Novena Carmel

Co-Host at KCRW-FM (Santa Monica, CA)

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Bootsy Collins: KCRW Guest DJ Set

1 week ago | kcrw.com | Novena Carmel

Bootsy Collins - bass legend, funk pioneer, omnipresent collaborator (James Brown, Parliament Funkadelic, Fatboy Slim, etc.) - is KCRW's latest guest selector. He joins us on the heels of dropping his 23rd (!) studio album, Album Of The Year #1 Funkateer.
Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: May 22, 2025

2 weeks ago | kcrw.com | Novena Carmel

By Novena Carmel KCRW's signature music program, Morning Becomes Eclectic, is hosted by Novena Carmel and features a thoughtfully curated mix of new releases, timeless classics, offbeat gems, live performances and candid artist interviews.
Little Dragon's Yukimi makes her solo debut at HQ

1 month ago | kcrw.com | Novena Carmel

Little Dragon frontwoman Yukimi Nagano dropped her debut solo LP For You in March of this year, but we've been picking up what she's been putting down since she shared the album's first single - "Break Me Down" - in October of 2024. The bold and sophisticated funkiness of that one made it all the way to our Favorite Songs of 2024 list, with Producer Anna Chang offering this: "Solo Yukimi Nagono (of Little Dragon) has arrived, and this first taste is nothing short of glorious.
Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: May 1, 2025

1 month ago | kcrw.com | Novena Carmel
Dora Jar: KCRW Guest Selector Set

1 month ago | kcrw.com | Novena Carmel

Avant-pop shapeshifter Dora Jar has amassed quite the resume since dropping her debut EP Digital Meadow in 2021: Billie Eilish, The 1975, and Gracie Abrams are just a few of her recent tourmates. Now she's preparing to venture out again - this time with HAIM in support of their 2025 I Quit tour. And she's plenty accomplished in her own right, with her 2024 LP No Way to Relax When You Are on Fire racking up critical acclaim and a hearty co-sign from KCRW's Sam Sanders.
d4vd: KCRW Guest Selector Set

1 month ago | kcrw.com | Novena Carmel

Twenty year-old gamer-turned-singer-songwriter d4vd (pronounced "David") is a major presence on TikTok, YouTube, Spotify... basically anywhere you find music on the internet. Chances are you've heard him before, as a contributor to the billion plus streams he's racked up across platforms. Just ahead of dropping his debut album WITHERED on Friday,Apr. 25, d4vd pops by to share five songs that inspired the LP.
KCRW Guest Selector Set: Tierra Kennedy

1 month ago | kcrw.com | Novena Carmel

Tiera Kennedy has been busy blazing a vibrant musical trail all her own, lining it with the familiar and inviting sounds of R&B, country, and gospel. You'll hear her represented on Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter, find her fresh from touring with her mentor Shania Twain, and promoting her recently (and independently) released LP . Next stop, Stagecoach! But not before she hits KCRW with a Guest Selector set of five songs that inspired her as she was getting Rooted ready for the world.
Seun Kuti: KCRW Guest Selector Set

1 month ago | kcrw.com | Novena Carmel

Ready the throne, because Afrobeat royalty is in the building. Seun Kuti, son of Fela, has spent most of his life preserving and extending his father's political and musical legacy as the leader of Fela's former band Egypt 80.
Parcels: KCRW Guest Selector Set

1 month ago | kcrw.com | Novena Carmel

Australia-bred, Berlin-based electro-pop five piece Parcels craft laidback, daytime disco grooves that'll sound just right on your Poolside playlist. But let's be real, they're probably already on there. They were discovered in 2016 by Daft Punk - as legend goes both members happened to be in attendance at one of the band's shows in Paris. They've since gone on to rack up over a billion streams and 600,000 album/EP sales. This Friday will mark the band's third(!) year of playing Coachella.
Nemahsis: KCRW Guest Selector Set

1 month ago | kcrw.com | Novena Carmel

Palestinian-Canadian, poignant-folk-singer-songwriter Nemahsis hit our radar last year with the arresting single " Spinning Plates" from her debut LP Verbathim: Her striking shifts between growl-register spoken word verses and the lilting beauty of her singing voice on the chorus stopped us in our tracks.