The Cultural Significance of "Bakersfield and Beyond"
Posted by drblt at 10/20/2009 5:00 PM 
Categories: Bakersfield and Beyond
Tags: Bakersfield and Beyond New Bakersfield Sound KWMR Bakersfield Sound
Categories: Bakersfield and Beyond
Tags: Bakersfield and Beyond New Bakersfield Sound KWMR Bakersfield Sound
The Changing of the Guard: Kassidy Dawn and Bakersfield Sound
Pioneer, Lloyd Reading
If you've heard of the still-relatively-new radio show out of Marin County known as Bakersfield and Beyond, and have dismissed it rather than checking it out, for any reason at all, it may be because you haven't stopped to reflect on the cultural significance of the show.
There are still those living in Bakersfield, and those beyond Kern County that talk about the Bakersfield Sound as a thing of the past. Well, nothing could be further from the truth. The original trees are solid, but old. But old trees carry seeds, and when you shake the old trees around long enough and hard enough, the seeds begin to scatter and new trees begin to grow.
Mike and Amanda, the shows co-host have been busy shaking for over 6 months, and the fruits of their efforts are beginning to take root. Now, whenever there's a buzz about the Bakersfield Sound, you can usually trace it to the new epicenter, KWMR in Marin County.
Bakersfield and Beyond is keeping the Bakersfield Sound alive, and contributing to its burgeoning evolution by connecting the past to the present and to the future---to the artists who are the pioneers, and to the ones firmly grounded in their sound, who have claimed their legacy as their inheritance and moved forward to create new sounds. Bakersfield's own beloved Robert Price describes the show in a way I never could:
Check out the latest on the show via this link:
Bakersfield and Beyond
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