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David Fleming speaks with peace activist Dr. Frank Romano about his book, "Love and Terror in the Middle East." During Romano’s last trip to Jerusalem, he stood in front of an Israeli bulldozer that was preparing to destroy a Bedouin village. He was arrested, beaten, stabbed, and deported… with this account being added to a recent 5th edition of the book.

David Fleming speaks with Marshall Hawkins, primarily known as a bass player, who got his start with the blues singer and pianist Betty Gray. He then played with Shirley Horn for several years before joining Miles Davis, after Ron Carter left what would be known as Davis’s second great quintet. Many other great names in there, but specific to THIS region, in 1978, Marshall moved to Idyllwild, and in 1986 California, home of the internationally famous high school for the arts. In 1986, he founded the Jazz program at the Idyllwild Arts Academy. Along with Gregory Robbins, Hawkins will guest conduct the Redlands symphony Big Band Holiday Jam on December 11th.

David Fleming speaks with Gerry Beckley, one of the founding members of America. They’re touring once again, and have a couple stops nears us in the very near future, more at ventura highway dot com. Also a bit on Gerry's most recent solo release.

David Fleming welcomes back Riverside guitarist Peter Curtis. In the past, we heard about Christmas With Your Jewish Boyfriend, and mid-last year, Steele In Love. Now – a hint at what’s to come, and an in-studio performance of a tune FROM his next release.

David Fleming speaks with Charles A Kelly, a professor on the campus of Valley College, and a musician, on his way to a new album soon. We’ll touch lightly on new single from the album and, we’ll be talking about some of his PAST works. We’ll also hear from Megan Jamerson in conversation with Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaii about HER recent BOOK.

David Fleming speaks with Alex Bernstein, a freelance writer who in the past gave us Miserable Love Stories, Miserable Adventure Stories, and now - Miserable HOLIDAY Stories. More at alexbernstein.net

Riverside guitarist Peter Curtis talks about LOVE U - The Grad School Musical. He wrote the lyrics and music, and it'll be performed at RCC April 27th through May 1st.

David Fleming continues his conversation with Abdur-Rahman Muhamad, the man responsible for the documentary series, Who Killed Malcolm X, on Netflix.We'll also hear from Steve Vai. In a couple weeks we'll hear a close reading of Steve Vai’s most recent release, Inviolate. Beyond the album, a few shows back we heard Andy Timmons talk about Steve Vai wandering the audience, and handing the guitar off to him. I asked Vai to tell of this moment from HIS perspective. Also with Vai, the time he replaced Yngvie Malmstein with the band Alcatrazz... that was out here in Riverside... But the crowd clearly didn't know Yngvie had been replaced, as they were chanting "YNGVIE, YNGVIE, YNGVIE - and then Vai walked on with the rest of the band, after learning the material just two days prior.

David Fleming speaks with Abdur-Rahman Muhammad, the man responsible for the documentary series, Who Killed Malcolm X? This is a series or six episodes, each running around 45 minutes, give or take. It began as an item of personal interest. The reported "facts" and events surrounding the assassination of Malcolm X just didn't sit right. "Who Killed Malcolm X" is the culmination of over 30 years of research, and every minute is something to let soak in.

David Fleming speaks with Christopher Adler about a concert coming up featuring the khaen – the bamboo free-reed mouth organ of Laos and Northeast Thailand.