KVMR: Live On-Air

Philip Wright, host of KVMR's High Flight, speaks with Texas guitarist Eric Johnson. Eric Johnson will be performing at the Center For The Arts in Grass Valley, CA on Tuesday, May 12th, 2026.More Info on Eric Johnson Available Here.

Paula Andrea, host of KVMR's Beyond Borders, speaks with Documentary Film Producer Yulia Zi,  about her new film, Flowers Beyond the Dark. Interview also features guest Rick Snelson of Nevada County Friends of Ukraine.More info on Flowers Beyond the Dark available here. Contact Info For Nevada County Friends of Ukraine: [email protected]

Laurie DesJardins, host of KVMR's New Brick Road, speaks with Aidan Moodie of the Scottish Folk Band, Gnoss. Gnoss will be performing at KVMR's annual Celtic Festival & Marketplace - May 1st-May 3rd 2026 at the Nevada County Fairgrounds  in Grass Valley. More info and tickets available here.

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.More Info on Dar Williams Available HereMore Info on Dar Williams @ CFTA April 8th, 2026 Available Here

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, 2026More Info On Auburn Ravine Revival Available Here

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.More info on Richard March available here.

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.More info on Jason Dea West and the Siskiyou Crest Available HereMore Info On Maybel's Fables Available Here

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.More info on Andrés Miguel Cervante

Big John, host of KVMR's Monday Morning Show, talks with legendary musician Gina Birch, founding member UK band The Raincoats. Gina Birch & the Unreasonables will be performing at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on Monday October 27th, 2025, alongside Miki Berenyi Trio.Gina Birch & the Unreasonables - Great American Music Hall, SF (10/27/25)Gina Birch New 2025 Album - Trouble (Third Man Records)

KVMR Broadcaster Bill Segers, host of Ride Along Radio Flyer, talks with blues musician Christone "Kingfish" Ingram. Kingfish will be performing at Center For the Arts in Grass Valley on Monday October 20th. More info on Christone "Kingfish" Ingram available here.

KVMRx DJ Geordie, host of KVMRx's Known Pleasures, talks with voice actor, musician, and Nevada City community member Greg Cipes about the 2nd annual X-Fest at the Miners Foundry on Friday October 3rd. More information & tickets available here.2nd Annual X-FestFriday October 3rd, 2025, 3pm-9pmMiners Foundry, Nevada City, CAAll Ages

Big John, host of KVMR's Monday Morning Show, talks with KVMRx Program Director, Jai Hanes, about the 2nd annual X-Fest at the Miners Foundry on Friday October 3rd. More information & tickets available here.2nd Annual X-FestFriday October 3rd, 2025, 3pm-9pmMiners Foundry, Nevada City, CAAll Ages

KVMR Broadcaster Arellanes, host of Nostos Algos, talks with local musician Luke Sweeney. Sweeney will be performing at KVMR's upcoming benefit - Snock Songs: a Gold Country tribute to Michael Hurley on Saturday, September 27th from 7pm-10:30pm at  St. Joseph’s Cultural Center, 410 S, Church Street in downtown Grass Valley. More info available here.

KVMR Broadcaster Sabrina Blackburn, host of The Beat Bizarre, talks with legendary Hip-Hop artist & painter Chali 2na. Chali 2na will be performing at Unit J in Nevada City on Friday September 5th. More info on Chali 2na available here.

Michael Keene, host of KVMR's Kani Ka Pila, talks with author, Tom Peek, on his nationally award-winning Hawaiʻi novels Mauna Kea (2024 Nautilus Gold Award winner) and Daughters of Fire (2013 Benjamin Franklin Silver Finalist Award winner). More information on Tom Peek available here.

KVMR Broadcaster Laura Miller talks with folk musician Eliza Gilkyson. Eliza Gilkyson will be performing alongside Nina Gerber at the Nevada City Odd Fellows on Friday August 22nd. More info available here.

Johnny Gallagher, host of KVMR's Tuesday Music Magazine, speaks with San Francisco Bay Area's own accomplished Elvis impersonator Randy Demartini.

KVMR’s Homegrown Storytellers Episode 4 was recorded live at Communal Cafe in Nevada City on July 31st with seven Nevada County artists.Storytellers:- David James- Tamara Luckinbill- Chuck Cropley- Barbara Young- Howie Goetz- Lee Pope- Larry Hillberg

April Miranda, host of KVMR's Mountain Beat Music, live broadcasting from the Nevada County Fair featuring a live performance and interview with Caroline Aiken & Liz Melendez of the Yes Ma'am Family Band. More info on Yes Ma'am Family Band available here.

Davis Memes, host of KVMR's A Higher Lonesome, talks with musician William Tyler. More info on William Tyler available here.

Philip Wright, host of KVMR's High Flight, talks with Santa Cruz-based musicians Alex & Justina Lucero (Alex Lucero Band). More info on The Alex Lucero Band available here. 

KVMR Broadcasters Laurie DesJardins & Annie O'Dea Hestbeck, talks with Scottish musician Craig Espie of Skerryvore.  More info on Skerryvore available here.

Arellanes host of KVMR's Nostos Algos, talks with native Nevada County musician Mariee Siou. More info on Mariee Siou available here.

Davis Memes, host of KVMR's A Higher Lonesome, talks with native Nevada County Folk musician Cast Iron Shoes. More info on Cast Iron Shoes available here.

Larry Hillberg, host of KVMR's Backroads, talks with Americana & Folk musician James McMurtry. James McMurtry will be performing at Center For The Arts in Grass Valley on Sunday June 15th. More info available here.

Laurie DesJardins, host of KVMR's New Brick Road, talks with legendary musician Laurie Lewis. Laurie Lewis will be performing alongside Kathy Kallick & her band the Right Hands at The 50th Annual Father's Day Bluegrass Festival in Grass Valley. More info available here.

DJ Lilly T, host of KVMR's Every Other Sunday & Women's Collective Member, talks with Americana musician Taylor Rae. More info on Taylor Rae available here.

Michael Keene, host of KVMR's Kani Ka Pila, talks with Hawiian Elder, Kumu Ramsay Taum, ahead of his Men's Warrior Council event on May 16th-May 18th in Nevada City, CA. More information available here.

Big John, host of KVMR's Follow Your Bliss, talks with legendary English musician Graham Parker

Larry Hillberg, host of Backroads, talks with local musician Bodhi Busick. Bodhi Busick & Friends will be performing at the Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains in Grass Valley, CA on Saturday April 12th, 2025. More info available here.

Buzz Barnett, host of KVMR's Thursday Morning Show, talks with Ben Kaufmann of Yonder Mountain String Band. Yonder Mountain String Band will be performing at The Miners Foundry Cultural Center in downtown Nevada City, CA on Thursday April 17th, 2025. More info available here.

Laurie DesJardins, host of New Brick Road, talks with Kevin Crawford  of Irish Band Lúnasa. Lúnasa will be performing at The Miners Foundry Cultural Center in downtown Nevada City, CA on Saturday, March 29, 2025. More info available here.

Laurie DesJardins, host of New Brick Road, brings Northern California Folk Duo Misner & Smith into the KVMR studios for a live performance and interview. Misner & Smith will be performing at The Wild Eye Pub in Grass Valley, CA on Saturday, March 22, 2025. More info available here. Click Here to listen to Misner & Smith's latest album, All is Song.

Paul Emery, host of KVMR's Tuesday Morning Show, talks with local musician Roy Rogers. Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings will be performing at The Center for the Arts in Grass Valley on Saturday, March 1st, 2025. More info available here.

Big John, host of KVMR's Follow Your Bliss, talks with local Nevada County Band, Checked-Out

Eric Rice, host of County Line Bluegrass, talks with John McEuen of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. John McEuen will be performing at The Center for the Arts in Grass Valley on Wednesday, February 5, 2025. More info available here.

KVMR Friday Moring Show Host, Lisa The Kitten, speaks with local musician, JB Eckl, guitarist & vocalist of the Nevada County trio, Vibeyard, ahead of their NYE performance alongside Achilles Wheel at the Miners Foundry in downtown Nevada City.More info on New Years Eve Bash with Achilles Wheel & Vibeyard available here.

Big John, host of KVMR's Follow Your Bliss, talks with local Nevada County musician Adam Kline of the band Golden Shoulders.

Community storytellers gathered at the Communal Café in Nevada City just before Halloween to share true tales with a twist. Survival, mystery and life-changing moments are all featured in this episode of KVMR’s Homegrown Storytellers – Twisted Tales.Storytellers:Tamara Luckinbill - HexedPenelope Whitney - The TreehouseJohn Watson - Costa Rican IntuitionLarry Hillberg - Everywhere NowLee Pope - Rita's ButterflyDavid James - Sacrifice of the Trick-or-Treat VirginCarrie L' Esperance - No BloodMichael Smallwood - Campfire ConfessionsHomegrown Storytellers is a collaboration between KVMR and The Sierra Storytelling Festival.

Big John, host of KVMR's Follow Your Bliss, speaks to Tim Foster of the Th' Losin' Streaks, Sacramento's great garage rock band.

Big John, host of KVMR's Follow Your Bliss, speaks to Nevada City band Ginger Molasses as they make their global radio debut.

Community storytellers gathered at the Communal Café in Nevada City just before Halloween to share true tales with a twist. Survival, mystery and life-changing moments are all featured in this episode of KVMR’s Homegrown Storytellers – Twisted Tales. Storytellers:Tamara Luckinbill- The OfferingTrevor Hollingsworth - Lost in the WoodsMargie Determan - CrushedSusan Schreiber - Great White SharkDavid Whitehead - Monkey MountainLee Pope - Rearview MirrorVictoria Stanton - My Grandmothers' RingsPenelope Whitney - The Night Jogger Homegrown Storytellers is a collaboration between KVMR and The Sierra Storytelling Festival.