KVC-Arts

It's David Fleming in conversation with Jock Bartley, of Firefall for the entirety of this edition of KVC-Arts. Bartley is one of the founding members of Firefall, and while some of Firefall have come and gone, Bartley remains the ONLY original member to have stayed with the group through today. Now with Jock Bartley and Firefall, this involves a history which is SO interwoven with so many OTHERS, it’s actually a bit startling to hear name after name after name. This interview with Jock will be

This edition of KVC-Arts has Lillian Vasquez in conversation with Matt Newton. He WAS an actor, became an acting coach, and is now an author as well. He wrote “Ten Steps to Breaking Into Acting,” and recently, “The No BS Guide to the Acting Biz.” Lillian also finds out more about a recent art project… and contest… wherein the city of Yucaipa called out to the community, asking for a representation of their favorite place IN Yucaipa. We’ll have conversation with the community services coordinator

This edition of KVC-Arts gives us a coming of age story. A story of a woman born on a farm… named in a field… and raised in Silicon Valley. Emmanuel Rogers speaks with Lisa Brennan-Jobs about her life, and her father – Steve Jobs - a mythical figure who was rarely present in her life. We also have KVCR’s Benjamin Purper in conversation with Jonathan Maule. A writer, performer, and musician, he’s just released Whole Night Through: A Soundtrack to the Novella in Verse . This is a response to L.I.

The entirety of this edition of KVC-Arts has David Fleming in conversation with Terry Johnson. He provided vocals and arrangements on many of The Flamingos best and most loved hits. This interview came from a couple years ago, but only a portion aired. This is the full conversation, with new edits and music mixes. We’ll hear also hear about some more recent work – including music that you would NOT have guessed was Terry Johnson, as well as his serving as producer for Boyz to Men’s take on one

This edition of KVC-Arts is in memory of Charles Weldon. David Fleming speaks with Charles about the short-lived music group, The Paradons, as well as his acting career. Charles went on to appear in St. Elsewhere, Sanford and Son (as a cross-dressing thief), Roots: The Next Generations, and a VERY memorable intense role in Stir Crazy. Look it up. If you've seen Stir Crazy, you'll remember him. He was also in pretty much every TV cop show of the 70's, 80's and 90's; The Rockford Files, Kojak, Law

The sole focus of this edition of KVC-Arts has David Fleming in conversation with Kathy Young. Just two months after she turned 15, she made it into the top 10 on both the R&B singles chart, as well as Billboard’s Top 100 chart, though she said it hit number one in Los Angeles ON – her 15 th birthday. Kathy Young was part of a concert which was originally going to be held (a couple times) in mid 2020. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the concert had to be postponed, and rightfully so. The

This is a rebroadcast from right around this time last year. David Fleming speaks with Peter Curtis, and his cd from just about this time last year – Christmas With Your Jewish Boyfriend, exploring the phenomenon of just how many Christmas music and songs came from Jewish songwriters. We’ll get a bit of the history of and around these songs as well, and even a tune recorded in the KVCR studios.

Tonight it’s music from The Modern Gentlemen. The Modern Gentlemen were at one point the longest running incarnation of The Four Seasons, backing Frankie Valli. With Valli's blessing, they've been on their own now AS The Modern Gentlemen for several years , and have just released a Christmas cd and a video for the title cut, "You Make it Feel Like Christmas" – that’s one of a few originals on this disc, The video is both fun, and tongue in cheek funny, and at the same time has some shots and

The program begins with KVCR’s Benjamin Purper in conversation once again with LI Henley, who has a new book out, From the Moon as I Fell, a collection of poems set in and around Joshua Tree. He also speaks with Zara Kand, another high desert resident, who provided illustrations for the book. We’ll then be going back to an interview from a few years ago, with Lillian Vasquez in conversation with Richard Sherman. With that, we’ll naturally be touching on Disney, and of course – some VERY familiar

This edition of KVC-Arts begins with David Fleming in conversation with Al Pitrelli, music director for, and one of the guitarists with, Trans-Siberian Orchestra. They had to cancel their live tour for this year, but they WILL be holding a VIRTUAL concert, and it will be live, start to finish. And – it’s an ALL NEW staging of the album “Christmas Eve and Other Stories." There’ll be some bonus items there too, with more at Trans-Siberian.com. Then it's KVCR’s Lillian Vasquez in conversation with