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California Democrats will continue their dominance on Election Day. But Republicans don’t need to win across the board to have an impact.

It was a pretty wild year for music. Here are some KPBS staff picks for the best albums of 2022.

To celebrate this year's Public Radio Music Day, we asked KPBS staff what they're listening to right now, and why they love it.

This summer, check out five notable works of art on view in the region: Margaret Noble at Plumosa Park; Phillip K. Smith III at OMA; Natalia Ventura at The Front; Chris Burden and Bryon Kim at MCASD downtown; and Alika Cooper at Oolong Gallery.

Be among the first to experience the newly expanded Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego Flagship location in La Jolla. Join us today to receive a special invitation to our Members’ Reopening Celebration! Gather with us and discover new ways to engage at MCASD! On the eve of the official reopening, you are exclusively invited to join fellow Members, artists, community leaders, movers, and shakers as we celebrate the highly anticipated new Joan and Irwin Jacobs Building at MCASD. Tour the collection galleries, view the West Coast premiere of Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1960s, enjoy a cocktail, and take in the sunset over the Pacific from the new oceanview terraces. Become a member today! Click here. Date | Friday, April 8 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Location | Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla Plan your visit here! For more information, please visit mcasd.org/events/members-reopening-celebration or call (858) 454-3541.

This October, Candlebox is bringing their brutal lyrical honesty and songs that run the gamut from dirty rock stompers to timeless, radio-ready pop-rock tunes to San Diego. Performing along with The Dead Deads and Whole Damn Mess, this is a concert you cannot miss! Date | Saturday, October 23 at 9 p.m., doors open at 8 p.m. Location | Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach Get tickets here! Advanced admission: $35 Day-of-show admission: $38 Reserved Loft Seating: $62 (available over the phone or in person at our box office) This event is for public ages 21 and older. For more information, please visit the Belly Up Tavern website or call (858) 481-8140.

Like the great river that flows through Memphis, the music of Lucero keeps rolling on, twisting and turning through the years, the same dark and brooding steadiness always at work. Since forming in late the ‘90s, this group of Memphis road-dogs has mixed heartfelt lyrics with the sounds of early rock and roll, classic punk, country-folk, and deep-fried Southern soul. Performing alongside this band is Morgan Wade! Wade has figured out that when you grow up in Floyd, Virginia, where bluegrass sustains everyone like the Blue Ridge Mountain air but you hear other sounds like pop and punk in your own head, singing for yourself is the way to become the artist you were always meant to be. Today, with Reckless in tow, Wade is ready for her voice to be heard. They will be performing at Belly Up Tavern on Tuesday, November 16 at 8 p.m., doors open at 7 p.m. Get tickets here!: $30 advanced / $35 day of show / $53 reserved loft seating (loft seating is available over the phone or in person at our box office)

Conoce a los candidatos y aprende qué es lo que está en juego con la guía electoral de KPBS para la contienda electoral de este 8 de noviembre por el puesto de Alcalde de Chula Vista.

A Tainted Love performance is like reliving the 80’s in a way you have never before. They deliver the complete experience: phenomenal songs, great moves, iconic video projections, and seven of the most charismatic and accomplished musicians you’ll ever see. The band will take you back in time while keeping the party going all night long. Join Tainted Love and Metal Street Boyz for their live performance at Belly Up Tavern on Saturday, March 12 at 8 p.m. Get tickets here! Advanced admission: $26 Day-of-show admission: $29 Reserved loft seating: $46 Ages 21+ only. For more information, please visit bellyup.com/email-builder/tainted-love or call (858) 481-8140.

Beatrice Rana has been shaking the international classical music world, arousing admiration and interest from concert presenters, conductors, critics and audiences internationally. “Rana’s playing has a kind of Orphic seductiveness, a transcendent lightness of touch. A supremely intelligent reading.”– The Times of London Date | Friday, March 4 at 8 p.m., prelude at 7 p.m. Location | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center Get tickets here! Ticket prices ranging from $54 to $105. For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/beatrice-rana or call (858) 459-3728.