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Chuck Foster hosts Reggae Central Sundays from 2-5 PM on KPFK. He features ska, rocksteady, dub, local and international reggae and dancehall with a special emphasis on roots music. Chuck is the author of Roots Rock Reggae: An Oral History of Reggae Music From Ska To Dancehall (Billboard Books, 1999) and The Small Axe Guide To Rockstedy (Muzik Works, 2009, updated 2016). He wrote the Reggae Update column for Beat Magazine for two decades and currently writes the Reading and Reasoning column for Reggae Festival Guide. Chuck started playing reggae on the radio in Southern California in 1982 and began hosting Reggae Central in 1997. Live guests on the show over the years include Dennis Brown, The Mighty Diamonds, Burning Spear, Alton Ellis, Etana, Stranger Cole, Freddie McGregor, Phyllis Dillon, Lucky Dube, Morgan Heritage, The Expanders and many, many more.
Contact email: cfoster907@yahoo.com
Archives of this show can be heard here: https://archive.kpfk.org/index_one.php?shokey=reggaecent
Aired Sunday September 13 2-5 PM on KPFK
Toots Hibbert, lead singer of the classic Reggae group Toots & the Maytals passed on September 11 from complications of Covid-19. His contribution to reggae music was enormous including the first single with the word "Reggae" in the title in 1969 and a ground-breaking tour with The Rolling Stones in the 70's that helped introduce Reggae to America to Grammy-winning releases and his latest album "Got To Be Tough" which came out just last week. Chuck Foster will be hosting a three hour special dedicated to the music of Toots Hibbert
Listen to the archive here - https://archive.kpfk.org/index_one.php?shokey=reggaecent
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A WEEKLY SNAPSHOT FROM THE EXPANSIVE WORLD OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD WITH HOST STEVE WHELAN
10:00pm - Midnight
Founded in 1974, L.A. Theatre Works' mission is to record and preserve great performances of important stage plays, maximizing the use of new technologies to make world-class theatre accessible to the widest possible audience...
Midnight - 3:00am
A program that captures the spirit of the jam session and celebrates timeless jazz recordings of then and now with Dr Jaz Sawyer.
3:00am - 6:00am
a music program that consists of music from the soulful genre...the focus is on stories....the feeling..
An Evening With Gregory Porter Tuesday December 31, 2024 At The Dolby Theatre In Hollywood 8pm showtime
at Dolby TheaterClose Guantanamo NOW! Saturday, January 11, 2025 Wilshire/Westwood Federal Building, 11000 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024 12:00 - 1:30 pm PT
at Westwood Federal BuildingJustin Timberlake LIVE At The Honda Center In Anaheim Saturday January 18, 2025 7:30pm showtime
at Honda CenterThe Temptations & The Four Tops Live At The Dolby Theatre Sunday January 19, 2025 8pm Rescheduled date originally April 10, 2024
at Dolby TheaterJustin Timberlake LIVE At The Acrisure Arena In Palm Desert Monday January 20, 2025 The Forget Tomorrow World Tour 7:30pm
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