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Amphithéâtre d’Arles, Provence, France

Adventures in Music & Culture

Welcome to my website.  I’ve been very busy lately writing a memoir.  Hope to have it out in the next year.

In 2018, I celebrated my 30th anniversary of broadcasting on community and public radio (KALW, KPFA, CBC, BBC, KZSU, and others).  I’m still doing occasional Saturday afternoon shows in San Francisco on KALW.

Hope you enjoy the photographs I’ve taken, and some of the cultural excursions.  

I love roots and folk music from all over.  I have ancestors from all around the UK, France, Scandinavia, France, and other parts of Celtic Europe.  

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Outer Islands of French Polynesia

Outer Atolls of French Polynesia 12/7/19 We did a show about the wonderful music of Polynesia and played some recordings I just made on a trip to the remote atolls of Rangiroa and Fakarava, a two day boat trip from Tahiti.  We got quite a response to the show with lots of phone calls and emails.  We also heard an interview I did with Te Vaka, friends from New Zealand, Samoa, and Australia who …

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