Jim Motavalli – The Jim Motavalli Show is on the second, fourth and fifth Tuesdays of the month, 8-11 p.m. It mixes up long, carefully arranged sets in multiple genres with segments that draw upon my journalistic background, including interviews with authors, experts in many fields, and musicians. I also present live music whenever possible.

You’d think that after all this time I’d have come up with a name for my show, but it seems to exist happily without one. I like to mix up genres, sometimes in the same set. My touchstones are jazz, folk, Americana, old-time country (not bluegrass), some subsets of rock, and electronic music in many forms. But I also love world music, especially if it’s from Mali.

I like radio to be challenging, so sometimes I’ll have five or six talk/interview segments built into the three-hour slot. I almost never have anyone turn me down on a chance to be live on the radio!

I wish I had a list of everyone I’ve interviewed. At random, some names I recall are Ralph Stanley, Joan Rivers, Herbie Hancock, John Hammond, Chick Corea, Stewart O’Nan, B.B. King, Sterling Hayden, E.L. Doctorow, Bruce Molsky, Mike Seeger, Dan Hicks, Robert Stone, Patrick Sky, Miroslav Vitous, Eli Smith, and many more. I’d like to interview Tony Bennett. Tony, are you listening? Can you put it on the calendar?