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UnderCurrents Creator and Host Gregg McVicar (Tlingit) is an award-winning radio producer with a deep background in all aspects of on-air life: journalism, documentaries, interviewing, field recording, digital editing & mixing, voiceover, live talk shows...and of course, music. He started playing drums in the 4th grade and these days unwinds behind his Yahama Recording Custom kit.

He began his radio career in college radio (KHSU) grew his DJ chops in rural markets like Arcata and Mendocino, then moved up to major market radio in Sacramento, Los Angeles and The Bay Area, working on-air at stations while freelancing for NPR, Pacifica, CBC and others. Gregg holds a masters degree from The Annenberg School for Communication at USC. All along the way, he's been collecting music, meeting artists, teaching, learning, sharing and enjoying the creative playground of noncommercial radio.

Senior Producer Gabriela Castelan (Chicana) hosts once a week, usually on Sundays. Over the years, you may have heard her on KBBF, KQED, CSU Radio News, PressOne, California Public Radio, KPFA, Pacifica, and national voiceovers. Gabriela holds a masters degree in Public Administration from California State University. She has a great ear for music, informed by her love of Jazz and honed by playing guitar, piano, singing and attending some 75 music festivals. She also distributes the playlists to you each day here on this website and on Twitter.

We are living, breathing folks who care about music as much as you do. We are not robots...