to purchase tickets for “Sherry Yard and Evan Kleiman’s Secrets for Perfect Pie” demo click HERE

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ABOUT KCRW:
KCRW 89.9FM is an NPR affiliate serving Southern California and licensed to Santa Monica College. The public radio station represents cutting edge radio at its best, presenting an eclectic mix of independent music, news, talk and arts programming. KCRW’s programming is internationally renowned and available worldwide at KCRW.com. KCRW offers an all-music channel, Eclectic24, an all news channel and on-air simulcast. Podcasts and archives of our locally-produced programs and live band performances are available on our website, as well as on our smartphone apps for the iPhone, Android and Blackberry.

ABOUT GOOD FOOD:
Good Food explores current events, social phenomena, history and culture through the lens of food. From food politics to the science behind cooking, host Evan Kleiman highlights the diverse community of cooks, farmers, entrepreneurs, historians and journalists who have devoted their lives to food. Good Food is the only radio show where you can hear LA Times Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer Jonathan Gold each week. Get Jonathan Gold’s weekly restaurant suggestion sent to your phone! Text “Good Food” to 69866 and get a text with the name, address and phone number of this week’s restaurant.

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KCRW’s Free Concert Series Continues Into September

KCRW’s Free Concert Series Continues Into September

 The public radio station partners with a wide variety of cultural institutions across Southern California for free, outdoors, all-ages events.

(SANTA MONICA) August 13, 2013 — The season of free, all ages, outdoors summer shows is almost over, but KCRW’s Summer Nights series is going out with a bang.

This Saturday, the station returns to Chinatown for a dance party courtesy of KCRW DJs Raul Campos and Mario Cotto. It’s our third and final night in Chinatown’s Central Plaza and so far each one has been packed with revelers (and lots of confetti).

The public radio station will also present the season closer in the Skirball Cultural Center’s Sunset Concerts series, a courtyard performance from Afro-Brazilian specialist Dendê and Band on Thursday, August 29 at 7pm, with an opening DJ set from KCRW’s Jeremy Sole.

KCRW will host two additional shows by world music masters on Saturday, August 24. Fared Shafinury melds traditional melodies and rhythms from Iran with modern electronic beats at Grand Performances in California Plaza at 8pm, while MacArthur Park hosts an evening with reggae sensation Rocky Dawuni as part of Levitt Pavilion’s popular concert series.

The Twilight Concert Series continues at the Santa Monica Pier on Thursday nights with upcoming performances from The English Beat, Nick Waterhouse, Jimmy Cliff, Trombone Shorty, Gardens & Villa and others.

Watch performances on the pier, picnic in the sand or catch the show streaming live on MySpace. Find out more info here.

For a full listing of events and details, go to KCRW.com/summernights.

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KCRW Celebrates 5th Annual Good Food Pie Contest with Beer Naming Competition

KCRW Celebrates 5th Annual Good Food Pie Contest with Beer Naming Competition
Two NEW Categories Added in 2013 Including Vegan & Kids


SANTA MONICA (July 8, 2013) — Registration is now open for KCRW’s annual Good Food Pie Contest, back for its fifth year. To help kick-off pie season, Good Food Host Evan Kleiman is teaming up with the Orange County craft brewery, The Bruery, to create a special pie-inspired beer. Designed to replicate the flavors of rhubarb raspberry pie, the recipe encourages sweetness balanced by tartness, intense fruit character, and a “graham cracker crust-like” flavor.

Now, KCRW is asking listeners, foodies, drinkers and bloggers to submit their name ideas for the otherwise nameless brew. KCRW will host a live Twitter chat Monday, July 8 with Evan Kleiman and The Bruery to answer all “pie beer” questions. The hashtag #PieBeer is being used for the chat. Finalists will be announced Tuesday, July 9, with the winning named declared Wednesday, July 10 on Evan’s Facebook page.

KCRW’s Good Food Pie Contest continues to grow, with 285 pies entered in 2012. This year, two new categories have been added, Vegan and Kids, for bakers under 12, in addition to Fruit, Nut, Cream/Chiffon/Silk, Savory, Vegan, and LACMA Art-Inspired. Pies will be judged by a panel of professional bakers, chefs and celebrities, which will be announced throughout the summer.

“I never expected the Good Food Pie Contest to become what it today. Every year gets better and bigger, from the quality of pies to the community that joins us; it’s like KCRW’s summer family picnic,” says Evan Kleiman, host of KCRW’s Good Food.

KCRW’s Pie-A-Day series is also back to kick-off pie season, with a new pie recipe featured on the Good Food Blog daily through Labor Day. The site will also include pie announcements, baking tips, pie pictures and more. Fans can also submit their own pie photos which will be aggregated on the blog using the hashtag #PieADay.

KCRW is also partnering with Cooks County for a special Home Cooked Monday Dinner benefit, which includes a three-course seasonal menu, plus snacks for $35. For dessert, Cooks County’s Roxana Jullapat is teaming up with Evan Kleiman and Nicole Mournian, Gjelina Pastry Chef and last year’s 4th Annual Good Food Pie Contest champion, for a one-of-a-kind pie. All proceeds from the dinner will help raise funds for the event.

For more information, entries and details on KCRW’s 5th Annual Good Food Pie Contest please visit: http://kcrw.com/pie

For all things “pie” including Pie-A-Day recipes, interviews with bakers, pie pictures and general pie news and updates, please visit: http://kcrw.com/pieaday

For more details on the Pie Beer Naming Competition, please visit: http://kcrw.com/piebeer

To purchase tickets for the Cooks County Home Cooked Monday Dinner benefit, please visit: http://kcrw.com/cookscounty

KCRW’s Good Food blog can be found at: http://blogs.kcrw.com/goodfood

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ABOUT KCRW:
KCRW 89.9FM is an NPR affiliate serving Southern California and licensed to Santa Monica College. The public radio station represents cutting edge radio at its best, presenting an eclectic mix of independent music, news, talk and arts programming. KCRW’s programming is internationally renowned and available worldwide at KCRW.com. KCRW offers an all-music channel, Eclectic24, an all news channel and on-air simulcast. Podcasts and archives of our locally-produced programs and live band performances are available on our website, as well as on our smartphone apps for the iPhone, Android and Blackberry.

ABOUT GOOD FOOD:
Good Food explores current events, social phenomena, history and culture through the lens of food. From food politics to the science behind cooking, host Evan Kleiman highlights the diverse community of cooks, farmers, entrepreneurs, historians and journalists who have devoted their lives to food. Good Food is the only radio show where you can hear LA Times Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer Jonathan Gold each week. Get Jonathan Gold’s weekly restaurant suggestion sent to your phone! Text “Good Food” to 69866 and get a text with the name, address and phone number of this week’s restaurant.

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KCRW to Bring Latin Alternative Sounds to LA During LAMC

KCRW Returns as Official
Presenting Radio Sponsor
for the Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC)

July 9-13 in NYC – Hosted by KCRW DJ Raul Campos

 The public radio station will bring the diverse sounds of Latin Alternative music to LA while LAMC is happening in NYC.

SANTA MONICA, July 1, 2013 — Public radio station KCRW (89.9FM and KCRW.com) is once again on board as the official radio sponsor for the Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC) and will feature special programming in Los Angeles while the event is underway in New York City July 9-13.

KCRW DJ Raul Campus will also serve as the LAMC host for his sixth year and MC major events at Celebrate Brooklyn at Prospect Park and LAMC Central Park SummerStage. He’ll be deejaying on the Summer Stage before a performance by Lila Downs on Thursday, July 11.

He will be broadcasting his show, which airs on KCRW weeknights from 10pm to midnight, from NYC on July 11-12.

“Over these few days in July, New York City turns into the mecca for Latin Alternative music,” said Campos. “Established and emerging artists from across the globe congregate here to showcase this genre that is exploding all over the world.”

Back in Los Angeles, KCRW will be presenting the diverse sounds of Latin music in a variety of ways. This includes LAMC-inspired programming on KCRW’s signature music show “Morning Becomes Eclectic” and free song downloads as part of the Today’s Top Tune program, including tracks from Grammy-nominated Venezuelan rockers La Vida Boheme and Argentinian vocalist Natalia Clavier (Thievery Corporation).

KCRW will also present a free concert at the Hammer Museum featuring Mexican songstress Ximena Sariñana on Thursday, July 11 as part of the station’s “Summer Nights” series.

LAMC founder Tomas Cookman said, “KCRW has been a constant and at times, singular voice for many of the bands that are featured at the LAMC.  We feel that there is no better radio outlet in the country to partner up with that understands the many different sounds and genres that fall under the LAMC and Latin Alternative umbrella as does KCRW.”

The 14th LAMC promises to be yet another exciting year, with an expanded focus that now includes special events dedicated to food, film, books, art and poetry. Walk up registration will be available and you can find out more here.

Rachel Reynolds
Music Publicity Director
KCRW 89.9FM
1900 Pico Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90405
(310) 314-4625  DIRECT
rachel.reynolds@kcrw.org
http://twitter.com/RachelRkcrw
http://blogs.kcrw.com/musicnews/

About KCRW: KCRW 89.9FM is an NPR affiliate serving Southern California and licensed to Santa Monica College. The public radio station represents cutting edge radio at its best, presenting an eclectic mix of independent music, news, talk and arts programming. The terrestrial signal serves Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura counties, as well as parts of San Diego, San Bernardino, Kern, and Santa Barbara counties and the greater Palm Springs area. KCRW’ s programming is internationally renowned and available worldwide at KCRW.com. KCRW offers an all-music channel, Eclectic24, an all news channel and on-air simulcast. . Podcasts and archives of our locally-produced programs and live band performances are available on our website, as well as on our smartphone apps for the iPhone, Android and Blackberry. KCRW’s acclaimed Music Mine app for iPad is dedicated to music discovery.

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KCRW Announces Additions to Summer Nights

KCRW Announces Additions to Summer Nights

The public radio station is partnering with Oscars® Outdoors, the Skirball and Levitt Pavilion for additional free, outdoors, all-ages events this summer.

SANTA MONICA, June 26, 2013 — KCRW’s Summer Nights series is already in full swing and the station is proud to announce four additional events across the city.

On July 28, KCRW will partner with the Academy’s Oscars Outdoors, the gold standard of open-air film venues, to present “Style Wars”, the iconic 1983 graffiti and hip hop culture documentary.

Unlike anything KCRW has ever done before, the incredible evening will feature street artists, b-boys, a Q&A with the film’s co-director Henry Chalfant, and host KCRW DJ Anthony Valadez, who will also spin before the screening.  Actress Catherine Keener will talk briefly about her involvement in the restoration of the film.

It is a free event, but capacity is limited and reservations are required. RSVP HERE. Gates open at 6pm.

The public radio station will also present two Sunset Concerts at the Skirball Cultural Center – the highly acclaimed Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars on August 8 and Afro-Brazilian Master Percussionist and Singer Dendê and Band on August 29. Both evenings will start at 7pm and include opening sets from KCRW DJs.

On Saturday, August 25, KCRW heads to MacArthur Park for an evening with reggae sensation Rocky Dawuni and host DJ Jeremy Sole as part of Levitt Pavilion’s popular concert series.

Summer Nights programming continues through September with Downtown, Santa Monica, Chinatown and Westwood.

KCRW’s concert series collaboration with the Hammer Museum, “Music for Better Living”, launches this Thursday with a performance from AM & Shawn Lee and DJ sets from Music Director Jason Bentley and Dan Wilcox.

For a full listing of events and details, go to KCRW.com/summernights.

Rachel Reynolds
Music Publicity Director
KCRW 89.9FM
1900 Pico Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90405
(310) 314-4625  DIRECT
rachel.reynolds@kcrw.org
http://twitter.com/RachelRkcrw
http://blogs.kcrw.com/musicnews/

About KCRW: KCRW 89.9FM is an NPR affiliate serving Southern California and licensed to Santa Monica College. The public radio station represents cutting edge radio at its best, presenting an eclectic mix of independent music, news, talk and arts programming. The terrestrial signal serves Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura counties, as well as parts of San Diego, San Bernardino, Kern, and Santa Barbara counties and the greater Palm Springs area. KCRW’ s programming is internationally renowned and available worldwide at KCRW.com. KCRW offers an all-music channel, Eclectic24, an all news channel and on-air simulcast. . Podcasts and archives of our locally-produced programs and live band performances are available on our website, as well as on our smartphone apps for the iPhone, Android and Blackberry. KCRW’s acclaimed Music Mine app for iPad is dedicated to music discovery.

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Twilight Concert Series Lineup Announced!

Twilight Concert Series Announces Lineup For This Summer

 The free concerts at the Santa Monica Pier are part of KCRW’s Summer Nights Series

 http://www.kcrw.com/summernights

SANTA MONICA, June 3, 2013 — Public radio station KCRW (89.9 and KCRW.com) returns as the media sponsor for the Twilight Concert Series at the Santa Monica Pier this summer and is pleased to announce an incredible lineup of musical guests. The concerts are part of KCRW’s free, all ages Summer Nights series and KCRW DJ will serve as hosts for each of the evenings.

The shows start on July 11 with station favorite Surfer Blood and take place every Thursday until September 12, with all shows starting at 7pm.

TWILIGHT CONCERT SERIES SCHEDULE:

July 11: Surfer Blood
(Hosted by KCRW DJ Jason Bentley)
Thursday, July 18: Meshell Ndegeocello
(Hosted by KCRW DJ Anthony Valadez)
Thursday, July 25: No Age
(Hosted by KCRW DJ Marion Hodges)
Thursday, August 1: Xavier Rudd
(Hosted by KCRW DJ Eric J. Lawrence)
Thursday, August 8: Hanni El Khatib
(Hosted by KCRW DJ Dan Wilcox)
Thursday, August 15: The English Beat
(Hosted by KCRW DJ Eric J. Lawrence)
Thursday, August 22: Nick Waterhouse
(Hosted by KCRW DJ Jeremy Sole)
Thursday, August 29: TBD
(Hosted by KCRW DJ Aaron Byrd)
Thursday, September 5: TBD
(Hosted by KCRW DJ Anne Litt)
Thursday, September 12: Jimmy Cliff
(Hosted by KCRW DJ Raul Campos)

The series is now in its 29th year and, for the first time ever, the concerts will be live streamed so fans everywhere can tune in to check out these phenomenal acts.

See the full Summer Nights lineup here and view details on the Pier shows below!

Twilight Concert Series Details

Location: The Santa Monica Pier. Go West, then decide if you’re the beach or the pier type.

Parking: Parking info can be found at http://santamonicapier.org/visit

About the Santa Monica Pier Corporation

The Santa Monica Pier Corporation (SMPC) is a non-profit, public benefit corporation dedicated to preserving and enhancing the Santa Monica Pier experience for all visitors.  For more information, visit, http://www.santamonicapier.org

For More Information on the Twilight Concert Series, please contact:

Gina Schulman // Joey Primero

gina@pressherepublicity.com // joey@pressherepublicity.com

 

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