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BOB ON THE RADIO live and podcast "Rock 'n' Roll Times with Robert Hilburn" airs from 6 to 7 pm Sundays on KCSN-FM(88.5) in the Los Angeles area. You can stream it live at www.kcsn.org or hear it during the week at http://www.kcsn.org/rock-n-roll-times.html
KSCN Press Release: Robert Hilburn Joins KSCN-FM’s Triple A Format (NORTHRIDGE, Calif., July 11, 2011)--Rock music critic Robert Hilburn [has joined] music industry veteran Nic Harcourt, former longtime host of KCRW-FM’s successful “Morning Becomes Eclectic,” on California State University, Northridge’s KCSN-FM (88.5) line-up...as part of changes to Los Angeles’ only Triple A (Adult Album Alternative) format station. Program Director Sky Daniels, himself a longtime Los Angeles music executive who recently joined the station, said the station’s new weekend lineup and new shows “represent KCSN’s commitment to being the best Adult Alternative we can be.” “Robert Hilburn is more than just the dean of popular music critics in terms of his decades reviewing music for the Los Angeles Times,” Daniels said, “he is probably still the most respected critic in the country, He is, coincidentally, a graduate of California State University, Northridge when it was known as San Fernando Valley State College.” Hilburn said he was “thrilled to be joining KCSN’s musical line-up.” He said his program “will focus on the great artists of the rock ‘n’ roll era and my relationship with them—from Bob Dylan and John Lennon to Bruce Springsteen and U2 to Kanye West and Arcade Fire. “I am doubly pleased,” he added, “to be back on the campus of Cal State Northridge because it was during my years as a student here that I first dreamed about a career in journalism.” Author of the best-selling book, “Corn Flakes with John Lennon: And Other Tales from a Rock ‘n’ Roll Life,” and the upcoming “In Search of Johnny Cash,” Hilburn’s one-hour show, Rock ‘n’ Roll Times, will be a mix of commercial-free music and stories about the recording artists. It is scheduled to air at 6 p.m. on Sundays. Harcourt, new music supervisor in residence for MTV, will have a three-hour show from 3 to 6 p.m. on Saturdays called Connections with Nic Harcourt in which he will play music by the top new recording artists that fall into the Adult Album Alternative category and talk about them. “With the addition of Sky as program director and now Hilburn and Harcourt added to our weekend programming, we think we have significantly strengthened Los Angeles’ only Adult Album Alternative station,” said Karen Kearns, general manager of the member-supported station that broadcasts from new quarters in California State University, Northridge’s new $125 million Valley Performing Arts Center. “KCSN has an audience reach of 3 million, and we want to provide a compelling and creative station for that metropolitan audience,” Daniels said. “Adding these two giants of the music industry is a significant step in that direction.” The station offers a 24-hour, commercial-free blend of rock, country, jazz, blues and Americana, including a wide range of artists such as Bruce Springsteen, the Beatles, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan and Norah Jones. The station’s alternative programming also is available on the stations HD1 channel and online at KCSN.org. KCSN offers 24-hour classical programming on its HD2 channel and online at KCSNClassical.org. KCSN was named “Best American Radio Station” in Los Angeles Magazine’s Best of LA 2010 issue. This was the second time KCSN earned recognition from the magazine. In 2006, the magazine named KCSN “Best University-Sponsored Radio Station” in Los Angeles. Send E–mail to: robert@kcsn.org Order Bob's Current Book, "Corn Flakes With John Lennon," here. | New Johnny Cash biography coming from former Times music critic Robert Hilburn Former Times pop music critic Robert Hilburn’s new biography on Johnny Cash, “In Search of Johnny Cash,” will be published by Little, Brown and Co., the publisher of Peter Guralnick’s massive two-volume Elvis Presley biography, “Last Train to Memphis” and “Careless Love,” and Keith Richards’ recent autobiography, “Life.”
Hilburn’s book will cover Cash’s artistic career and his turbulent life, from his days growing up in Arkansas to becoming one of the true icons of 20th century popular music. “Of the many great rock pioneers in the 1950s,” Hilburn says, “Cash was the only one who approached his music as more than hits for the jukebox. He wanted his music to inspire and uplift people. In that goal, he was the crucial link between Woody Guthrie’s music of social idealism and commentary in the 1930s and 1940s and Bob Dylan’s music of revolution in the 1960s and beyond. “Foreshadowing the stance of such landmark bands as the Beatles and U2, Cash recognized that he could use his music and fame to impact social attitudes, whether it was decrying the treatment of Native Americans or offering hope to others downtrodden by society,” Hilburn said by e-mail Monday in describing his second book since leaving The Times five years ago after serving as pop music critic for 36 years. His first, “Corn Flakes With John Lennon and Other Tales From a Rock 'n' Roll Life,” contained personal reflections on his experiences interviewing several key figures of the rock era, including Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, Janis Joplin and U2 -- and Cash, whom he interviewed numerous times over four decades. Hilburn also was the only reporter to accompany Cash at his historic 1968 performance at Folsom Prison. “I want to treat Cash with the critical eye and historical scholarship that he deserves as one of the major socio-cultural figures in America during the 20th century,” Hilburn told Pop & Hiss. “Despite his enormous popularity, I think he was a more important and influential artist and a more complex, often troubled person than even his biggest fans realized. “His life was often a struggle between his artistry and his addiction -- and ultimately ... each contributed to the other,” Hilburn said. “But through Cash I want to also tell the story of the challenges and demands of artistry; how someone has to keep fighting for his vision -- against record company and/or public disinterest at times -- if he or she is to achieve something truly lasting." Hilburn just signed the deal with Little, Brown and Co., following bidding by a number of other publishers, and is still researching and writing the book, so no publication date has been set. But he added, “It's absolutely the best place for me to be because the company is so respected in the publishing world -- and they do an especially good job with music books.” -- Randy Lewis, February 1   Kevin Roderick • January 31 2011 2:59 PM
Of the many great rock pioneers in the 1950s, Cash was the only one who approached his music as more than hits for the jukebox. He wanted his music to inspire and uplift people. In that goal, he was the crucial link between Woody Guthrie’s music of social idealism and commentary in the 1930s and 1940s and Bob Dylan’s music of revolution in the 1960s and beyond. Foreshadowing the stance of such landmark bands as the Beatles and U2, Cash recognized that he could use his music and fame to impact social attitudes, whether it was decrying the treatment of Native Americans or offering hope to others downtrodden by society. Not incidentally, John Lennon and Paul McCartney were huge Cash fans. U2 not only wrote a song for Cash, but went into the studio with him to record it. Hilburn has been traveling in the south for research. His last book was "Corn Flakes with John Lennon And Other Tales from a Rock 'n' Roll Life." Photo of Cash and, behind him, Hilburn at Folsom Prison. |
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