Local News for 10/22/24
Abracadabra Trip
(Airdate: October 21, 2024) Jim Burke gets a quick update from DJ Christine, AKA Christine Walsh-Rogers, treasurer of the board of KPTZ, about the fundraiser “Fall in Love” with KPTZ. Then Jim talks with Laura Newman, Producer and Publicity Manager for the Palindrome at Eaglemount Winery and Cidery. Laura is also a singer/songwriter and leader of the happening called ABRACADABRA TRIP a band and event that performs on top of a bus. She and some local musicians are performing at the Palindrome on October 31.
Kevin Ayesh performs Beethoven and more!
Kevin Ayesh sitting at his piano.
KPTZ is excited to welcome classical pianist Kevin Ayesh to the Trinity United Methodist Church on Thursday, October 24 at 7pm. Kevin’s Candlelight Concert program will feature Beethoven’s Sonata in B-flat Major, Opus 22, perhaps the most “classical” in structure of all of Beethoven’s sonatas. Brahms’ beautiful Intermezzo in A Major, Opus 118 will follow, and the program will conclude with Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, in celebration of that work’s 100th anniversary.This concert is featured as a part of our Candlelight Concert series and will be simulcast on 91.9 FM KPTZ.
Local News for 10/18/24
County Connections
(Airdate: October 18, 2024) County Commissioner Greg Brotherton and his co-host Jim Burke keep the fundraising going for “Fall In Love with KPTZ.” Greg says he will stop playing folk songs for a donation to the station of $500, to no avail, so he sings parodies of famous folk songs like “This Land is Your Land”, “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall” and the “Swimming Song.”
Brewocracy Now ~ 10/18/24
KPTZ’s Taylor Clark sat down with Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro and Mayor David Faber for our quarterly get together, this week during the KPTZ fund drive. We talked about the importance of community radio, and David fielded an interesting question about housing.
Local News for 10/17/24
Is you is, or is you ain’t my “ism”?
(Airdate: October 17, 2024) Is you is, or is you ain’t my “ism”?
Local News for 10/16/24
Current Mood / DJ Lillie
DJ Lillie serves up fresh, global, upbeat music, alongside groovy classics, to get you going in the morning. Be prepared for some ‘dance in your chair’ moments. She’s a Seattle native who discovered a love of rhythm when she first took the pots and pans out of her parents’ pantry. Having been introduced to an eclectic range of music as a child, she now enjoys searching for new artists that carry on the legacy of great tracks from the past. Early influences include: Ella Fitzgerald, Van Morrison, Norah Jones, Joni Mitchell, Bjork, The Real World record label, Bill Evans, Coleman Hawkins, India Arie, Patsy Cline, and Sade.
