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Behind The Scenes: Mavis Staples & Ben Harper - "We Get By"

Published 5 years ago by Marc "Mookie" Kaczor
Behind The Scenes: Mavis Staples & Ben Harper - "We Get By"

Mavis Staples and Ben Harper from the album 'We Get By,' available May 24th, 2019.

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Music Director Picks #21: Sunny War, LA Edwards, Joshua Ray Walker

Published 5 years ago by Marc "Mookie" Kaczor
Music Director Picks #21: Sunny War, LA Edwards, Joshua Ray Walker

Exceptional songwriting by Sunny War, the sincere and intense conviction of Joshua Ray Walker and a Heartbreaker produced song from LA Edwards.

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Music Director Picks #20: WARGIRL, Devon Gilfillian, Alice Wallace

Published 6 years ago by Marc "Mookie" Kaczor
Music Director Picks #20: WARGIRL, Devon Gilfillian, Alice Wallace

Introducing Devon Gilfillian, the swingin' sound of West Coast's WARGIRL and Alice Wallace the sweetheart of Americana. 

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Øzwald: As The Crow Flies

Published 6 years ago by Marc "Mookie" Kaczor
Øzwald: As The Crow Flies

Former Blondfire/Lost Beach member Steve Stout teams up with Lifehouse’s Jason Wade in a paisley and modern-vintage colored kaleidoscope. Fueled by heartbreak and a new found friendship. Their debut album is called Sweet Delirium. 

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Echo In The Canyon: LA’s Laurel Canyon In The 1960s

Published 6 years ago by Marc "Mookie" Kaczor
Echo In The Canyon: LA’s Laurel Canyon In The 1960s

Echo In The Canyon celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of LA’s Laurel Canyon in the mid-60s as folk went electric and The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield and The Mamas and the Papas gave birth to the California Sound. 

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Music Director Picks #19: Desure, Foxygen, Addi McDaniel

Published 6 years ago by Marc "Mookie" Kaczor
Music Director Picks #19: Desure, Foxygen, Addi McDaniel

Introducing Desure reflecting about life in Los Angeles (and life in general), the infinitely influential Foxygen and Addi McDaniel's take on an Andrew Bird song. 

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Music Director Picks #18: Mavis Staples, Kevin Morby, The Way Down Wanderers

Published 6 years ago by Marc "Mookie" Kaczor
Music Director Picks #18: Mavis Staples, Kevin Morby, The Way Down Wanderers

A new Mavis Staples song produced by Ben Harper, indie favorite Kevin Morby and the genre bending of The Way Down Wanderers.

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Music Director Picks #17: The Head And The Heart, The Wild Reeds, Black Mountain

Published 6 years ago by Marc "Mookie" Kaczor
Music Director Picks #17: The Head And The Heart, The Wild Reeds, Black Mountain

The Head And The Heart roar back with an upbeat sound, LA based The Wild Reeds let us be a fly on the wall and psych rockers Black Mountain melt faces with a guitar ripper. 

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