Bakotunes podcast features celebrity interviews, candid conversations and musings about music, movies from the past to the present. Hyperlocal and global. Anything goes. Hosted by Matt Munoz. Sponsored by Kern County's leading accident, injury, and workers' compensation law firm - CHAIN | COHN | CLARK
It's a Spring Break Weekend Podclash! Bakotunes meets The Real Talk Podcast! What's in store this time you ask? My special guest is Bakersfield singer-songwriter, Hunnie! It's been over…
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The Los Angeles and worldwide ska reggae scene is mourning the sudden passing of vocalist, Greg Lee, of LA ska traditionalists, Hepcat…
It's a St. Paddy's Weekend Podclash! Bakotunes meets The Real Talk Podcast! What's in store you ask? Guest Cesareo Garasa is an entertainment columnist for The Bakersfield Californian a…
RAMONA are one of Tijuana's leading indie pop acts with a sound that straddles the psychedelic sixties groovy (and romantic) garage sounds of Mexico and East LA Chicano soul creating …
Andrés (Aparicio) is a singer songwriter, multimedia creator who always has something brewing in the studio, on the road, and the multiverse. His latest album, "Sonny Torres and the Mul…
SPECIAL BAKOTUNES / REAL TALK CROSSOVER!
Cesareo Garasa is an entertainment columnist for The Bakersfield Californian and busy local musician, and also my longtime bandmate. In this spe…
Hey Ho, Let's Go! It's our 100th Episode!
Marky Ramone (Marc Steven Bell) is a legendary drummer who began playing drums in bands in the New York City area, before joining pioneering pu…
Latti Patterson is a Bakersfield-based singer songwriter who got her start performing with her father Deryl and sister Breeia as The Patterson Family band for over a decade in various l…
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Event Preview - For La Cultura (Feb. 10) - An evening celebrating Sicilian culture and music! Celebrate the rich beauty and deep history of Sicil…
Nate Berg was a veteran Bakersfield music promoter known for booking and promoting punk rock and alternative rock shows inside the Jerry's Pizza basement in downtown Bakersfield in the …
The Disassociates are an exciting new alternative rock quartet with a brand new album, "No Reason This Can't Be Fun" dropping today (1/19) on all streaming music platforms. Band members…
Gustavo Arellano is an award winning journalist and author from Orange County, CA. His written works and voice have been read, heard and debated all over Southern California on NPR, the…
Guest: Steve Sanders is the Chief Executive at Kern County Superintendent of Schools and Secretary / Treasure at California Living Museum (CALM). This year's HolidayLights runs from No…
Robert Peterson is the host of the Notorious Bakersfield podcast and book! We'll be catching up with Robert's latest adventures, his experiences since launching his (not just) true crim…
Itze Garcia is a singer songwriter and performer from Bakersfield, CA. A familiar voice and figure both on social media and in the community, Itze is an aspiring young talent who's comm…
Roddy Radiation is guitarist for legendary British ska band, The Specials! Still residing in his home city of Coventry, England, home of Two Tone Records and the youth movement that fol…
Diego Monterrubio is an award-winning artist and educator from the Central Valley whose life travels and journey as an artist is as remarkable as his colorful works. Born in the Mexican…
Event Preview! The 25th Annual Via Arté Italian Street Painting Festival returns to The Marketplace, 9000 Ming Ave. in Bakersfield, CA on Oct. 21-22, 2023.
Lauren Marty, Director of Mar…
It’s Friday the 13th! Resident cinephile, entertainment columnist, musician and bandmate Cesareo Garasa is back on his 50th birthday for a doozy of a chili dog rating review of "The Exo…
Bakotunes Halloween Season Kick-Off Show! Veteran sideshow performer (Universal Studios, Alice Cooper show) and actor (Tim Burton's "Big Fish", HBO's "Carnivale", TV's "America's Got Ta…