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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. 

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.  

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.  

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.  

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.  

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.  

On this episode, dive deep into the debut solo LP of longtime Bay area underground songwriter/guitarist and member of multiple bands - Joel Cusumano.  "Waxworld" is a devastatingly fun power rock/pop album that belies the stories behind it, including a bad break-up and a stint in a mental hospital.  Here the interview - plus of course, two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, meet singer/songwriter Cooper Kenward - a Napa Valley native now based in LA who lost his home in the Altadena fire just three weeks after recording his fantastic new LP "haha, now i'm sad."  Dive deep into this marvelous indie/vintage album and hear my chat with Cooper.  Plus, two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, meet Owen, Gabe and Mickle of the Oakland slack rock band Cyan Pools, a tight power trio  that's honed its sound performing dozens of live shows since pre-COVID -- but just this August released their debut LP "Ecstatic Visions."  Plus two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

This special BEST of West of Twin Peaks Radio features chats and deep sonic dives with four recent female guest artists, who all released spectacular new albums over the summer:  San Francisco's Anna Hillburg's "Dangerously Impressionable," Sasha Reynolds and the new Fieldress LP "It's a Lot," Yea-Ming Chen's new band Ryli and their debut LP "Come and Get Me," and indie/jazz/pop/folk/psych songbird Mae Powell and her internationally acclaimed new album, "Making Room for the Light."  

On this episode, Bay area indie troubadour Luke Sweeney returns with a new album "Novel Tea," a decade in the making and made up of many "Luke Sweeneys" - from teenager, to married man, to father - all of them musicians just looking to be honest and creative with their art.  Hear our chat and deep sonic dive....PLUS two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, guest artist Sasha Reynolds chats and dives deep into the debut LP of the Oakland band Fieldress called "It's A Lot," a project that has grown from a duo pre-pandemic, into a 5-piece indie/pop/alt-rock/psych jazz powerhouse.  Plus, two full hours of fresh tunes from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode the spotlight is on San Francisco indie/folk/jazz singer songwriter Mae Powell, one of the city's most in demand artists who is on the verge of releasing her sophomore LP, "Making Room for the Light," a genre-blending beauty of a record with vocals that will capture and transport you.  Hear our convo and deep sonic dive into the album.  Plus, two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode, meet the founders of Ryli - a new East Bay band formed less than a year ago, and already rocking the Bay with a debut album that on the surface is a sunny/surf California vibe, but underneath hides lyrical tones of discontent and anxiety.  Kinda like all of us!  Founders Yea-Ming Chen (of Yea-Ming and the Rumours) and guitarist Rob Good (of the Goods) chat about the sonic spark that started the project, and how making music in chaotic times helps both the listeners and the artist.  Plus two full hours of brand new music from the Bay and beyond.  

On this episode meet Pascale Cheron and Sophia Eliana -- two Monterey County natives and indie musicians who did not know each other growing up, but met randomly two years ago on a street corner in Maine.  Both are singer/songwriters and they have teamed up to tour nationwide, but continue to release albums independent of one another.  Sophia's new LP "Glitter Bug" is a skillfully engaging indie pop marvel, and Pascale's "Anna Called" is a thoughtfully atmospheric album of beauty and depth.  Hear my conversation with them, and dive deep into the albums.  Plus, two hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.