On this episode, San Francisco legend Sonny Smith of Sonny and the Sunsets talks about a trip to Senegal last year to meet and record with a handful of West African musicians -- and the resulting newly released album "The Diving Kind," a record filled with refreshing new sounds marrying Senegalese music with NorCal vibes. Plus two full hours of fresh music from the Bay and beyond.
Playlist
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What About Jane by Still Blank on Still Blank (Distant Relatives Recordings/Capitol Records/UMG/Still Blank) New -
Twin Fawn by Witch Post (Partisan Records) New -
Digeridoo by Veps (Veps/PNKSLM Recordings) New -
Bitch Year by Laney Jones on Laney Jones and the Spirits (AHPO Records) New -
Mosquito by Westerman on A Jackal's Wedding (Westernman/Partisan Records) New -
Super Glyde by Glyders on Forever (Drag City) New -
Cleaning Bricks by Insecure Men on A Man For All Seasons (Fat Possum) New -
Holding On by Salarymen on Take It Or Leave It (Salarymen) New -
Dodöi by Sessa on Pequena Vertigem de Amor (Mexican Summer) New -
Give Me More by Obongjayar on Paradise Now & Forever (September Recordings/Obonjayar) New -
Rollin and Tumblin by Valerie June (June Tunes Music/Concord) New -
Jack the Knife by The Growlers (The Growlers Records) New -
Fool to Cry (2025 Mix) by The Rolling Stones on Black and Blue (Super Deluxe) (Promotone BV/Universal Intl Music) New -
Airwaves by Aviva Le Fey on The Fool (Aviva Le Fey) New Local -
The Diving Kind by Sonny & The Sunsets on The Diving Kind (Rocks In Your Head) New Local -
Letter From the Future by Sonny & The Sunsets on The Diving Kind (Rocks In Your Head) New Local -
Why I Don't Go to the House of Mirrors by Sonny & The Sunsets on The Diving Kind (Rocks In Your Head) New Local -
Something to Let Go Of by Sonny and the Sunsets on The Diving Kind (Rocks in Your Head) New Local -
Changes by Sonny & The Sunsets on The Diving Kind (Rocks In Your Head) New Local -
Heavy by Sonny & The Sunsets on The Diving Kind (Rocks In Your Head) New Local -
Grateful Dead by Sonny & The Sunsets on The Diving Kind (Rocks In Your Head) New Local -
In and Out of the Cult by Sonny & The Sunsets on The Diving Kind (Rocks In Your Head) New Local -
Xmas Eve at the Metro by Autos on A Dandy Christmas '25 (Dandy Boy) New Local -
Freshly Fallen Snow by The Goods on A Dandy Christmas '25 (Dandy Boy) New Local -
Different This Year by Yea-Ming and the Rumours on A Dandy Christmas '25 (Dandy Boy) New Local -
Christmas in Real Time by Luke Sweeney on A Dandy Christmas '25 (Dandy Boy) New Local -
X-Mas Time Again by The Letterwriters on A Dandy Christmas '25 (Dandy Boy) New Local -
Have Yourself a Very Merry Christmas by Justin Ouellet & Ann Moss (recorded live) New Local