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KPBS Midday EditionAnthony Davis, UC San Diego professor of music, has won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for music for his 2016 opera The Central Park Five. -
KPBS Midday EditionAutobiographical comics with Fifi Martinez, San Diego Opera's Salome, Native Poppy's floral arranging, La Jolla Playhouse Tinkerbell wings, and — of course — brunch -
Through 16 turbulent and celebrated years leading the pop-punk band Paramore, Williams insisted she'd never make a solo album. Then life showed her that she was a different person than she'd known. -
Once part of Digable Planets, Butler continues to be a hip-hop innovator. He stays connected to new music through his son Jazz, who records as Lil Tracy. -
Jon Batiste premieres new songs and takes us through some of the many sides of his rich musical history at the Tiny Desk. -
Tony Allen was one of the founders of the deep-grooved Afrobeat style — alongside his musical collaborator, Fela Kuti. The drummer died Wednesday evening in Paris of a heart attack. -
KPBS Midday EditionWe're listening to new music from Le Butcherettes, The Midnight Pine, Le Saboteur and Maura Rosa, plus an upcoming show from The Donkeys and a staff pick from Jens Lekman. -
KPBS Midday EditionPrivate Playlist is a listening session with Southern California’s most notable musical figures in their private creative environments. -
The Casbah's Tim Mays, musician and organizer Mónica Mendoza, studio producer and engineer Ben Moore and freelance performer Nathan Hubbard weigh in when the music pauses -
Williams's catalog has, across more than a dozen albums, shaped Americana. Here's a map of her career's many high points.
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