After seven years of hosting Mateo's Magic Bus most weeks on the amazing community radio station in Winter Park, CO - KFFR 88.3 FM & KFFR.org - I now have hundreds of 2-hour playlists in the rearview mirror with a growing focus to feature new music on at least 1/2 of each show. I like to tell folks that there is more amazing music out there than probably ever, the volume is incredible but it takes some time to find and you have to develop the tools to help you do that (i.e. with 7 years of my...

Well, where do you begin - in today's fast paced, newly-AI-driven world, there remain respites and reminders of what tethers us as humans to what really matters. Books, jazz, great friends, community, history - a good start? I was recently celebrating a milestone birthday with a zero on the end and was so fortunate to gather my besties for a night out in my favorite city, San Francisco. Since it was my day, I got to choose the starting point & with a clean slate of possibilities on a Friday...

Broadcast high in the Rockies Thursdays 2PM - 4PM MT on KFFR 88.3-FM, KWTR 89.1-FM, and KFFR.org , Mateo’s Magic Bus takes listeners on a journey around the world, exploring the roots of jazz and blues alongside music from today and the past decades that has been influenced by these incredible art forms. On this week's ride, DJ Mateo is joined by friend and supporter of KFFR, Clif Wilson, who spent much of his career in radio from the management side, most notably as an executive for a number...