Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s latest E.P. Enigma is a thoughtful, imaginative soundscape of liminal and transitional tones— transforming, floating, breathing collecti...
Chloe Zhao’s recent film Nomadland is a front runner for Best Picture in the Academy Awards this year. The film tells the story of America’s nomads, who are fo...
This story was originally aired on KPCC’s “Take Two” on February 1, 2021. It is published here with permission.
Last year, amid a pandemic as well politica...
It’s easy to feel like you don’t belong anywhere, especially if your family immigrated to the United States when you were just a small child. Russian American ...
Friends share their favorite music using playlists. These compilations earned the nickname mixtapes back in the 80's when they were compiled onto cassettes. Mi...
“When I woke up, it seemed to me that some snatch of a tune I had known for a long time, I had heard somewhere before but had forgotten, a melody of great swee...
Inna Faliks knows what it means to bring music to audiences in times of difficulty.
In order to keep the performances going, the critically-acclaimed ...
Conrad Tao, the internationally acclaimed composer-pianist, lives in an imaginative cosmos of his own, where vulnerability reigns. He is not afraid to perform ...
Polina Cherezova is a Russian American audio producer, writer, and pianist based in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared on KPCC, KQED, KCRW, LA Phil's Watch & Listen, as well as other digital and print publications. Polina's interests lie in long form audio documentaries, character-driven stories, and redefining traditional standards of arts and humanity.
