Eric Gerrick, Oakland

 Tangents is like a feast of music, stories and mirth. A toast to our chef, Dore. Hear - Hear!


Michael Gabel, San Francisco

Dore Stein's wondrously magical free-form weekly musical expedition through various world musical cultures showing us that we are truly united: Make Art Not War—also Dore's fair and balanced reporting of the Gaza situation, something he has been doing for years and of course this injustice has now exploded into a catastrophe. Peace is not a lot to ask.


Kersti Abrams, San Francisco

 Dore always has a great selection of eclectic music and the invaluable Gaza Corner is an antidote to the mainstream, pro-establishment, pro-Israel slant of much of NPR news.


David Grosof,  San Francisco

 I am especially proud to support KALW when I think of the wonderful music I have enjoyed because of Dore Stein's passion to share music. I was on the fence about this for a while but having heard some great free-form FM shows from him, that remind me of greats like Vin Scelsa in NYC, I think Tangents should have four hours restored.  (Keep rebuilding from Huricane Tina!)


Jackson Nichols, Fremont

I want to thank you for playing the Ibrahim Maloof music that just finished. That was incredible, and moving, filled with emotion, reflected the sorrow yet hope facing the Middle East in these disturbing times.

Again, maestro, another magical evening.
 

Lance Mellon, San Francisco
 
Thanks for being such an outspoken human being. And also yer music ain't too bad either. Ain't too bad? It's the best radio show out there. Well, I like the bluegrass, old fashioned country, Hearts of Space and many others too but none of them add the personal touch and sincerity that you do and it is so refreshing to hear the music from all over the world.


Rosanne Liggett, San Francisco

Your continued dedication to the radio program and the community, the music, and the support for Palestinians and news are an inspiration. Thank you for all you do to further a better and happier world.


Tim Savinar, San Francisco

You and the show have introduced me to so much music I would never otherwise  come across,. Great music. You are a treasure...A blessing in my life.


Patricia Maurice, Pacifica, Oakland

Truly, you are a mensch! I've been listening to your program since I moved to Oakland from Santa Barbara in 2001. Tangents and Gaza Corner are emblematic of what I love about the Bay Area. Gaza corner is the reason I contribute to KALW. You are a desperately needed moral voice regarding the Israeli- Palestinian conflict and the U.S. stance on this issue.Your courage and integrity are inspirational!


Jemmfer Pantaléon, Pacifica

 I surely love your fine work as a unique connoisseur.


David

KALW is THE community station of the Bay Area - nothing else like it! Tangents is the heart and soul of the KALW music community and unique on the planet. I've lived in many places in the US and the UK and never heard anything else like Tangents.  Thank you KALW!!


Sharon Gocke, Napa

You are a treasure to all of us in the Bay Area and to those around the world.  I've learned so much from you over these many years.  Your ability to introduce new musical genres and offer pleasurable listening is unsurpassed.


Mike Bielski,  San Francisco 

About 20 years ago, when I was 19, I moved from Berlin to San Francisco and "discovered" Tangents. I always enjoyed music from other countries and music that you normally would never hear on the radio - but you broadened my horizon even more with countless beautiful gems. Thank you Dore!


Kristin Shannon, Sausalito

What JOY you bring to so many of us despite the massive waves of political and planetary distress we are all experiencing.  There are transcendent moments in the way you manage your broadcasts -- that provide much needed energy to resilient hearts.


Brian Whistler, Forestville

Love what you do Dore and feel it’s important work. We need your voice more than ever on the airwaves or anywhere else we can find you.


Tim Savinar, San Francisco

Your knowledge, taste and curation are everything. Still the best "show" on radio and has been for what, 40 years!


Al Hall, San Francisco

Your blending is as seamless as I've ever heard. You have quite an ear, and the breadth and depth of your palette is revelatory.

I really appreciate the Americana segments. It was your seamless blending of musical genres that first attracted me to your show. I think I told you that I grew up here, listening to the birth of free form FM radio on KMPX, KSAN, KTIM etc.
Dore note: Al is referring to Tangents featuring Americana on Mixcloud. 


Anand Pai, San Francisco

Dore, thank you for all the superb music you curate. Every Saturday morning I play (the previous weeks episode) while making breakfast. My favorite thing to do.


Sherri Sawyer, Oakland

 I am so grateful for your show. Your words, music and Gaza Corner lifted my spirits during the worse of the Pandemic. I know Tangents is a life line to me and other listeners around the world.


Paulann Sternberg, San Francisco

I'm very thankful that Tangents exists and grateful for all you do to nourish and protect it.  You deliver joy, hard facts we need to know and info on what we can about them,  and music that transforms, transcends, and transmogrifies.


John Covell, Augusta Maine

Even after I left San Francisco, I have continued tuning in to Tangents from afar because it is four hours of genius that one rarely finds anywhere on any platform, let alone free over-the-air radio.


Don Coolidge, Oakland

I've been getting a lot from the Gaza Corner newsletter that doesn't show up in most other press, even the progressive stuff. Thanks! And keep it coming, please!


Jackson Nichols, Fremont

I can’t get anything done while I am tuned into your show. I just have to stop and LISTEN.

Mind-blowing curation. Excellent.


Vladimir Knezevic

 I just moved from the Empire State and then the pandemic hit while I was busy working. I barely had a chance to discover anything around. The city does have a lot to offer and it is slowly waking up again, but the discovery of this show just happened, unexpectedly. Forgive my ignorance, I just stumbled upon it, the tunes seem to be originating from every nook and cranny of the planet and they are orgasmic!


Mary Small, San Rafael

Sometimes it feels like you were put on this planet to thrill me with just the right eclectic blend of music.
FYI I have been listening to “IN a Silent Way” every day since you talked about it a while back - wow! Thank you Thank you


Christopher Castle

You always dig out the most incredible productions that heal the divisions.


Jean-Paul Bourdier

Thank you for being such a considerate ambassador of other cultures and ways to relate to this (essentially musical) universe!


Tonia Hafter

Your program is a light in my life and I’ve considered you one of my musical teachers informing my understanding and appreciation of language. 


Don Coolidge, Oakland

It's been decades that I've been listening to Tangents, and you still keep playing mostly music I've never heard before that leaves me spellbound. I keep shaking my head as I look at my own music collection (a bit more than 3000 LPs and CDs combined) and realize how small a slice of excellence it really is. As always, thank you - Tangents expands and enriches my life.


Rob Sangalli, San Rafael

Big thanks for playing "Dear Jill".  I haven't heard that Soulful Wonderful song in many moons. What a beauty. Interesting history on Mr. Abrams too. Such a talent!
You surprise us all the time with new and the classics!  Keep up the good choices.
I enjoy the new challenging mystery format! You're the best Dore.




Paulann Sternberg, Mission Terrace, San Francisco

 Even though I mostly take a break from "the news" on Saturday nights, I do appreciate your Gaza Corner and try not to miss it. Keep on keeping on and know that you make a difference to us disembodied folks out here.

stay well, stay safe, stay connected 


Manu Peroni, Sunset, San Francisco

 I’m not a “hardcore” listener because of schedule, being busy some Saturday nights, or just distracted, but each time I tune in I always find something interesting, beautiful, unique, and thought provoking in your program. Also, some kind of companionship, a reference to a Saturday night in the city, a sense of place. Powerful!

Your amazing taste, your love for music, your mind (!!!), your knowledge...what a luxury still having you in the air. Chapeau. Along the years I’ve learn a lot of new artists (and human rights!) just from listening to tangents  - and had incorporated many of the artist to my own collection. I’ve been shopping a lot  at Stranded SF on Valencia Street in the last couple of years, from experimental/avant guard to obscure folk and world music, but I always stop by tangents when I have the time - and every time I discover something new. Pretty amazing.

Gracias , Dore :) 


Allen Biggs, SF

THANK YOU for letting me know about Guy’s work protecting Palestinians from harassment.  I just donated to his car fund, so he can continue the great work he is doing. Really appreciate your selective and surgical use of action alerts, that is a great way to do it.


Pete Kelly, Half Moon Bay

Your show is inspirational, like a Scottish hammer released tangentially that clears the eclectic HR fence. (Dore note: received shortly after a Hammerin' Hank Aaron Tangents remembrance.)


Candice Kollar, Glen Park, SF

We have been drinking up Tangents as you must know your show is a respite for so many. Gives me a sense of relief, almost normalcy. The spirit you bring to it makes all the difference.


 Julie Dobkin, Oakland

Just want to appreciate the music so far in tonight’s playlist. Not just rockin’, which it is in a big way, but the flow feels perfect.
Grooving with it put me in touch with myself in a way that l feel less alone (much of the alone-ness is covid-alone).
There’s more that's been brought up and out of my depths to keep myself company.


Amanda Sherman, SF

I've been a loyal listener for years. The music you play has gotten me through many good times and bad. It's no exaggeration to say that Tangents is the highlight of my week. I'll be listening to you Saturday night as always. I know that whatever the coming week brings for me you and you're music will uplift me, and see me through.
Thanks Dore!


Tim Savinar

I am a radio person; always have been.

Tangents is the best thing on radio…a major source of music I would not otherwise know of, but need to know of. As a solid music fan and I’d call myself a musician and music expert, Spotify completely changed my musical life: for instance, how else would I hear three great violinists play the same Beethoven piece/movement one after the other for comparison of interpretation? Or fifteen versions of something like Pledging My Love, or It’s Raining.

Anyway, on Saturday nights I get into bed early because from midnight to noon Sunday I listen to the week’s best NPR shows on KALW (and then pick up Sarah’s piano party, and later Music from Space). It gets dark early now, so it is dark by the time Tangents comes on, and when you play something I want to follow later, I have to write the name of the piece down in the dark so as not to disturb my wife’s sleep (really pisses her off if I turn on the light while she is sleeping).  So thank you for helping perfect another almost useless skill, among the many, for me. I know I could wait to see the published playlist, but I can’t remember the time or the details of the piece in order to look it up.

Thanks for adding so much to my musical mania, Dore; this note should indicate just how nuts I am!


Michael Gabel, SF

“That Dore Stein delivers incredible .......”tangential musical meanderings over and over”....
Thank you sir dude!


Ken Matusow

I love your quizzes.  Get's me thinking about the music as well as just listening to it.  Music can serve as an entree to the soul of a culture.


Damien Raffa

Tangents has been a reliable source of the nourishing familiar in these disconcerting times of great uncertainty.


Chula Camp, SF

I listen to your show faithfully as does my friend Judah (co-owner of the African Outlet).
We will text each other throughout your show every week.
Here are some of our comments you may find amusing:
✔️“Wow can you believe he just played that ?”,
✔️“OMG here we go down memory lane.”
✔️“Oh man Dore is on fire tonite !”
✔️“Love the history tid bits.”
✔️“Oh man it’s 1970!”

Anyways and tonight we are pondering...how can you sleep at night with a catalog like that flowing through your head🎶🎶.

I always look forward to Saturday night with great music, the Gaza Strip and your encyclopedia of the artists you feature...along with wine or bubbles.

You truly are remarkable and we Are  lucky to have you and Harry bringing us such wonderment every Saturday !!!!
Loved the Tuareg group A LOT 💙
Thanks so much Dore for all you do.

Keep on keepin' on Dore !!!

I look forward to an old time living room event when Rona is kicked to the curb 😷


Shipra Shukla

Looking forward to your show tonight. Nothing better than being cozy and warm indoors on a Sat. night in Nov. listening to Tangents.


Linda Laureano

Whenever I hear your playlists I feel uplifted and taken far away to countries with beautiful music and culture that I never see in this lifetime
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Caner Guntal, Turkey

Hi, Tangential family.'Im from Turkey and never heard that kind of interpretation that combines Sufi hymn with the flamenco.Im big fan of what your doing since I moved to bay a year ago; such a great community and vibe. I felt connected from the very first episode I listened.Moreover learnt too much beautiful music, expand my music understanding.Thank you so much.Would be great to be able too meet all of the community once we back social days.Music heals;music connects.


David Ogorzalek

Every week there is one tune that just hits right between the head and heart- gets me into a weeping sack of protoplasm. Every time that happens I gotta share w my music buds.


Hoolay

 Well, on one of the rare occasions, I got to listen to some of the show live: the 1st couple hours of last week's show.  And you certainly were in fine form: elated, relieved, hopeful.  You gave expression to what so many of us were feeling.

 And particulary appreciated being reminded of Joni's 77th birthday and the very nice little tribute you did.

     
Anne-Rene Petrarca   
   
What an amazing show tonight.thank you Dore!


Stephen Brown, El Cerrito

Hi Dore -- Really enjoying your response to the election news. Right in the vein of the kinds of energy we need now. Jimi's Banner would be great for most occasions, but gotta admit it wouldn't help the healing in many settings.

Thanks as always for being a high spot in my week!


Robi Robinson

I so appreciate you, Tangents & the GazaCorner.
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Allen Biggs, SF

Great show last night, and I appreciated your astute assessment of what will/won’t change under a Biden/Harris regime (during Gqza corner).

Thanks for keeping music and community in touch with our humanity.  As far as I can tell, we all drink water and breathe air.


Ted J. Rucker

Great show! Now I need to put my money where my words were, and donate.

Music is the magic!


Russell Trivich, Berkeley

It was a great show. You have literate, musically astute, witty audience.


Deborah England

Thank you, Dore, for a GREAT, thirst-quenching post-election show.


Rita Karuna Cahn    

I knew I could count on you to offer meaningful and beautiful music for celebrating tonight.


Joseph Mihelarakis

It's 8:23 and l am loving the show. Thank you, Dore, for going DEEP. This is so beautiful.


Karen Carkhuff, Berkeley

Thanks for being here Dore for the last four years.  Music soothes and heals and makes it possible to get up in the morning and carry on!

   
Steve Basile, Austin, Texas
 
On now at KALW.org Tangents, the best radio show in America. Music, the world and world music, with my friend of more than 40 years, and the best ears in radio, Dore Stein.


Larhken Carroll

Just wanted to let you know again how much I continue to enjoy the show; I look forward to each week’s new show and streaming it over the following week – so many places you go, and I appreciate hearing the history and context  - including your personal faves at different times in your life J.


Nancy Torrey, Bolinas

I loved Saturdays’s show. Thank you for continuing to feed our souls!


Tonia Hafter

You’re doing amazing with the pronunciation of the names I’m very impressed and my eyes are filled with tears listening to the music of the man who died last Thursday. I’ve heard his voice I did not know his name. His quote about humanity ruling our world broke open my already fragile heart and my tears flow. I so love this kind of music it’s in my bones thank you Dore it’s such a gift to listen to you every Saturday night your friend Tonia--
Breath and Light,
 

Selene Arensberg

So grateful to still have your amazing show to keep us going!


Ben Northcutt

Thank-you for the lovely tribute to Paul Pena and Brad Smith just now. Brad was a dear friend and an uncle to me and introduced me to Paul and his wonderful music that I still love listening to today. I have Brad and by extension Paul to thank for having my father threaten us kids with practicing his tuvan throat singing if we didn't get out of bed in time!


Tom Lawless

Thanks for all your hard work and dedication during these unsettling times. We (Viki and I) listen to your show almost every Saturday night while we cook dinner.
Your music inspires us .

Let's keep local, community radio going strong!


John Payne

I  enjoy several programs but my favorite is the incomparable Tangents!


 Hilary Winslow, Bolinas

I listen to Tangents now more Bc not out on the town Saturday nights. I definitely value Tangents increasingly over time; My appreciation and devotion grows,  it’s like a sanctuary of sorts. Much needed! Thank you!


John Roybal

Tangents is a constant beacon of light and a respite from these ever turbulent times.

No one is more suited than Dore to deliver the healing through The infinitely diverse and esoteric musical spectrum and intrinsic personal knowledge of those throughout the entire planet whose music is the fabric of Tangents. I am forever grateful to find that solace in Tangents.


Gabrielle McKayle
   
 Love, Love, Love Saturday nights with Tangents!


Jim Alexander

 I wanted to say hello and thank you for the fantastic piece of music for the mystery artist. What a totally wonderful piece of noise and music. Noise and rhythm. totally fun,  Freaky experience. Transcendental. And trippy too,


Kristin "Luvky" Shannon, Sausalito (on a house boat)

Shout out to you for the wonderful sense of community that you create — a real asset to KALW, and to the Bay Area. Heart full. Thoughtful.

You are the master of the segue! What a talent, to slide from one sound to another, creating combinations and opening doors to new experiences!

With appreciation and zest,


Bob Munir, Richmond

There’s a ton of great programming but it’s all about TANGENTS, TANGENTS, TANGENTS.  Going all the way back to 1986 and KCSM.  You’re a Bay Area treasure and we locals and those beyond are blessed that you and your incredible labor of love are in our lives.

Dore.  Just keep doing what you do man and the world benefits

Love you brother,


Tom Dolan, Oakland

During the dotcom era, a corporate reader of Wired was quoted “I don’t read Wired, I STUDY it!”

I feel the same way about Tangents. Every Saturday night I eat dinner, turn off the lights and crank the stereo up. I listen closely, with my eyes closed, taking in every—often unexpected—piece of music. Thank you Dore Stein for making the world a more special place.


JJ (Jacquelyn Jenkins), Belmont

Great show tonight
Superlative
Powerful
Meaningful
And a little sentimental because a dear friend of ours suffered from drug induced schizop

I think we've been faithful listeners for over ten years now and spending Saturday nights listening to your show never gets old.


Peter Baluk

Tangents is the highlight of the weekend and is the jewel in the crown of KALW! I try to listen every Saturday night. Your choice of music and the way you describe it transports us other parts of the planet and to higher levels of consciousness. And many are the world-class artists that you have introduced us to. Kudos also to Harry for preparing the playlist - always a mine of useful information.

 I admire and respect you for your courage in presenting new topics in Gaza Corner in a uniquely well-researched and balanced way without following some trite political agenda but seeking to tell the unvarnished truth and striving for human decency and social justice. We cannot find that kind of presentation anywhere else in this country. Keep up the good work!


Chris Northcutt, San Francisco

I’ve become hooked.  I now plan my week around your show.  I’m so grateful for your dedication and hard work to share your tangential tastes.


Emily Brewer

You are such a wonderful teacher! I get to hear fantastic music - which makes everything better.

I get to go travel to another place in the world....

hear their language ....

and then go learn about their culture and their wisdom and their ways....

Learning, appreciating... powerful stuff!

Thank you.


Dianne Griffin

Thank you Dore for all you create on the radio waves during these times of upheaval. It lifts my spirit and they sure need some lifting ~


Stephanie Levene

 You are  marvelous curator of beautiful and interesting music.
Thank you 🙏🏼It is very much appreciated.
 

Jim Elsasser

Bill Frisell, Laurie Anderson...a bunch of blues I don't know, but not too much blues.

I dig this show.

How about some early Brian Eno?
Maybe some early David Byrne (Knee Plays or Catherine Wheel)?

Ok, I'll stop.

Love this show.


Shayna Lawson, Richmond District, SF

My husband Matt Satlak has enjoyed you for so many years and it wouldn't feel like a Saturday night without you hanging out with us.

He first started listening to you when camping out solo on the edge of Mt Tam at Steep Ravine. It was right around his bday many years ago (can't remember what year) and was a wintry night. A huge rainstorm came in so he was awake and stuck in his tent with the downpour all night- he had his old handheld transistor radio with him, turned it on, sought a signal, and there you were accompanying him with stunning world music and your calm, humorous voice! What a fabulous gift.

With gratitude and in solidarity,
Shayna


Kimberly Washington, Oakland

I look forward to Saturday nights because the music is SO good!  (And I tell everyone I know).  Tangents radio was a beautiful end to my birthday yesterday. I love your program!


Patricia Port, Mission Dolores, SF

Thank you for all the work, love, creativity, and time you expend for the music and for us.


David Garber, Oakland

That was a great kora show last night. Such an amazing array of selections.

Thank you for your dedication to Tangential music and weaving a stereophonic carpet ride on a true tapestry of global strands, my ears and soul owe deep gratitude.


Bruce Cohen, Kensington

Tangents is a magical space.  Soulful music from all over the world; highly educational musical commentary; and, in Gaza Corner, the best 30 minutes of political radio that I know of: desperately needed, facts rarely presented in the reputable media I otherwise rely on (the NYT and NPR); and delivered without rant.  Plus Dore and Harry are giving us this without compensation!  This is a miracle.


Davia Nelson, The Kitchen Sisters, San Francisco

Listening to tonight’s show.  It is spectacular, really.  Two minute bursts of passion, beauty, pain.  What a great show.  Fueling me up.  You are a revolutionary and a deep treasure.


Cliff Myers, San Francisco

I'm a jazz dude who loves your world music. It's a welcome change of pace for me!
as well as Gaza Corner.


Stephen Tobias



David Price Weldy,  San Francisco

Tho a long time KALW listener and financial contributor,
I must admit that I haven’t always find myself home or listening when your very very generous 4 hours of wonderful and curated music and thought is airing.
But more often than not when I am home I listen.

First you have a wonderful voice, sir.
Secondly I am very much loving this last July Saturday 2minutes or less show. It’s a lot of work I expect but I very much love it.

And I have to thank you for your expansive world view and your welcoming world view. We ARE all in the same boat, and tho I know it’s not exclusive to the SFBayArea, it is one of the things I hope we pride ourselves about. You do us proud, Dore.
And you inform me.

I just wanted to thank you for all of the music I would never have heard except for you and except for your showcases music and well read perspectives.

And I keep thriving to be as curious of the world as you; I love that you also take people on journeys and I know that too is a lot of planning but must be rewarding for the most part.

And I strive to be relevant, contribute and celebrate as well as protest when necessary of all that we belong to and are in this world.

So I will definitely give a shout out in my next contribution letter and again. I just want you to know you have more listeners than you might think and that the work you do matters more and  to more than you might suspect.


Morgan Smith/Anne-Rene Petrarca

As always thanks for doing what you do. You introduce us (AnneRene and I) to music we buy and listen to all the time. Part of the soundtrack to our lives. Gaza corner, mystery artist and house concerts are all great bonus on top of the music.


John Whitehead, Nevada

You have no idea how grateful I am for your gifts. Music is food for my creativity & for my soul. Tangents is a blessing for all of us who are aware of it.THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!!


Donald Fortescue

Once again you’ve opened my ears to a whole new musical universe.


Greg Lyons

I only recently found your Tangents show and now, wiggling around your website, I see it's actually an entire Tangents universe.  Congratulations on what you have created.  I like it very much.


Tom and Vicki

THANK YOU for expanding our consciousness!


Roger Sinasohn

I love Tangents and it's probably the main reason I'm a sustaining member of KALW.  Thanks for all the great music and for exposing my kids to new sounds.


Pete Swearengen, SF

Thank you very much for continuing your service to great global music. I consider it a core part of my happiness and literacy.


Jack Foley, Host of Cover to Cover on KPFA

TANGENTS is one of the most imaginative and imaginatively stimulating radio shows being broadcast anywhere. It consistently expands our understanding of the nature of music and offers as well an intelligent and compassionate political awareness.


Chris Tompkins

Thank you for broadening my understanding and enjoyment of music and
my awareness of the struggles in Palestine, Israel and elsewhere.


Matt Martin, former General Manager, KALW

Thank you for the beautiful and passionate work you do for our listeners. 
You set a high standard in many regards.


Terica Douglas

We here listen to the amazing Tangents regularly.

Anyway, I love allllll the music I am hearing now; thank you for such a deep commitment to actually FINDING and PRESENTING the great music that makes up the formidable Tangents sound. 

You are definitely fusion's best friend right now; maybe tied with Dweezil Zappa ;-)


David Airey, Petaluma

Thanks for that Aretha aria you just played! One of the most amazing things I ever heard. Wow! Astonishing!! So glad to have heard it.


Andrew

 ... killin' it 2nite... soulful, nice & gritty.

I think I caught you playing Tomorrow Never Knows off the 801Live album a few years back.

New you were alright then.


Tim Isom

Love the show always - kinda funny sometimes I'll come down to the garage for something and your show is on and the next thing I know I've been in the garage for 2 hours listening to you  and thinking "WHAT IS THIS??" - so fun.  Really appreciate the live playlist - made a few purchases - much of your stuff is somewhat hard to find.


Lee Mermelstein

Amazing stuff - I immediately ordered the CD (Mercedes Peón,  Isué) via eBay once the playlist was posted. Too bad I didn’t know about this music earlier since I was traveling to Vigo (in Galicia) every 3-4 months for a few years back in 2015/2016.
I’ll have you know, I did impress the locals there by knowing about the group Milladoiro thanks to Tangents!

Keep up your cultural ambassadorship.


Nat Koren, Baltimore

My favorite radio show since King Biscuit went off the air!


Robin Terra, SF

Thank you for your inspired, extraordinary musical curation. We love it! It’s an antedote for the current political tyranny.


Arabella Dorth, SF

Just letting you know that I’ve been totally enjoying your program again tonight! Another great playlist and some kickass music! Highlights for me were Mike Bloomfield (Saw him way back when he performed with Paul Butterfield in Chicago) Jimi  Hendrix, Natalia M. King, Lhasa, Susan Deyhim, Tinariwen, Sidi Toure, Novalima (Wow, mucho caliente!) aw, heck, all of them!
Thank you so much, another wonderful evening!


Patricia Lilavois, SF

I just wanted you to know that I so admire your emotional? spiritual? clarity of heart & courage to report Gaza Corner every week. Breathtaking in it's sadness and stark reality but nonetheless, it helps to bring us into the truth of what is really happening to our fellow humans in such intolerable conditions. And you alert us to so many big picture consequences of each conflict, each injustice and the human cost of these horrific conflicts. It's not always easy to listen to, but I learn so much.


Jeff McKenna

Tangents is definitely a highlight of my week.


Larry Kassin, SF Live Arts

I so much enjoy reading your descriptions of artists (some who've made the ultimate journey).  You have such a good handle on so many of them; such a wide bredth of knowlege and great insights.  Plus you write beautifully.  Keep up the good work.


Hope Price, SF

You've inspired another layer of my love for music. I have learned so much from you over the years- music is such a great metaphor for our humanity.

Anyhow- I teach high school kids English & I've told lots of kids about your show! So thankful.


Michael Flodin

Long time fan of your show, always an inspiration and incredible resource for the new and unusual.. and especially appreciate the guitar predilections!


Jim Sroda

Love your show. Nothing really to compare it with. Lots of new stuff with a touch of nostalgia from my youth- Al DiMeloa, John McLaughlin, King Crimson!


Jenny Holland, Albany, CA

I love your show. The widest musical net.


Steve Pazin, Petaluma

I just renewed my slightly lapsed membership yesterday and became a sustaining member. I've been listening to and supporting KALW since the early 90's and I listen to you as often as I can. I still prefer radio for curated music that only a live host can bring - for variety and the all-important surprise factor. Your show is one of the jewels of the station and the Bay Area. We as listeners are very fortunate indeed. Keep up the great work!


Anonymous, Oakland

I just wanted to send you an enormous thank you for Tangents. I'm recently going through a breakup with my boyfriend, who introduced me to your show. I so appreciate having Tangents to get me through my now open Saturday nights!

Listening solo makes me me miss him because we used to listen together, but the
music is so transcendent that I am left with incredible joy, which is also a lasting gift of the relationship.

So nothing too earth-shattering here, but I wanted to let you know how meaningful the program is to me. And yes, I'm getting ready to send in some money as soon as I am able.

Thanks so much!


Marilyn Jensen, El Cerrito

THANK YOU for all the work you do to bring light to darkness.
   
My comment applies to Gaza Corner and your commentaries.  In this time of minimal/no news coverage, biased news, “false facts”, fear and division, you present information and essentially ask us (the listeners) to consider and care. The artists and music invite us to feel and connect.  Heart and Mind.

I’m grateful ~


David Nelson, Kitchen Sisters, San Francisco

Love the show tonight.  Rich, deep, haunting.


Was Thomas, Bolinas

Bolinas is beaming your signal bright tonight. U r certainly have me smiling this evening. Every track thus far an amazing choice and it’s just the first hour.

 Special thanks for the Zep and all the choons thus far. After all these yrs u still amaze me as does the music.

Play on!


Andy Gillis, San Francisco

Just wanted to let you know that besides enjoying your musical selections, I just love Gaza Corner cause you try to parse out all the complexities that are the Middle East and obviously do a lot of reading and research on that area. And then you compile it in a comprehensible, engaging manner and from an unabashedly egalitarian, progressive perspective.

Thank you so much for doing this. I don't get to listen to you as often as I'd like, but whenever I do I always find it enlightens and clarifies my ideas about a region I really want to understand better.

Thanks again Dore for the great work!


Tina Marzell, El Cerrito

Thanks for keeping us musically informed and always heartfelt.


Meserve Platt

I have listened to your broadcasts since the mid ‘90s. One of the best programs on the air! Fabulous music, excellent insight, poignant commentary, And above all, amazing music! Keep up the great work.


Kevin Cloud, SF

As a lover of Radio, I salute your loving work <3

You don't need me to validate 'Gaza Corner', but I do need to salute your
courage in confronting the prevailing narrative for decades. I also specifically
salute your skill with words, both in composition and rhythm of delivery.
You are a fine speaker.

Thanks again!


Alice Ross Leon, Oakland

The music you have exposed me to, contributed to creating my new life. That's humungous. Listening to all these new artists has given me a place to go to when I need focus. My life figure drawing, and digital art has had the benefit of music narrowing my focus to the task at hand. Often I've worn earphones in class, or in my studio, with the magic surrounding me like a cloak. My latest work.

Now you know more about me than you ever anticipated. I want you to know how important you are to me.

P.S. Really enjoying the show tonight!

Especially the transitions!

So cool!


Jeff McKenna and Lisa Graves

Tangents radio show reminds me of the good ole' days of freeform radio when I used to listen to the late great KSAN. I am so glad to have discovered it.  Thank you.


Nat Koren, Baltimore

Loved your show last night.  I was working late on a Sat. night, testing concert loudspeakers at our shop.  I happened to be testing large subwoofers when Sly Dunbar’s bass came on, the perfect groove to blast through massive subs!  These were Meyer Sound’s systems, made right here in Berkeley.

I love that groove, still have it running through my ear worm today.

Later, you played Trad.Attack, and I had stacks of large concert speakers to test.  I put two 7-foot tall Meyer LYON stacks side by side, stood between them and rocked out in stereo.  I love the soaring groove of that track, and the exotic Estonian vocals.

Once again, thank you for a great show.
           
   
Roscoe Beauregard

Tangents..music that expands the human consciousness to levels that some of us have never dreamed possible listening...


David Airey

You're some kind of genius!

What moved me last night was the music itself of course - that deeply soulful world music you dig up from all over the world - last night it was Sister Gertrude Morgan (Holy Moly!) and everything after that you played I thought was wonderful, especially Kiran Ahluwalia and Martin Simpson (wow!). But it's also the way you combine them, making the most imaginative and creative connections between pieces. That's the 'genius' part I was talking about. Sometimes I can just kick back and fall into your flow of music and it's awesome!

Also Dore, I have to say that your whole attitude, the love and care that you put across in your show is exceptional, and for me at least, a key ingredient. It's the perfect antidote in these times of Trump insanity!

So thank you for your work. It' s much appreciated.


Mike Eckstein

Been listening to Tangents since discovering it in 2017.  In addition to the music, really appreciate your Gaza Corner coverage!


Bruce Cohen, Kensington

Thanks for keeping me up past my bedtime...I don’t know how you can prepare Gaza Corner without descending to whatever lies below Gloom&Despair, but by the time you get on air, you manage to do it (or appear to do it), so that the effect is to inspire action, not depression.  The music before and after is a big part of that.


Mia Stageberg, San Francisco

Dore, this is just to thank you for the many beautiful artists you've brought to me through Tangents throughout years.


Golbanou Moghaddas

I have only recently discovered Tangents and every Saturday I look forward to it with enthusiasm. A few weeks ago you played a beautiful song by Amira Medunjanin that I had to buy to be able to listen to it over and over.

Tonight, I was thrilled to hear some music from my home country Iran! Thank you so much for sharing all the magical and exceptional music from across our planet.


Jim Campilongo, guitarist

Checking back to thank you for playing our music. It’s always an honor to be singled out among the hundreds of worthy & deserving talent!

It’s no small thing getting  played or mentioned. Getting the word out will help sell our music, so we can afford to be creative growing artists.

We really appreciate it.


John Roybal

Thanks eternally for always moving beyond any static or traditional definition and approach to appreciation and interpretation.  The world of music is ever exponentially expanding and you seem to keep accommodating the ever expanding affinities of the Tangential listeners.


PC Muñoz, drummer/producer

Thanks much for your longtime support of genre-challenged artists!


Terence Groeper, San Francisco

Another Saturday night, enlightened by your Tangents' music magic  and Harry's playlist perfection.


Karen Merigo, San Francisco

I’m a grateful long time listener. Love my chilled Saturday nights ‘with you’.
Once in a while i write you, won a tkt to a show  and went to quite few shows you recommended and always lovd them.

Thank you for Gaza Corner. I have to brace myself to listen to it, and i always appreciate how you inform us. It’s always very heart breaking but necessary b/c almost nobody else is doing it.

As always thank you for the music.


David Ogorzalek, Alameda

Thanks for playing all the great tangents tunes in 2017- Marty Stuart of course, Sean Lowe. really digging Guy Buttery from last year too.
And appreciate you bringing a myriad of music from far corners of the globe.
names and places unpronounceable, yet all part
of the cosmic groove- a Sonic Caravanserai (w respect to Carlos!)
I'm glad to live in such a rich environment- enhanced by live local bands like Howell Devine... articulated by masterful DJs!


Alex Heeger, San Francisco

It is rare these days that I manage to listen to your broadcasts live and without interruption. Tonight I made time, however. Practically anything you play evokes a range of feelings. Joy and happiness, memories, sadness, curiosity - your choice of music touches them all.

I have not purchased music in years. I thought I can enjoy what terrestrial airwaves via KALW and also iTunes' "Internet Radio" section has to offer. With your music tonight (and next Saturday) I am reminded of the range and the variety I am missing. I guess I will have to take notes, make a list and visit a music store again!

Ever so thankful for your program.


Karen McCabe

I hope I won the powerball tonight too so I can buy the rest of the openings for your next tour.

Thanks for all the good info and always, ear-opening music.


Edith Sartin, Vallejo

I just discovered Arash Sarkechik, thanks to You.
I love his music! I hope he finds his way to America for a tour.

Thank You as always for your delicious sharing of life enriching magic (music) !

(and Thank You for your great playlists for access to awesome music)


Steve Gessert, Redwood City

You must put an incredible amount of time into your program and audience each week - personal replies to emails, along with the various informative emails, let alone preparing for the show! 

My wife and I only discovered your show about 2 1/2 years ago (we've been in the Bay Area for about 9 or 10 yrs).  Though I don't get to hear you every week, you've become the only radio host I really try to catch since, oh, probably the line-up at KCRW (Santa Monica) back in the 80s: Tom Schnabel, Deirdre O'Donoghue, Roger Steffens, CC Smith & Solomon Solo. 

I love the breadth of music you play.  You're filling the "Notes" section of my phone with entries every time I listen! 


UC Berkeley Professor Martin  Schwartz (world renown rebetiko expert)

I'm so glad to see that you'll have both Evgenios Voulgais and Dimitris Mystakidis in your (2017 Tangents Greece Music) tour.  In my opinion, you can't do better than these guys!!!  Mystakidis is a marvel.


Hoolay, New York City

In addition to being our best DJ anywhere and key provider of musical oases,
you have also turned yourself in recent years into really our very best go-to source for any kind of realistic journalism on Palestine.


Steve Basile, Austin, Texas

I haven’t kept up my membership lately but I’m re-enlisting.  I’ve benefitted from the best ears in radio since I first tuned you in in 1980 way back in the WQBK days, and you’ve never steered me wrong musically.  And we’ll always have Turkey.  Keep sharing real news and  beautiful tunes my friend.  


Tim Isom, Outer Richmond, San Francisco

Your show still has the electric "now" of live radio - who freaking knows what your going to play next!.  The art of sound segue - still don't see an algorithm catching the lightning the way a live human can.   Amen - much appreciated.


Wayne Weeks

Dore, you are one of a kind and create a wonderful Saturday night while listening to you.


Laurie Polster, Oakland

You're such a wealth of musical knowledge, I so appreciate all I glean from listening to Tangents!


Carla Paganelli, Oakland

 I appreciate this notice and how your program continuously expands my musical horizons.  Listening to Mr. Abercrombie's "Timeless" as I type this. . . having never heard it before . . thank you and him for turning me on today!    So beautiful.


Lynda Grose, Muir beach

Thank you Dore for using your respected position to create agency in the community on this issue.

I have listened to you on two coasts for more than thirty years.

And you continue to gain my highest respect for your musicality and your values.

Many blessings


John Donohie, SF

Hey adore,

Long time tangents listener here and a Dead Head as well. I'm a massage therapist and I have a client every Saturday evening that finishes at about 8:30. I turn on Tangents soon as I get into my car. This evening I did so just a few minutes ago and while you were talking I thought, hmmmm Dori never plays the Grateful Dead, he must not like them, I wonder why, their music does touch mind bending boundaries.  Just then you start talking about Phil and then you played unbroken chain. Uncanny and wonderful. Thank you so much,.


Bruce Cohen, Kensington

I don't think I've ever heard the beginning of the Gaza Corner segment (5/13/17).
That was excellent: it was specific, succinctly described both the current events
and the context that made them understandable, and let the (powerful) facts speak for themselves rather than weakening the impact with rant. Thank you.


Wayne  Weeks

I love  your show, work, travels and of course your Music.  I will always support you/KALW !!


Jennifer Abel    

I so appreciate your show and proselytize about how wildly eclectic and interesting it is!  Especially to younger people who I know would be interested.


Chula Camp, San Francisco

What a treat to listen tonight !!! Enjoyed Miroslav and Yvette. Your tribute to Syrian artists is touching.

After all music is the glue that bonds humanity and knows no barriers...or one would hope.

With much of the world out of touch with reality (no moral compass), your program does feed my soul.

Eric Broque, Berkeley

Listened to you tonight on the way back from Sonoma and now at home. Always a pleasure to hear you talk music, sports and politics, all from a righteous point of view.
Always grateful for everything you bring to the table (radio, I mean) and with sincerity & intelligence & passion.


Bill Evans, San Francisco

The show sounds as fresh as ever- the mix of new and old is appreciated.


Heidi-Jane Schwabe, The Mission, SF

Gosh, Dore, I'm not sure you could possibly even imagine how much all your
hard work and your love of good music is helping the people around you. I
sat listening to your show last night feeling injected with relief. So
much chaos going on around us but, for me, your show - and even more
specifically, your high standards - they're like an oasis, an island of
inspiration. And hope. And sanity.

I'm seriously so grateful. And yeah, Ibrahim Maalouf - that was awesome!


Waz Thomas, Bolinas

30 years (Tangents on air). That is the same length of time that I have worked at Commonweal coming here and co-founding the Commonweal Cancer Help Program in which I was yoga teacher, meditation guide - I led healing writing sessions and facilitated healing circles. During that time I had an HIV diagnosis ( 1986), a prostate ca diagnosis (2009) and a stroke, very cool neurological event (April 12, 2015) - I'm just fine! Through all this and much more listening to Tangents and Mr. Stein - thank you, thank you, Bro. May you thrive!

It is amazing and inexplicable!

Peace and ease and choons.


Rita K. Cahn, SF

Thank-you for years of awesome programming + for Gaza Corner.


Chris Botsch, SF

I love your program -  Recently discovered and have switched my Saturday night listening from KQED to KALW to hear Tangents and Gaza Corner.


Kent Khtikian, Bolinas

I appreciate your perspective on Israel. Not simply because it is rational, but because it is rational and you are Jewish.  I have had arguments with Armenians who take the position that Turks owe "retribution" to Armenians.  While that issue is not nearly as hot as what you face, the uncomfortableness of facing down my ethnic fellows and to take an opposing position to them that I believe (or at least imagine) is rational, permits me some small degree of empathy with what you do with a harder situation and on a more frequent basis. 

If I believed in God, I would say that you are one of her angels.


 Ileana Soto, Berkeley

Thanks for your advocacy and courage on behalf of the Palestinians and all those who struggle with such oppression.


Lorraine Cline, Mill Valley

Thanks so much for an amazing show last Saturday on KALW.  I especially liked Tony Joe White and Shelby Lynne.  We are so lucky to have you every Saturday night!


Fernanda Monmany  lives SF, from Buenos Aires

I wanted to tell you how much I love the music you play. It takes me places....
I am going to Turkey next Wednesday, and listening to this music right now makes me fly away and forget all that is to forget.  Thank you!!!
Buenas noches y gracias por la musica.


Joel Koosed

Thanks -- just heard the show for the first time tonight (5/23/15) -- fabulous music -- esp Niyaz and Nishtiman!


Brian Finley

I'm a big fan of your show, and really appreciate your dedication to it, and your love
of beautiful, challenging music.


Tessa Spargo   live in SF, from South Africa

I am a recent but huge fan of the program. So appreciated poignant hommage to Palmyra this evening. Loved (Anouar) Brahem piece played tonight.


Dee from Oaktown

So love your selections, quite wonderful!
Thank you for embellishing my world!


Yaya Fanusie, Sierra Leone and SF

Thanks for enriching my Musical  Capital. Continue being an Evangelist of the unknown talents(MUSIC) of the WORLD.


Frank Buffum, SF

As a musician, the resource of Tangents opens my musical perspective into realms I might not otherwise come to hear.  Much like the way KALW functions with its wide range of intelligent programming.  Thanks to Dore, Tangents, and to all the supporters who enable KALW to keep expanding our perspective.


Jennifer Gampell, Santa Rosa + Thailand

I rely on you for all the latest world music, trenchant commentary on the latest global egregiousness, and your incredibly energetic on-air presence. You’re one of a kind and such a shining beacon amidst the dross that passes as radio today.


Laurie Poster






                                *
Could I make tongue say more than tongue could utter! Could I make brain grasp more than brain could think! Could I weave into immortal denseness some small brede of words, pluck out of sunken depths the roots of living, some hundred thousand magic words that were as great as all my hunger, and hurl the sum of all my living out upon three hundred pages—then death could take my life, for I had lived it ere he took it: I had slain hunger, beaten death!

Notes:
Kongar-ol Ondar (1962-2013) was a master Tuvan throat singer.
Kumiss is fermented mare’s milk. A Tuvan drink.
Kargyraa is a deep sounding style of Tuvan throat singing.
“Could I make tongue...” passage by Thomas Wolfe, The Web and The Rock.


Ted J. Rucker

 Thanks so much for sharing the sad news that the great Ondar has passed. I was there that magical night at Castro Theater. He, Ondar was amazing, he had a presence you could feel form a distance. It was through you and Tangents that I really came to love and understand Tuvan throat singing. He lives on in his own words... throat singing... "the immortal part of ourselves."

Please share the dates of the fund raiser. I will share this email and others with my friends. Perhaps we could ask for donations as well from those who cannot attend.

May his body rest in peace as his sweet soul rises.

Music is the magic.


Amrit Chaudhry

Goodbye, The Real Deep Throat.  KOL was a big-hearted, generous man and so good to Paul Pena.  The standards of friendship are set by people like him


Mimi Heft

This was a sad surprise for me. I've seen Kongar-ool Ondar and the others many times; and I felt his was the most pure expression of joy and delight. Just looking at his smiling face was all you needed.

I'll share this little memory, from a performance by Kongar-ool Ondar and his band at Noe Valley Ministry. "This song is about a horse," he'd say; followed by "here's a song about a horse that's running." Then again, "this is a song about a herd of horses." And then, finally, "this song is about a pretty girl… … … and her horse!"

He could barely contain his laughter.

and one more from Mimi:

A lot of my friends are sharing thoughts on the passing of Kongar-ool Ondar, and one pointed me to this overtone music played on tuba. (I suppose you could call it "tuba throat singing"??) Enjoy.


Melinda Russell

Paul and I send our deep love and condolence for KO's passing. Paul and I were blessed to be a part of that early experience of them, and we were blessed to have been there the night they arrived in California- at Ralph Leighton's wife's sisters house - and at the art museum. I remember they arrived late after Ralph had taken them to the hot tubs!  What a beautiful funny and very real soul he was and what beautiful times. His voice and spirit live on. Thanks Dore! 


Meri Mitsuyoshi

Thank you so much for your recent hour on Kongar-ol Ondar. What a wonderful tribute to such a beautiful being.

Your, Lemon's and Seth's love for Kongar-ol was palpable. What an irreplaceable treasure he was.

Lemon's recording was jewel-like in its perfection.

And was it Seth who said, "When he smiled, it was like they turned the stadium lights on!"?

While it seems fitting for the recording to disappear from the KALW archive site in a few days, I'm writing to ask if there is any possibility that it could remain available for listening or downloading. On the Tangents website, perhaps? Or as a podcast?

On the other hand,  Kongar-ol's departure is also a lesson in impermanence. If it isn't possible to hear the tribute after Saturday, I will hold the precious memory in my heart.

Thank you for your dedication to your listeners and the musicians of the world.


Roy Peterkofsky

I was really bummed to hear about Kongar.  I think I won tickets from you to see the screening of Genghis Blues at the Castro where he performed.  Above and beyond his musical talent, he had such an amazing aura about him.  Just his smile was electrifying in a calming and disarming way, even from way across the room.  It made me very sad to know that the world is without that now.


Karen Larsen

Thank you Dore. Although the news is bad.  What a wonderful man he was.


Gregg Butensky

Sad news. He was way too young to go.

I love your story about that first call from Paul Pena.

I trust you'll keep us posted about the film screening.


Davey Ijams
How may I donate to Kongar's memory?


Jeanne Dorward

Thank you for sending this announcement - I doubt I would have seen it otherwise.  I was in the audience when he performed at the Asian Art Museum in the '90's and was blown away.  I had no idea what to expect and my attempts to describe it to friends afterwards were completely inadequate.  It saddened me to learn he was only 51 when he died.  He had such a sweet demeanor.  I've also seen Genghis Blues and if there's a memorial screening I'll definitely attend.
 
I won't be home to hear your program this evening - at least not the 9 o'clock hour - but I got my Echoes of Tuva  CD out and will play it and remember a unique and special experience.
 

George Brooks

Please let me know if there are plans for a screening of Genghis Blues or other form of benefit
to raise funds for Kongar-ool's children.
If they would like music at the event I would be happy to organize something.
I think that the benefit for Paul Pena- may be the first time we met and I still remember it fondly.



Cait McWhir

Oh that is sad.  Once he came to a Haunted by Waters rehearsal, it was REALLY fun!!...he did throat singing on one of the more gaelic-sounding songs...i.i have a cassette somewhere but who can play such things anymore.


KO
as the yout say: OMG!
This is a hard one.. I met Kongar at the asian & the next time over , he brought his son. He is not very old !
A totally cool guy and path finder for TIvan music into the "west". I didn't know he was called "KO" in musical circles!
I am not a CD buyer, not in my budget, but I have a few I will have to  pull out and indulge now/
OH!  my heart!
I am sure he is out there, in tune with the cosmos..... at one w/the hearts he touched through his singing!


Ian Dogole

That’s sad news. He was a shining light.


Linda Lawrence

OK is a great ambassador for world music - he lives on in song and sound.


Stasha

Dore, thank you for this heartfelt tribute to an exceptional artist, one the world was honored to hold and will never forget.  Thank you for your part in his western presence. with love,


Terence Groeper

Sorry to learn, just now, of Kongar-ool Ondar's passing...a unique voice and remarkable spirit.


Don Coolidge

Very sad news, Dore. "Genghis Blues" is one of my favorite films,
even more for the people in it than for the story. And it's a wonderful
story. My sincere empathy and best wishes for all of Kongar-ool's
family, and for everybody who knew him personally or even felt that
they knew him through his wonderful openness in "Genghis Blues".

We get older, and one by one we lose family, friends, and people
we love and admire. It's never fair, only inevitable. Even so, I feel
that I'm a better person for having heard some of Kongar-ool's music,
for having seen a bit into his friendship with Paul Pena, and in general
for the gifts of his talents and his humanity, all of which made the world
a better place.

I'm glad you'll be paying tribute to him - it'll be good to hear his voice once again.


Mary Farrant

So sad - please let me know when the memorial screening is scheduled.
Thanks.


 Philip Pierce
Sad indeed, I still listen to my "KO" CD's and i still remember meeting Paul at a Tangents Party in Radio Valencia, that was the first time I heard of Tuva and it was a very memorable evening.
Another very memorable evening was in the church in the Presidio, music that made the hairs atand up on the back of my neck.

Even though I have a copy of Genghis Blues I would love to see it again on the big screen especially in the Castro..
Keep us posted.
I will hoist one in Kongar-ool's memory this evening.


David Vartanoff

sad to hear.   would be happy to see Genghis Blues again.


Jeanette Cool

Thank you for this sad news....I too remember his singing at the Castro for Genghis Blues -- so sorry.  A loss, indeed.



Julia Gilden, Oakland

I was listening to Tangents last night, very  much enjoying the music.  I just returned from a couple months in Israel.  Just like all the music - beautiful, creative, tense, anxious --  anyway, I would love to get a copy of Kinan Asme's piece you played.


Rita Karuna Cahn, San Francisco

Thanks for your show & especially for "Gaza Corner!"


Guitarist Cenk Erdogan, Istanbul, Turkey

You are very important in my life Dore.  You have a vision of future and you know how to rotate people and I love it :)


Guitarist Danny Heines, San Francisco

You play the best fucking music!!!! Week after week.
I learn about new music or am otherwise inspired every time I listen.
Keep up the good work!!


Tim Isom, Outer Richmond (SF)

I have the most creative burst listening to your show - multitasking like a banchee as we speak!


Jackson Nichols, Fremont

I tune into Tangents every Saturday night. I am a film photographer (black and white) and your program is perfect for working in the darkroom.

Keep stretching my boundaries.


Jane Phillips, Berkeley: I happened to tune into Tangents last Saturday, while you were playing that cut by Dhafer Youssef and Paolo Fresu from the Belgrade festival, and I was stopped dead in my tracks.  That was amazing.  I did not want to move, so as not to miss a note.  I'm so sorry it isn't commercially available; perhaps you can urge somebody to produce it -- and more of their collaborations. 

I'm emailing to ask if there's any possibility that you can play it again on Tangents --
and if so, could you please let me know when, not only for my own listening experience, but I want to let other people know about it, in particular, Rachid and Adil, the owners of Mo'Joe Cafe -- perhaps you know them; they're both from Morocco, run a very cozy coffee shop at the corner of Sacramento and Blake in Berkeley, and are deeply devoted to all
the arts.  They have occasional concerts (not just of Middle Eastern music, but all kinds
of music, art exhibits, and readings.  I'm sure that they'd be very interested in hearing this.  Tangents is a wonderful program.


Arabella Dorth, San Francisco:  Great music programming and appreciate the playlist - you've introduced me to some fantastic artists, whose music I carry with me on my iPhone.


Don Coolidge, Palo Alto:  Whenever I go to bed on Saturdays, I make sure that my clock radio's sleep function will keep Tangents playing until midnight, even if I fall asleep earlier. A few weeks ago I did fall asleep, but for some reason woke up shortly before midnight while you were playing Brian Eno's 1/1 from "Music For Airports". I woke up with the most profound sense of peace and well-being imaginable, and it only  increased as the song continued. It's so much like a Zen mantra, except that it never repeats quite exactly, and both the piano and the background sounds were so calming, so expansively celestial, and so simple and right, that I was left with the deepest sense of peace and happiness I've had for
as far back as I can remember.

It's become my salvation whenever I'm in especially stressful commute-time
traffic, and I play it on a lot of other occasions as well. I'm not usually an
ambient-music sort, despite liking "Music From the Hearts Of Space", so
this is highly unusual behavior on my part. And once again I must thank you
for introducing me to music I'd never heard before, that I now own and love.

It was also fine to once again hear the Trey Gunn piece "Into The Wood"
last Saturday, another of my favorites that I own and that you play a few times each year.

I know that when I comment on things I've liked about Tangents broadcasts, I
usually mention only artists I either own works by or am about to (lots of those, for sure), and hardly ever talk about the other numbers you play, rarely talking about the world music segments (not never, but rarely). Just need to say that I enjoy those tremendously as well, and that they, too, have frequently led to increases in my music library's depth and breadth. So, once again, thanks.


Thomas Bruder, West Hollywood:  Wonderful show last week:
from Machito to Dr John, Mahmoud Ahmed, Keyvan Chemirini and so many other great tracks.  I think Mahwash has made some of the most beautiful music I’ve ever heard—hope you play more of her! 

I’m from Florida by way of Tennessee. I was a student of foreign languages, and became addicted to internet radio from France and Germany to train my ear for language. One station I listened to all the time was Multikulti before they shut it down—such a shame! But of course they still have multikulti.fm. I came across your show through Multikulti, if you can believe it. I immediately started listening directly from your website after I discovered it. I *love* middle eastern music, particularly Turkish, Israeli, and Iranian music, and others, and also love Indian classical and folk music. Your show has introduced me to so many great performers, and also a broad, complementary mix of other music from other cultures.

My wife and I moved to California recently, and I am preparing for the California bar exam next week. Your show has been the soundtrack to my studies!


Eliot Miranda:  I just want to say how fabulous Tangents is.

I've grown up listening to flamenco (Manitas de Plata when I was a mere 7 years old),
John McLaughlin and all that jazz and Tangents is right in my groove; a continual delight.  I'll never forget hearing Derek Trucks playing Sahib Terri Bandi for the first time on the radio in my kitchen. 

Keep it up man, I so appreciate what you're doing (not to mention sticking up bravely for the Palestinians).  Many, many thanks!


Lou Winant, Seattle, WA: " I spent an entire undergraduate career staying up late to listen to Tangents. These were heady days of massive musical exposure--Rabih Abou-Khalil (learning what an 'oud' is!), Ali Farka Toure (when his catalog was still on Mango and relatively unknown), Michael Hedges (RIP), Mouth Music (well before ethno-techno was big). This was my soundtrack to education and an education in itself.

Since then...my own chance to explore live on radio via a world music show on KCBX (San Luis Obispo)...deciding that I had to further with this thing and entering an ethnomusicology program in Seattle...and now almost done with a Masters.

Thanks for broadening my perspective and even giving me a path to follow. Three cheers for musical diversity. La "Tangents" viva!


Mary Connors, SF: Dore Stein has been gifted with a vision. And, because I live in the Bay Area, I am one of the fortunate recipients. Long before there was so much discussion about the healing force of music, Dore was choosing pieces that dipped into the well of our hearts, stirred our imaginations, expanded our sensitivity and knowledge of other cultures, and last but certainly not least, excavated our passion. In just one evening, I can experience the spirit of Finland, the journeying of Tuvans, the innocence of Estonia. My only wish at this time would be for Tangents to be available nationally for all of my friends and family to partake. I have sent tape recordings across the country but they don't add up to Tangents live and so fully alive.


Jeffrey Porter, SF: "Your show is the only music show I tune into on a regular basis on the radio. There is nothing like it! The abundant information, resources and education regarding music not typically heard on the airwaves is so rich. It is one of the high-points of living in the Bay Area. KALW is permanently dialed into my car radio because of programs like Tangents!"


Louisa Spier, Oakland: "An exquisite blend of genres"


Todd Semo, SF: "Thank-you for an eye-opening show."


Chris Matzner, Berkeley: "I really enjoy Tangents -- it's a great way to find out about music that I'd have no exposure to otherwise."


Lynda "Lulu" Winslow, Berkeley: "Thank-you for such a quantum leap in understanding different types of music."


Carla Power, SF: "The first time I heard Tangents I was immediately drawn to it. When Tangents ends I begrudgingly turn off my radio and return to the same cd's I always hear. That is why I love the radio - it is something new to listen to that you don't own."

(Carla has since passed away and is deeply missed.)


Dan Ciccaroni, SF: "I was mesmermized."


Mimi Heft, SF: "You have the record collection of my dreams, and I think Tangents is the very best there is on the radio. Thank you so much for providing all of us--musicians and listeners alike--with exposure that would otherwise be unavailable."


Pamela Stagnaro, Alameda: "It is very important to me to have a station that plays eclectic, multicultural music. I look so forward to the show. I am not aware of any other show in the area that compares (when I travel to LA I catch "The Other Side" on KCRW out of Santa Monica). Anything you can do to keep Tangents on the air is greatly appreciated."


David Swope, Marin: "I don't think I can live without Dore Stein's Tangents show. There's no other program that gives us such variety, depth and special attention to world music and to all the eclectic musical tastes of San Franciscans."


Bob Bogard: "Tangents is such an amazing show -- you have a truly excellent talent for finding really stunning pieces and choosing songs from all cultures and music styles that fit together nicely."


Peter Scott: "You are a music mixing maestro. You care about the music you play and their combinations are great and sometimes bordering on the sublime. But hush now. One should stand back and become more objective in praise and appraisal. But the man can put some shit together."


T.H. (SF): "Boadens my horizons"


Amy Hanks, Petaluma: "The shrinking of boundaries between nations and ethnicities which is so important for peace in the next century necessitates learning about many aspects of other cultures. Mediums such as music that allow us direct access to the hearts and sensibilities of other peoples are an invaluable part of this process, and Dore does an admirable job of selecting works of this nature that are both interesting and enjoyable. I am also consistently impressed by his ability to accentuate the synthesis of cultures that has already taken place in some musical circles thrugh his selection of works by artists in the West that incorporate ideas, sounds, and rhythms from other traditions."


Lilinah Biti-Anat, Oakland: "Thank you for your wonderful shows. Even better than Free Form Radio of the '70's. Your shows are truly unique (although i realize this word is much abused and misused)."


Stewart Caskin, Sausalito: "Tangents is a holiday in my heart everytime I hear it."


Suzanne Ayriss, SF: "I must say, I really do love your show and your hard work."


Mary Small, Corte Madera: "Everytime I turn on the radio I wish it was Tangents. It's one of the best things in my life"


Bethany Richardson, Fairfax : "I've never heard anything like it."


Hanafi Russell: "Dore creates a feeling in his listeners of their being part of an exciting, elite community. He brings us along on the quest for the kind of new music that is welling up between cultures just like the volcanoes that form where the continental plates meet. New technology is allowing different musics to ricochet off all sorts of aesthetic surfaces, each time taking on new spins and going off on new tangents. We are both being exposed to many kinds of indigenous music that are just now being made available and hearing new blends and mergings that are forming where they meet western culture. This is an exciting time, and Dore is there tracking and bringing it to us.

Dore does not just spin the music. He cares about the musicians and his listeners. He informs us about the musicians, promotes worthwhile local events, and carries on a lively connection with us listeners through concert giveaways and amusing contests. I once responded to a contest question when Dore was asking for an obscure word beginning with "e" and meaning "warm praise." The word I thought of, eulogy, was not the one that he was thinking of, encomium, but he said he "would put it to the judges" in the studio. It was that kind of good spirit that makes the show a lot of fun."


Cheryl Cohen, SF: "You have great musical antennae."


Cici Kinsman, Oakland: "World's best radio is Tangents!"


Kendall Hoffman, SF: "I love this show because it feeds my soul."


Bruce Averill, Petaluma: "Intellectually and in my heart I'm loving it."


G.S.: "Thanks for a consistently enjoyable show: thanks for playing a track from Eno and Byrne's "My Life In the Bush of Ghosts on Saturday (?) I remember buying that album (vinyl) at Rasputin's in Berkeley a looooong time ago. Keep up the good work. Your show is invariably interesting and challenging and I appreciate the fact that it features stuff I've never heard next to stuff I haven't heard in a long time."


Rashmi: "Penetrating my cloud and making me clear inside."

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