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Tamara Palmer

Tamara Palmer

KQED Contributor

I'm a professional DJ, freelance writer, recipe developer and independent publisher of zines about music and food. You'll find my byline in a wide range of news, tech and entertainment publications. My first book Country Fried Soul: Adventures in Dirty South Hip-Hop was published in 2005, and a more personal West Coast anthology called California Love is planned for 2023.

By Tamara Palmer
Two Black men, one in white with dreadlocks and one in brown and bald, embrace and smile for the camera

‘Blow the Whistle’ is 20 Years Old — and Keeps Going On and On

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A black-and-white illustration features graffiti characters with exaggerated features, spray cans and other details.

How a Photocopied Zine from San Francisco Helped Turntablism Go Global

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Mac Dre performs on stage in 2004, wearing giant sunglasses, a striped polo shirt and Adidas jacket. Men on stage are going dumb, dancing and singing along to the lyrics.

Listen: Our Thizz DJ Mix Honors Mac Dre’s Complicated, Posthumous Empire

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A collage features Pam the Funkstress on her turntables, Kamaiyah performing in a windbreaker jumpsuit and Ruby Ibarra posing in a bucket hat.

Listen: Our ‘That’s My Word’ DJ Mix Honors 36 Years of Women in Hip-Hop

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A short Black man in dreads holds up a microphone with one hand and rest his other rm on the shoulder of a smiling, larger man

How the Bay Area and the South Became Hip-Hop Family

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Tricked-Out Treats for Halloween

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Shrooms, Chokes, Fruits: Bay Area Chefs on How To Pick Winter Produce, Pt. 3

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Bay Area Chefs on How to Select Winter Produce, Part 2

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Bay Area Chefs on How to Select Winter Produce

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