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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
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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
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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
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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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