Sounds

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A Western AF Video Playlist

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mike vanata, left, and brian harrington founded western af to promote americana singers and songwriters

We’re Western AF

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Rosebud Awards: Best Music

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Rosebud Awards: Best Podcast

gabriel tenorio at his studio in boyle heights

Keeping Guitars High-Strung

el Último sueño de frida y diego, san francisco opera

Coming Soon: El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego

Songs of the Stars

guitarist bokyung “bo” byun

Teaching Schoolkids How to Strum

pan afrikan peoples arkestra, bassist roberto miranda

This L.A. Jazz Collective Hits All the Right Notes

jeff chang, the san francisco bay area author of can’t stop won’t stop a history of the hip hop generation, which won an american book award in 2005

It’s a Hip-Hop World

Tupac’s Legacy Lives On

conductor jessica bejarano founded the san francisco philharmonic, which she aims to fill with accomplished, diverse musicians

Classical Music’s Leading Ladies

Judy Garland’s Biggest Fan

Opera in Service of Its Audience

james ransome, sunset boulevard sounds

The Sounds of a City

Playing a Sweet Mix of Gumbo

fisherpoets gathering, linda crider

Alta Picks: FisherPoets Gathering

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the our fifty states project began as a publicity stunt and has ended, 17 years and a pandemic later, as a 54 album set—one for each state in the union plus puerto rico, other us territories, the district of columbia, and the moon

To California, from California

826 Valencia Voices

a homeless woman and her son live in a parking lot designated for people experiencing housing insecurity

Safe Space for the Mobile Homeless

la opera’s first artist in residence, composer conductor and macarthur fellow matthew aucoin, leads the company’s orchestra in a 2018 production of rigoletto

Matthew Aucoin Makes Opera for 2020

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The Tomb of the Unknown “Wetback”

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Alta’s Best Podcasts 2019

Recorded Live: Singer Paula West Gets Personal

Hummingbirds Are Fascinating. Really.

Can Cancer Be Funny?

Nick Neely Follows the Footsteps of Portolá

Mr. Peace on Modern Resistance

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Renaissance of the Written Word

Native son Buck Owens helped define the raw and rough-hewn Bakersfield sound that cemented California’s important role in the evolution of country music.

California’s Role in Country Music

Remembering Climbing Legend Tom Frost

Man-Made Meat is a Very Real Thing

Joel Sartore’s Photo Ark Project

Past, Present and Future: Women in Classical Music

CalFire’s Aerial First Responders

Musso & Frank Grill Turns 100

Altatude Cartoonist Phil Witte

The Money-Making Manson Inc.

Northern California’s Wild Horses

Planet’s Woke Satellites

Bonus Episode: Rethinking Steve Jobs

Can the L.A. Times be Saved?

Bonus Episode: L.A.’s Underground Nightlife

The Fierce Issues Surrounding Feral Cats

Bonus Episode: Julian Guthrie’s Alpha Girls