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MJ Call
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Brand new music with a hyper local focus on Bay area artists and bands, including a weekly chat and deep sonic dive with a featured guest artist/band.

  1. #252 feat BOLERO!

    1D AGO

    #252 feat BOLERO!

    On this episode, dive deep into the jammy new sophomore LP of San Francisco latin/psych/blues band BOLERO! and hear a great conversation with frontman Gregorio Perez Figueroa on topics including joy, beauty, music, art, and the Grateful Dead.  Plus two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.

    2 hr
  2. #251 feat Analog Dog

    FEB 8

    #251 feat Analog Dog

    On this episode meet San Francisco's Analog Dog, a band that exploded out of COVID with a dancey sound when everyone was more than ready to shake their booties.  But those grooves are a way into the more serious messages the band is anxious to convey.  Hear my chat with founders Austin Waz and Rob Nicol, and dive deep into their new LP "It's Not The Money We'll Remember."  Plus two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.

    2 hr
  3. #250 DEAD West of Twin Peaks Tribute Show

    JAN 25

    #250 DEAD West of Twin Peaks Tribute Show

    On this special episode in the wake of the passing of Bob Weir, former local guest artists of West of Twin Peaks Radio talk about how the Grateful Dead influenced their own music, the impact the band(s) have had on the Bay area music culture, and memories of some "Weir-d" Bobby encounters!  Plus of course, two hours of Dead music from the many iterations of the band.

    2 hr
  4. #249 feat Evening Glass

    JAN 11

    #249 feat Evening Glass

    On this episode, Zach Carroll of the Sonoma-based project Evening Glass talks about the indie band's new genre-fluid LP "Postcards," as well as the burgeoning music scene in the Wine Region.  Plus, two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.

    2 hr
  5. #248 featuring Aviva Le Fey

    12/28/2025

    #248 featuring Aviva Le Fey

    On this episode, guest artist Bay area singer/songwriter Aviva Le Fey talks about her luxuriously beautiful new LP "The Fool," five years in the making.  We chat about the chaos in which the album was recorded, the difficulty of getting an LP made for an independent artist, and why releasing music is so emotionally fraught.  Plus, two full hours of fresh tunes from the Bay and beyond.

    1h 60m
  6. #247 feat Sonny & His Cosmoramic Sunsets

    12/14/2025

    #247 feat Sonny & His Cosmoramic Sunsets

    On this episode, San Francisco legend Sonny Smith of Sonny and the Sunsets talks about a trip to Senegal last year to meet and record with a handful of West African musicians -- and the resulting newly released album "The Diving Kind," a  record filled with refreshing new sounds marrying Senegalese music with NorCal vibes.  Plus two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.

    2 hr
  7. #246 feat Mia Pixley

    11/30/2025

    #246 feat Mia Pixley

    On this episode, Oakland cellist, composer and psychotherapist Mia Pixley returns as guest artist to talk about her new LP "Love. Dark. Bloom."  A sonic, therapeutic embrace of the darkness to free the mind and soul.  A perfect listen for long, winter nights.  Plus two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.

    2 hr
  8. #245 feat Affectionately

    11/16/2025

    #245 feat Affectionately

    On this episode, meet multi-instrumentalist/singer-songwriter Zach Elsasser from the East Bay indie project Affectionately.  Zach has been a frequent collaborator and touring drummer with Jay Som (aka Melina Duterte, a former East Bay high school classmate), and works with numerous other Bay area bands and projects.  He's just released his second solo LP titled "Then This Happens," a marvelous expansion beyond the bedroom sounds of his first album.  Hear our chat and deep sonic dive.  Plus two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.

    1h 60m
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Brand new music with a hyper local focus on Bay area artists and bands, including a weekly chat and deep sonic dive with a featured guest artist/band.

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  • Creator
    MJ Call
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    128
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2022 MJ Call
  • Show Website
    West of Twin Peaks Radio