The Difficult Listening Hours

01/11/2023

Tonight! For the first time ever on The Difficult Listening Hours, we're hosting a LIVE on-air performance/interview with Seattle's doom-folk troupe, Geist & the Sacred Ensemble, who are just wrapping up another West Coast tour. Tune in to The Difficult Listening Hours this evening, and every Wednesday 10pm-Midnight, for an eclectic mix of strange & beautiful sounds from around the globe. Only on Humboldt Hot Air!!!

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16/12/2021

Carpathian dreamin'
On such a winter's day.

Tune into The Difficult Listening Hours from 9-11pm, tonight! This evening's program will explore progressive rock and experimental folk from Romania! The Difficult Listening Hours, only on Humboldt Hot Air.

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24/11/2021

Tonight's episode of The Difficult Listening Hours concludes our exploration into Kosmische/Krautrock and will feature two hours of collected works from one of West Germany's most alluring acts, FAUST. Tune in to Humboldt Hot Air this evening, from 9-11pm!!!

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18/11/2021

Tonight's program features two hours of selected works from Amon Düül II. Tune in! humboldthotair.org

03/11/2021

Tonight's program will feature two hours of CAN bootlegs!

27/10/2021

This evening's theme: Heaven & Hell.

Featuring the celestial sounds of Hildegard von Bingen (performed by Jocelyn Montgomery & David Lynch... Yes, that David Lynch), and Andreas Ammer/FM Einheit's Radio Inferno (follow Dante & Virgil on their hypnotic journey through the Nine Cirlcles of Hell. Hosted by the legendary John Peel). Interspersed with field recordings from Cuba, Senegal, Slovakia, Vienna, Prague, Olympia, and The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas.

Gonna be spooky! You've been warned!!!

21/10/2021

Tonight's playlist (the theme is "Artists from Germany").

Faust, Amon Düül II, Bröselmaschine, CAN, Einstürzende Neubauten, Die Haut, Wolfram Huschke, Caspar Brötzmann, Amon Düül, Tangerine Dream, Harmonia, Klaus Schulze, Popul Vuh, Agitation Free, Wolfgang Dauner, Höelderin, and selected tracks from the Wings of Desire Soundtrack.

13/10/2021

A preview of tonight's playlist (the theme is "Artists with ties to the Pacific-Northwest").

Six Organs of Admittance, Dave Heatwave, Church, Captain Beefheart, The Planet The, Point Juncture WA, IOA, Nice Nice, Unwound, The Shivas, Rllrbll, SSS Music, Apoplexia, Danava, Comets on Fire, Die Geister Beschwören, Robbie Basho, DJ Lotus Organa, Datura Blues, Menomena, Akron/Family, Cloaks, Magic Mouth, Talkdemonic, Ed & The Red Reds, Birch Book, Horse Cult, Plankton Wat, Sun City Girls, On The Stairs, Electro Kraken, At Dusk, Jackie O Mo********er, Pill Thief, The Ian Fays, Crowey, The Medieval Jug Band, Bill Frisell...

12/10/2021

06/10/2021

Welcome to the revival of Oryan Peterson-Jones' longtime running radio program!!! The Difficult Listening Hours premiered on KRFH 105.1 FM (1999-2003), moved to KZME 1071 FM (2011-2014), and will now be hosted by Humboldt Hot Air! Tune in Wednesdays, from 9-11pm, for an eclectic mix of dusty field recordings, outsider folk, primitive psychedelia, and experimental world, emphasizing artists with ties to the Pacific Northwest.