Live Streaming Event FRI 7/2 - 2pm - 6pm

Desiree Cannon

Sitka Sun

Join us on the start of your 4th of July Weekend.

River Theater Radio will be presenting a free LIVE STREAM concert. Click Here.

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KGGV’s DJ - Reckless Ryan will host the show starting at 2pm

Live Show begins at 2:30pm

Featuring Artists

2:30pm : Desiree Cannon - In her debut release, Beach Sleeper, Desiree Cannon leaves everything on the studio floor - the studio, in this case, is the living room of a 1920s Oakland house littered with records and a variety of 1970s and 80s analog recording equipment. She invites you in, offers you a glass of whiskey, and then proceeds to read every page of her diary from the last 10 years and burn each one in the brick fireplace. The recording of Beach Sleeper was an extension of her life, which these days is lived mostly between the industrial shoreline and the dimly-lit corners of Oakland. The album was recorded with friends, in a comfortable space, with a focus on capturing a true experience. Beach Sleeper is all sides of Desiree's songwriting and spirit: the sparse country ballad, "Low Flyin' Angel", the soulful 50s heartbreak anthem, "Oh Darlin", the haunting psychedelic saga, "Train Man," and the heavy, yet sparkling, "Mountain Lion Mama". The album is heart-worn, complicated, and raw - it's recommended for anyone who understands the complexity of human emotion and isn't afraid to cry.

Beach Sleeper is produced by Desiree Cannon & Nate Mahan (Shannon & the Clams), recorded to 1/2-inch tape by Kit Center (Long Road Society), mixed by Greg Ashley (The Creamery), and features instrumentation by Mahan, Will Sprott, Elias Reitz, Patrick Murphy, & Aviva Lipkowitz. 

To Listen: BEACH SLEEPER

4:00pm : Sitka Sun - The instrumental music of composer and bassist Patrick Murphy, Sitka Sun draws influence from a wide range of musical traditions, with compositions built around interwoven melodies, meditative rhythms, and psychedelic textures. Sitka Sun - at its deepest roots - is a jazz project, brimming with skilled composition & talented players, each one having a critical role in developing their distinctive, multi-dimensional sound. Murphy has been a student of music for most of his life - picking up a guitar for the first time at twelve, gigging with blues bands throughout grade school, studying jazz and classical music at Ithaca Conservatory of Music in New York, and being a part of numerous musical ensembles and bands from New York City to the Bay Area. Drawing inspiration from African and Caribbean music - filtered through the lens of an American blues, jazz, and soul upbringing - Murphy developed a wide range of styles, playing everything from jazz to afrobeat, americana to funk. After years of being a sideman, Murphy began to hone in on a new, but classic, sound, and began composing the music that would ultimately become Sitka Sun.