Taya Jae
Host, Producer and Program CoordinatorThe first time Taya was on the radio was a KVNF pledge drive promo recorded in 1998, she was 5. It went something like this, “I like KVNF because it’s fun to listen to music” she goes on to say, “music is like a dream”. Born in Paonia and raised in small towns all across the US, Taya returned to her birthplace 5 years ago. Taya holds a BA in Socio-Cultural Anthropology from Bennington College and a Graduate Certificate in Audio Storytelling from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. When she's not producing programming for KVNF, Taya can be found cultivating her plant nursery, collecting rocks or adventuring somewhere with her heeler pups.
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James Kirby will perform at the Grand Mesa Arts and Events Center with Ellen Stapenhorst on Saturday April 20th at 7 pm. -
Paonia Players, a community theater company founded in 2001, officially became a non profit this year. At the end of this month Paonia Players will perform the Disney stage musical Beauty and the Beast. KVNF's Taya Jae joined the cast during their rehearsals and brings us this story. -
AJ Fullerton to tour western slope with new album. -
Writer Jessica Lee joins Taya Jae to talk about metaphor, language and we can learn from the history of plants. -
Tune in for a conversation that meanders through the difficulties of election year, to the joy of snacks and Anna's love of Paonia stone fruit. -
Andrew, Courtlyn, Will and Jim of the Colorado based band Sturtz, join Taya Jae to discuss rocks, listening rooms and their upcoming album. -
Join 8 local storytellers as they share tales of the road. -
The ladies of Mama Lingua join Taya Jae to celebrate Women's History Month, the release of their new EP, Home Studio Sessions, and to talk about their upcoming show at Bluecorn Cafe in Montrose, at the end of the month. -
Colorado Author Laura Pritchett joins Taya Jae on The Pen and The Sword to discuss latest book, Playing with (Wild) Fire, out now from Torrey House Press. -
Each year the Paradise Theater in Paonia hosts the Cabin Fever Series, a collection of films, live music, comedians, cult classics and documentaries designed to get us out of our winter ruts. On Wednesday March 6th The Paradise will show Body of a Line, a 10-minute, animated climbing documentary. Taya Jae sat down with local filmmakers and climbers Henna Taylor and Madaeline Sorkin.
