South of the Border

Betsy Lombard is host of “South of the Border,” on Monday from 10 to noon every 3 weeks.

The Universe is sound and music is an expression of its nature, it is a creative and healing force. Music has been a central part of my life since I was very young. I listen to and appreciate a wide range of genres and styles. Paula is an active and dynamic adventurer of consciousness exploration. […]

Karl has been a working musician off and on since he was 16 years of age. Originally a trombonist he added 5 string banjo and then electric bass soon after high school. After several tours of Canada with a rock band he took up jazz studies at Laney College in Oakland, switching to acoustic bass […]

Doug Austin has loved Latin music since he was first introduced to it as a teen in the Sixties, and he’s been collecting it ever since. Over the years he’s been inspired by musicians, writers and directors such as Trio Los Panchos, Gore Vidal, John Dos Passos and Costa-Gavras. The son of an army officer, […]

I arrived in Grass Valley in the winter of 1989. That winter was still the biggest winter snow storm since then. I started volunteering at KVMR in 1990 and in 1991 Music Director John Nichols offered me a one hour once a month program and told me I had to talk. That became the Tibet […]