Music Special Programming

Music Special Programming

32 min

Discover KCRW's exclusive artist interviews, live performances, original programming and streaming playlists. Our digital-first music programming is on-demand and updated weekly.

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KCRW remembers Angela McCluskey, formerly of Wild Colonials, with a selection of KCRW live appearances.

Decades in the making, The Beatles release their last song as the Fab Four, with a little help from their friends. Listen here and watch the short doc about how it all came together.

Strap in: We’ve got your metal-forward (yet eclectic) mix for cruising desert highways down to Power Trip.

Celebrate Robbie Robertson with intimate performance and interviews, including a previously unreleased session featuring “Music for The Native Americans” in October 1994.

In the afterglow of Taylor Swift’s sold-out Eras Tour show, KCRW’s Danielle Chiriguayo and her dad reflect on their shared Swiftie history.

The Linda Lindas are tapping some primeval punk rock magic with their viral hit “Racist, Sexist Boy.” Let’s explore what opened that portal.

Celebrate the charm and legacy of Tony Bennett, who died at 96, with a newly-unearthed 1990 interview on Morning Becomes Eclectic.

Journalist Allyson McCabe talks “Why Sinéad O’Connor Matters,” her expansive new book that reaches far beyond its subject.

More from KCRW

Ana Tijoux returns with the lush pop balladry and incisive, Spanish-language bars of her 2024 LP “Vida.”

from Live From

New music. Emerging artists. No boundaries. Served fresh every weeknight, 8-10pm, only on FREAKS ONLY by Travis Holcombe.

from FREAKS ONLY

During our Spring Pledge Drive, it’s essential that you know none of this happens without your support — THANK YOU.

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

The Latest

Cheo, a founding member of the Venezuelan trio Los Amigos Invisibles, has decided to revisit and re-record some of the songs he wrote for the group, now with his new band.

Cheo: ‘Llegaste Tarde’

Cheo, a founding member of the Venezuelan trio Los Amigos Invisibles, has decided to revisit and re-record some of the songs he wrote for the group, now with his new band.

from Today's Top Tune

Music to lift your spirits. An expansive sonic journey featuring new and classic rhythms from all over the globe.

Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras' playlist, May 15, 2024

Music to lift your spirits. An expansive sonic journey featuring new and classic rhythms from all over the globe.

from Ro "Wyldeflower" Contreras

Enjoy the buoyant, reverb-drenched pop of Matthew “Matty” Tavares’ FOOL 4 U.”

FREAKS ONLY playlist: May 15, 2024

Enjoy the buoyant, reverb-drenched pop of Matthew “Matty” Tavares’ FOOL 4 U.”

from FREAKS ONLY

The New Delhi indie-folk-groove quintet dazzles us with their first new music in 5 years a full day before it hits DSPs — their new LP “BETA” is due on Aug. 9.

Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: May 15, 2024

The New Delhi indie-folk-groove quintet dazzles us with their first new music in 5 years a full day before it hits DSPs — their new LP “BETA” is due on Aug. 9.

from Morning Becomes Eclectic

Chicago trio Dehd’s freshly released LP “Poetry” rocks our world.

5 Songs to Hear This Week: Dehd, Amen Dunes, Låpsley

Chicago trio Dehd’s freshly released LP “Poetry” rocks our world.

from Music News

The gorgeous new album My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall captures the work of one most illustrious of the handful of Black Country songwriters (let alone a woman) in…

Valerie June: ‘Big Dream’

The gorgeous new album My Black Country: The Songs of Alice Randall captures the work of one most illustrious of the handful of Black Country songwriters (let alone a woman) in…

from Today's Top Tune

Music to make you feel.

Francesca Harding's playlist, May 14, 2024

Music to make you feel.

from Francesca Harding

Hear the latest singles from NxWorries and GUM & Ambrose Kenny-Smith. Plus, ahead of their free KCRW Summer Nights show, Dehd.

FREAKS ONLY playlist: May 14, 2024

Hear the latest singles from NxWorries and GUM & Ambrose Kenny-Smith. Plus, ahead of their free KCRW Summer Nights show, Dehd.

from FREAKS ONLY