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Legendary San Diego Record Shop Reopens For Socially-Distanced Crate-Digging
- May 9
- By Max Rivlin-Nadler
A slew of businesses across the state reopened this weekend. But new rules to promote social distancing have changed the shopping experience drastically.
Silent Films With Live Music Every Sunday On YouTube
- May 8
- By Beth Accomando
With cinemas closed because of the coronavirus pandemic people are looking more and more to other options for entertainment. Here's one suggestion that harkens back to a cinema tradition more than a century old.
Only Here Podcast: Following The Footsteps Of Latin Music's Trip To The Top
- May 8
- By Kinsee Morlan
Tracing the story of how Latin music became as popular as American pop music with Isabela Raygoza, a music journalist from Tijuana and San Diego whose career closely paralleled the boom in Latin music that's happened over the past decade.
UC San Diego's Anthony Davis Wins Pulitzer For Central Park Five Opera
- May 7
- By Alison St John, Pat Finn
Anthony Davis, UC San Diego professor of music, has won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for music for his 2016 opera The Central Park Five.
San Diego Top Mother's Day Weekend Events: From Opera To Cartooning To Nature Mandalas To Brunch
- May 7
- By Julia Dixon Evans
Looking for a few ways to infuse art and culture into your pandemic weekend and Mother's Day?
5-Plus Songs To Discover In San Diego In May
- April 29
- By Julia Dixon Evans
We're listening to new music from Le Butcherettes, The Midnight Pine, Le Saboteur and Maura Rosa, plus an upcoming show from The Donkeys and a staff pick from Jens Lekman.
Private Playlist: Mia Doi Todd Recommends Space-Age Sounds And Brazilian Tunes
- April 29
- KCRW
Private Playlist is a listening session with Southern California’s most notable musical figures in their private creative environments.
Industry Interrupted: Music In San Diego In A Pandemic
- April 29
- By Julia Dixon Evans
What the future may look like for The Casbah, plus pandemic life in different corners of San Diego's music industry
Streaming Options: The Good, The Bad, And The Undead
- April 17
- By Beth Accomando
With cinemas closed, online streaming is the main source for new entertainment. This weekend you can choose among Asian gangsters, trolls and New York vampires.
Celebrating Public Radio Music Day
- April 16
- KCRW
Thursday, April 16, marks the first Public Radio Music Day which celebrates the special role that non-commercial radio stations play in bringing music to our ears.
5 Songs To Discover In April: The 'What We'll Miss' Version
- March 31
- By Julia Dixon Evans
Crank up the volume at home, close your eyes and it's almost like you're at a concert
How To Get Your Arts Fix While On Lockdown
So what if we can't go to a concert or play? San Diego may be on lockdown because of the coronavirus, but that doesn't mean performers have stopped performing or that we can't see or hear them.
Baby Bushka Has A Lot Of Strength Left
- March 24
- By Julia Dixon Evans
A new album from San Diego's own Kate Bush experience explores how honoring a legend walks "a nice fine line between sincere and humor and drama"
San Diego Arts And Artists Go Digital During Coronavirus Closures
- March 18
- By Brooke Ruth, Julia Dixon Evans, Maureen Cavanaugh
San Diego artists, art museums, galleries and performing arts groups are finding ways to still share their art while traditional spaces and gatherings are canceled.
Art In The Time Of COVID-19
- March 12
- By Julia Dixon Evans
Cancellations from San Diego Opera, the La Jolla Symphony and more, plus organizations that are embracing "the show must go on" in the face of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
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