Bakotunes
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
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 142
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
In Memoriam: Rick Russell (Smokin' Armadillos, Lucky Ned Pepper)
Rick Russell was lead vocalist of hugely popular 90s Bakersfield country band, Smokin' Armadillos and his follow-up project, Lucky Ned Pepper, who passes away on Sept. 22, 2023 at the a…
The Garasa Files: "Carlos: The Santana Journey," "Expend4bles" (Reviews)
A Bakotunes Bonus! Bakersfield musician, entertainment columnist and my Mento Buru bandmate - Cesareo Garasa - stops by to co-review the amazing new Carlos Santana documentary: "Carlos:…
Rodrigo Reyes: Filmmaker & Director "Sanson & Me"
Mexican director Rodrigo Reyes makes films deeply grounded in his identity as an immigrant artist, crafting a poetic gaze from the margins of both cultures, using striking imagery to po…
Fabian Vasquez Euresti: Flix at The Fox
Fabian Vasquez Euresti is an independent filmmaker based out of Bakersfield, CA and current curator of FLIX at The Fox film series that features critically-acclaimed films from around t…
Alberto Herrera: A Delightfully Harmonic Life in Art
Alberto Herrera is an artist, musician and author based out of Bakersfield, CA. Widely known for his award-winning works of art, his passion for music dates back to his childhood and te…
Village Fest: Bakersfield's Original Party With a Purpose!
It's a Bakotunes-Real Talk podcast crossover episode event! Get a preview of one of Bakersfield's longest-running fundraising events, Village Fest, happening Sept. 9, 2023 at the Kern C…
Veronica Morley: No Sleep 'Til Deadline
Veronica Morley is a Senior Reporter at 23ABC News in Bakersfield, CA. Get to know this talented Multi-Media Journalist whose commitment to providing the community with the latest hyper…
Fest Fest 4 with Ruben Val Verde (Plan B Productions / Numbskull Shows)
It's a Fest Fest 4 preview! Includes music by Hello Goodbye, Andres, Doc Samson, and Carson Hill!
Ruben Val Verde is the co-founder of Fest Fest - independent music festival in Bakersf…
The Garasa Files: Narducci's and Vampires and Aliens, Oh My!
Entertainment columnist and my fellow Mento Buru bandmate, Cesareo Garasa, returns to Bakotunes to talk about the recent closure of longtime Old Town Kern restaurant and live music venu…
Quetzal Flores: Celebrating 30 Years of Music and Artivism
Bakotunes welcomes Quetzal Flores of the groundbreaking LA band Quetzal!
Join us on a musical journey as we explore the birth of this groundbreaking band in 90s era Los Angeles through …
The Garasa Files: Sound Of Freedom (Review)
It's a Bakotunes Bonus! Cesareo Garasa is a musician, cinephile, and freelance entertainment columnist at The Bakersfield Californian. In this episode, Cesareo shares his review of popu…
John F. Uranday: Behind The Lens
John F. Uranday is a filmmaker based out of Los Angeles, Ca. After getting his career started in hip hop and rap music in the nineties, he also helped kick off one of the first waves of…
Lowriding with Andres Chavez (National Chavez Center) & Danny Rodriguez (Classic Dreams Car Club)
Special Bakotunes-Real Talk Crossover Episode!
Andres Chavez is the Executive Director of the National Chavez Center in Keene, CA. Danny Rodriguez is founder of the longtime Lowrider ca…
JFP: Hip Hop and the Power of Positivity
JFP (Julie Fucking Potter!) is a highly respected voice in the LGBTQ+ hip hop world. Hailing from the conservative red city of Bakersfield, CA. She has been a student of hip hop since d…
Carmelo Alvarez: 40 Years of Radiotron
Carmelo Alvarez is the founder of Youth Break Center, Inc., aka Radiotron in Los Angeles. Alvarez takes us through his early years in the West Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, breaking…
Pam Tillis
Bakotunes welcomes a true queen of country music, the great Pam Tillis. If you're well versed in big nineties country music and its related history, you should already know her hits and…
Felipe Esparza
Bakotunes welcomes comedian, actor, podcaster Felipe Esparza for a 'What's Up Fool?' extravaganza. It's been thirteen years since our last interview after winning NBC's "Last Comic Stan…
Junor Francis and Eric Kohler: LA's Ambassadors of SKA
Bakotunes welcomes longtime LA ska and reggae music brethren Junor Francis, host of Reggae Connection (KSPC, Clairmont College) and The Reggae Show (KLXU), and Eric Kohler (Goldenvoice,…
Adriana Magana (Shexist / Tigercide)
It's a New Year at Bakotunes! Adriana Magana is a multi-talented singer songwriter known as Shexist and also one-half of Los Angeles experimental electronic music duo, Tigercide. Includ…
Casey Niccoli
From the Bakotunes vault! A previously unreleased, rare interview with Casey Niccoli, the original "Classic Girl" of Jane's Addiction. Casey opens up about her romantic and creative rel…