GRAMMY Grant 2007

Introduction

Thanks to an Archiving and Preservation Grant (2007) from the GRAMMY Foundation, the Pacifica Radio Archives has preserved and digitized 300 reel-to-reel masters of historic Pacifica Radio station broadcasts of exceptional cultural, social and artistic value. The 27 programs below were selected to be made freely available by stream and podcast. Clicking the "Donate" link next to the any of these recordings allows you to make a tax-deductible donation to the Pacifica Radio Archives which will be acknowledged with an audio CD copy of the program you choose.

Click here to see the list of all 308 radio programs restored by this GRAMMY Foundation grant.

Browse by:  Name,  Program Title,  Year of Broadcast

(Adam, Margie) Margie Adam Live at KPFK
PRA # AZ1328, Listen, Donate.
Margie Adam, singer/songwriter and composer of women's music performs live at KPFK on the grand piano during her 1980 tour for National Coalition of Women's Voters. She talks between songs about the women's movement and her upcoming concert at Beverly Hills High School.

(Cage, John) John Cage at Stanford - 80th Birthday
PRA # AZ1256, Listen, Donate.
American musician John Cage died shortly before his 80th birthday (August 12, 1992). Earlier that year he gave an address at Stanford University entitled “Here Comes Everybody: Overpopulation and Art.” He is introduced by Herbert Lindenberger of the Stanford Humanities Center. Also speaking was Norman O. Brown, then a professor at University of California, Santa Cruz. Brown’s presentation is titled “Dionysius in 1992.”

(Di Prima, Diane) Diane Di Prima Reads Her Poetry
PRA # AZ1333, Listen, Donate.
A premier woman Beat poet reads from her poems "Blessed are the Meek, Baby"; "Zip Code"; and "Canticle of St. Joan" at St. John the Divine in Greenwich Village. Presented by Radio Free People. 1969.

(Di Prima, Diane) Underground Poetry Festival: Diane Di Prima
PRA # AZ1334, Listen, Donate.
Poet Diane Di Prima reads "Calculus of Variations". 1971.

(Dostoyevksy, Fyodor) Notes from Underground: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
PRA # BC1302a-d, Listen(part 1), Listen(part 2), Listen(part 3), Listen(part 4), Donate.
Fyodor Dostoevsky's great novel "Notes from Underground" read by Morris Carnovsky and Stacey Keach for the third annual literary reading on WBAI in New York City in 1972.

(Flor del Pueblo) Flor del Pueblo at La Pena
PRA # AZ1313, Listen, Donate.
Live performance by Latino Americano nuevo cancion musical groups of the 1970's Flor del Pueblo at La Pena in Berkeley, CA.

(Ginsberg, Allen) Allen Ginsberg chants at KPFA
PRA # AZ1327, Listen, Donate.
Allen Ginsberg plays the harmonium and chants at Pacifica station KPFA, sings "Spring" by Blake. Staff favorite sound bite: "Merrily, merrily we welcome the Apocalypse."

(Hunter, Alberta) Alberta Hunter: A Very Special Woman
PRA # AZ1321, Listen, Donate.
The great African-American blues & jazz singer, Alberta Hunter, interviewed at The Cookery in NYC, in 1978, she was in her 70s and still singing strong.

(Jordon, June) June Jordan interviewed by Paris Williams
PRA # AZ1325, Listen, Donate.
June Jordan, African American feminist poet and essayist, interviewed on International Women's Day at KPFA in 1986. She speaks about defining women's issues, and political activists including Winnie Mandela and Rigoberta Menchu Tum. She talks about her book “On Call: New Political Essays” and reads recent political poems.

(Kael, Pauline) Pauline Kael: Last Broadcast
PRA # AZ1285, Listen, Donate.
The witty and acerbic film critic was a longtime commentator on KPFA. In her last broadcast she reads an essay, answers listener mail, and excoriates the Berkeley radio station's management. Kael's broadcast is followed by KPFA's answer, "Report to the subscriber" by Trevor Thomas. 1963.

(Renoir, Jean) Renoir Seminar: A Rehearsal
PRA # BB0754, Listen, Donate.
Filmmaker Jean Renoir conducts a seminar for actors using his play “Carola” as the exercise. “Carola” is a moving tale of forbidden love in the midst of Nazi-occupied France. 1960.

(Reynolds, Malvina) Malvina Reynolds Benefit for the Women’s Library Workers
PRA # AZ1343, Listen, Donate.
Singer / Songwriter Malvina Reynolds and Composer / Performer Margie Adam perform at a benefit for the Women's Library Workers in 1977.

(Saroyan, William) William Saroyan Talks to English Teachers
PRA # BB0914, Listen, Donate.
Pulitzer Prize winning author William Saroyan reveals to an audience of teachers of language and literature, that he had a hard time learning to read and write. He communicates a profoundly personal view of the process of education. 1965.

(Shakespeare, William) William Shakespeare: This Was a Man
PRA # BB5057.01-.05, Listen(part 1), Listen(part 2), Listen(part 3), Listen(part 4), Listen(part 5), Donate.
An original dramatized radio documentary on the life of William Shakespeare. Written, researched, produced and performed by Pacifica Radio / KPFK – Los Angeles. 1964.

(Shange, Ntazake) Ntazake Shange: Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo
PRA # AZ1340, Listen, Donate.
The African American playwright, author of the Obie award winning play, "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Isn't Enuf"  reads from her novel: "Sassafras, Cypress and Indigo" at Cody's bookstore in Berkeley, CA. Includes additional interviews by Ginny Z. Berson at KPFA. 1982.

(Williams, Tennessee) Tennessee Williams Meets with the San Francisco Press
PRA # AZ1184, Listen, Donate.
American Playwright Tennessee Williams fields questions in San Francisco at Press conference about upcoming world premiere of This Is (An Entertainment) at ACT (American Conservatory Theatre). Williams answers questions regarding his previous work and the new play. 1976.

(Yevtushenko, Yevgeny) Yevgeny Yevtushenko
PRA # BB1954a-b, Listen(part 1), Listen(part 2), Donate.
Russian poet and free speech advocate reads selections from his works at the University of California, Berkeley in 1966.

Esquire Writers Symposium: 1958-1959
PRA # BB0755.01-02, Listen(part 1), Listen(part 2), Donate.
Two of a three-part series of highlights from Esquire Magazine Writers’ Conference, held at Columbia University (NYC) and the University of Iowa, 1958-1959. Prominent authors address & contend the role and responsibility of the writer in contemporary society. Speakers include Dorothy Parker, Saul Bellow, Ralph Ellison.

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