Kensington's Premium Blend

Kensington's Premium Blend

“Larry, what’s your favorite piece of music?” Truth is, I can’t tell you because to take all the music I’ve ever heard and enjoyed and reduce it to one thing above all the others is simply impossible for me.

I grew up around all kinds of music, learned to play piano, sang in the high school choir, and built a formidable record collection by the time I was in my early 20’s. Then I put in nearly 30 years as a radio announcer, working in album rock, adult contemporary, jazz, and classical music formats. In 2010, I left the radio business, and in 2016, started doing my weekly eclectic music show, Kensington’s Premium Blend, as a passionate hobby. It began as something I did (and continue doing) for a small community radio station in Columbus, Ohio. Since 2017, the program has been distributed to community stations throughout the United States by the Pacifica Network.

Every KPB program brings you some carefully considered combination of popular music, Americana, jazz, folk, Celtic, and anything else that adds flavor and spice. I always include a little bit of commentary, usually in the form of easily digested factoids about the music and the artists who make it.

Kensington's Premium Blend

Recent Episodes

June 7, 2025

KPB Program 248

KPB Program 248 Playlist -- 1st set: Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin) - Too Much Alike (Robert Plant w/Patty Griffin) - Long as I Can See the Light (Creedence Clearwater Revival) 2nd set: Green River (Eilen Jewell) - Tweeter...
May 31, 2025

KPB Program 247

KPB Program 247 Playlist -- 1st set: Pay Gap (Margo Price) - Freight Train (Chet Atkins) - Agrarum Nestas (The Chai Connection) - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (Joni Mitchell) 2nd set: Song C (Bruce Hornsby) - Slack Key Soquel ...
May 24, 2025

KPB Program 246

KPB Program 246 Playlist-- 1st set: Winter Light (Jess Gillam) - Dawn (Ola Gjeilo w/Max Ruisi & the 12 Ensemble) - Salt and the Sea (Gregory Alan Isakov) - Angelica (Rodrigo y Gabriela w/Orchestra conducted by Hans Zimmer) 2n...
May 17, 2025

KPB Program 245

KPB Program 245 Playlist -- 1st set: Band Call (Oscar Peterson Trio) -- I Don't Know (Bill Withers) -- Raat Ki Rani (Arooj Aftab) -- Pavane (Al Petteway) 2nd set: Magdalene (Andrea von Kampen) -- At the End of the Rainbow (Si...
May 10, 2025

KPB Program 244

KPB Program 244 Playlist -- 1st set: Gone with the Wind (Ella Fitzgerald) -- Spellbinder (Gabor Szabo) -- Any Major Dude Will Tell You (Steely Dan) -- Angel from Montgomery (Nicole Zuraitis) 2nd set: I Mean to Shine (Linda Ho...
May 3, 2025

KPB Program 243

KPB Program 243 Playlist-- 1st set: Recommend Me (Steep Canyon Rangers) A Whiter Shade of Pale (Magnus Lindgren) Thick as a Brick, Edit 1 and Edit 4 (Jethro Tull) -- 2nd set: Golden Hour (Kacey Musgraves) Ether & Wood (Alela ...