KVMR: Live On-Air

Laurie DesJardins, host of KVMR's New Brick Road, speaks with Folk musician Dar Williams. Dar Williams will be performing at the Center For The Arts in Grass Valley, CA on Wednesday, April 8th, 2026.

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KVMR Broadcasters Felton Pruitt, Jerianne Van Dijk, and local musician Brendan Phillips present a tribute to local Nevada County sage, Joanna Robinson. Featuring live music from Brendan Phillips, voicemails from friends and loved ones, and recorded tales from Joanna Robinson. 

Steve Cagle, host of KVMR's Blues Spectrum, talks with legendary blues musician, activist, and teacher, Gaye Adegbalola.

Susie Rex, host of KVMR's The Playground, talks with local band Auburn Ravine Revival about their new album, The Dusty Road Sessions. Auburn Ravine Revival will be performing a fundraiser for the Auburn State Theatre and CD release party at Auburn Odd Fellows Hall on Friday, March 20th, 2026.

• Auburn Ravine Revival CD Release Party + Auburn State Theatre Fundraiser - March 20th, 2026
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Michael Keene, host of KVMR's Kani Ka Pila, talks with author, Tom Peek, on his nationally award-winning Hawaiʻi novels, as well as current events going on in Hawaii. More information on Tom Peek available here.

An In-studio performance and interview with musician Richard March. Originally aired March 7th, 2026 on KVMR's County Line Bluegrass hosted by Eric Rice.

Richard March will be performing at 1849 Brewing Company in Grass Valley on Friday March 20th, 2026.

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An In-studio performance with Jason Dea West and the Siskiyou Crest + Maybel's Fables. Originally aired January 24th, 2026 on KVMR's A Higher Lonesome hosted by  Davis Memes.

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On Monday, January 19th, the MLK Community Choir celebrated Martin Luther King’s legacy with a free gospel concert at the Nevada Theatre. The choir was led by Stan Thomas-Rose, bringing back the traditional program that was led by Zenobia Brokenbrough and the Bethel AME (African Methodist Episcopal) Choir for forty years, and including them along with about 50 local singers who are seeking to celebrate and strengthen our community and our nation.

The MLK Day noon concert tradition was started in 1982 when Rosa Lopez and Ken Crow invited the Bethel AME Church Choir to broadcast a live performance on KVMR from the Miner’s Foundry, and over the next 40 years the event became a celebrated community tradition which sometimes included local high school choirs and others.

In 2012, an AME choir member, Helena McDaniels, who was also singing with the Trinity Community Chorus (directed by Stan Thomas-Rose) made a connection between the two choirs, and within a few years the two groups became so closely bonded that both directors independently began thinking of the group as “The MLK Choir” instead of as two combined choirs. The noon concert tradition lapsed after the 40th annual concert in 2022, but now Paul Emery, who produced many of the concerts for KVMR, is reviving the tradition with Stan Thomas-Rose as the “official” choir director, but still fully involved with Zenobia and the Bethel AME Choir. Singers from many local churches, the Music in the Mountains and InConcert Sierra choruses and other local groups are represented in this year’s choir.

This year's concert was aimed at building community and uniting our nation peacefully. The program includes speakers and poetry as well as singalongs led by local musicians, patriotic songs, hymns, spirituals, gospel songs, and an original song that’s become our traditional closing. Come and join us as we seek to remember our great legacy and walk together into “that shining city on a hill.”

Davis Memes, host of KVMR's A Higher Lonesome, talks with musician Andres Miguel Cervantes + in-studio performance.

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