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Podcast: SoCal Influences on Americana Music
This 90-minute is a musical tour through five genres — car culture, singing cowboys, the Bakersfield sound, California country rock and punks gone country — where southern California has had profound influences on western
Read More »HWS Radio Special on SoCal Americana and Culture from the 1930s to Today
Hicks with Sticks brings SFBA Americana to the radio, but since the local scene has been d-e-a-d since March, this is an opportunity to do a special on Southern California’s western swing, alt-country, honky-tonk
Read More »Podcast: Hicks with Sticks on KALW, June 20, 2020, 6:30 – 8:00 PM
PODACST: Downloadable mix and set list from June 20th’s Hicks with Sticks special on KALW featuring SF Bay Area Americana bands, a John Prine Tribute and a chicken chorus
Read More »Musicians Coping With COVID-19 Turn To Facebook Live And Virtual Tip Jars
Musicians have turned to live-streaming and virtual tip jars to cope with coronavirus imposed stay-at-home orders that have shut off their social contact and income. Yesterday I watched James Inveldt stream a personal 3-hour
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