Dore Stein’s Tangents Radio on KALW (91.7 fm) is a music show. Beginning with American roots music, Tangents takes the listeners on a four-hour global trot every Saturday from 8-midnight. The art of Tangents lies in Dore’s ability to set one piece of music against another, no matter the style and genre, and you find yourself moving from portal to portal seamlessly, sometimes with a surprise, but the transition is always musical. Magic happens not only in the songs but also at the moment between songs. Most of us don’t realize: a piece of music can sound better when “framed” by another. The juxtaposition on Tangents is always improvised (That means Dore doesn’t know what song he’ll play next until the last moment.) Tangents listeners often comment on how they are moved by the show.
Photo credit: Jennifer Cheek.
