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KCRW's signature music program

Morning Becomes Eclectic, hosted by KCRW Music Director Jason Bentley, is committed to a music experience that celebrates innovation, creativity and diversity.

23/12/2024

Our final guest selector of the year, Hans Zimmer () stopped by MBE to share what inspires the movie maestro! While we couldn’t air his whole list, Zimmer did recount his early career days with the Buggles, his friendship with Ennio Morricone, and the song he discovered through his daughter🎶

Find the full session at link in bio 🔗

02/03/2023

🚨 Premiere Alert 🚨 Bulgarian Beat Wave returns with an expansive volume that will premiere tonight on ! The second compilation was created in October last year by near the tranquil, spread-out seaside village of Arapya on the Black Sea coastline. They spent 4 days off-season in a trailer camping park creating a project to show how packed, yet diverse the music ecosystem is in Bulgaria. “The result was undoubtedly beyond our expectations. A diverse and non-linear sonic experience,” says the team.

28/02/2023

A new bill introduced in California aims to let food and live music come to cannabis lounges.
“It sounds like such a nice experience — let stoners get together, smoke, eat, and listen to music. We're doing it anyway,” says Leafly Senior Editor David Downs.
At the 🔗 in our bio, Downs breaks down how the bill could change cannabis lounges in the state, how likely it is to pass and walks us through what the industry and consumers are feeling about it.

📸 Jamie Soja, courtesy of Leafly

23/02/2023

Joyful proteges of the French Touch style of house music* Polo & Pan have curated a guest mix for ’s FREAKS ONLY. It’s suave. It’s theatrical. There’s even times where it’s house remixes of the Disney Songbook 👀 Tune in at 8pm or find it on our site tomorrow!

*think: , , Braxe + Falcon

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22/02/2023

The hugs were extra wholesome today when came to visit old friends & . The songstress curated a guest DJ set and talked everything from the significance of mistakes to one of her favorite collaborators: her baby 🥹

21/02/2023

Earlier this month, brought his 6-piece band to HQ to perform live on Morning Becomes Eclectic. The contemplative songcrafter delivered a honey-hued session of intricately woven R&B that you can still listen to at our site!

(And may or may not be able to ~watch~ it soon 🤭)

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17/02/2023

Things we learned from ’s guest DJ set on MBE today: 1.) Elton John fueled his dreams 2.) He likes his eggs with ketchup and 3.) It’s impossible for him NOT to dance when and ’s collab comes on.

09/02/2023

In the decade after World War II, the communist Soviet Union officially banned rock, jazz, and blues music. But people made bootleg versions of that music — recorded onto thin sheets of X-ray film.

“Maybe you knew somebody. Maybe you could go to somebody's apartment who was making or dealing these records. But if you didn't, you'd have to go and seek dealers out on the street, and they would be hiding out in alleyways, in flea markets, in dark corners. … They would take out from under their shirt, this wad of flexible records, and they would sell you one. You would go home scurry home, hoping that you'd actually got what you asked for,” Stephen Coates, author of “Bones Music,” tells ’s Press Play.

02/02/2023

Soft rock is a creature of the 1970s that many choose to write-off as insipid. Yet, songs like “Tiny Dancer,” “All Out of Love,” and “Baby Come Back” remain undeniably catchy bops that generations return to for car rides or karaoke. The three-part documentary “Sometimes When We Touch” explores the rise of soft rock and its influence on today’s music.

“Pretty much anything that was mellow was originally called pretty music, beautiful music — rock music for people who don't like rock,” says Lauren Lazin - the documentary’s executive producer and director in her interview with on ’s Press Play.

📸: Still from “Sometimes When We Touch” / Player by MICHAEL PUTLAND/HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES

26/01/2023

joined MBE for a guest DJ set today! They came to talk “No Rules Sandy,” live shows and to ask what we’re all thinking - why wasn’t nominated for a Grammy?

Listen online for all the laughter had by the duo, and .

24/01/2023

John Cale rose to prominence as a founding member of the Velvet Underground, but that was only the start of a prolific and passionate career. At 80, Cale has just released 'Mercy,' his 17th solo album and first new music in a decade; conceived when he returned from touring Brazil. He joins ’s Press Play to discuss his journey with the new album, seeing collaborations as an opportunity to learn, and one of his dream collabs:
 Hit the 🔗 for the full interview.

📸 Marlene Marino

20/01/2023

LA’s foremost footwork purveyors celebrate 10 years with the release of a new 52-track compilation and an exclusive FREAKS ONLY guest mix from co-founders, Jae JBW and Sonic D. Head to our site to listen to the mix, join the group in reminiscing on their journey and for a quick breakdown of the footwork genre by . Don’t miss out on tonight’s full episode 8pm - 10pm!

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