The Hear and Now, for October 18, 2012 - 10:00pm
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Penelope Houston performs live on the Hear and NowPenelope Houston, best known to many as the lead singer of the seminal San Francisco punk band Avengers, puts forth the folk-rock singer-songwriter side of her musical personality in a live set with Tom Heyman and Bill Shupp on guitars and vocals. Several songs will no doubt come from her new album On Market Street, and Penelope will talk about the multiple facets of her career with host Derk Richardson.
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Playlist for this Program:
| Artist | Song | Album | Label |
| Show Start | Talk | ||
| Tift Merritt (w/ Andrew Bird) | Drifted Apart | Traveling Alone | Yep Roc |
| Penelope Houston | Meet Me in France | On Market Street | Devoted Ruins |
| Talk | |||
| Penelope Houston Trio w/ Tom Heyman (pedal steel, acoustic guitar, mandolin, vocals) and Bill Shupp (acoustic guitar, vocals) | Six songs and interview | Live in the KPFA studio | n.a. |
| Talk | |||
| Beth Orton | State of Grace | Sugaring Season | Anti- |
| Tin Hat | Grapefruit | The Rain Is a Handsome Animal: 17 Songs From the Poetry of E.E. Cummings | New Amsterdam |
| Stephen Kent | Re-membering | Living Labyrinths | Family Tree |
| Talk | |||
| Ponga | Pimba | Ponga | LooseGroove |
| Wayne Horvitz | Love, Love, Love | American Bandstand | Songlines |
| Talk | |||
| Elina Duni Quartet | Celo Mezani | Matane Malit: Beyond the Mountain | ECM |
| Jenny Scheinman | Awful Sad | Crossing the Field | Koch |
| Dirty Three | Rising Below | Toward the Low Sun | Drag City |
| Richard Hawley | Before | Standing at the Sky's Edge | Mute |
| Talk |
