Best Bay Area Music of 2023
We team up with KQED music writers to showcase their favorite albums of 2023 from Bay Area artists you need to have on your playlist.
December 12, 2023
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December 12, 2023
Best Bay Area Music of 2023
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Summary
During the past year, Bay Area artists including Chicana songstress La Doña, homegrown rapper and producer Afterthought and Oakland indie singer-songwriter Madeline Kenney dropped new albums proving that our region remains a hotbed of musical talent. The genres and styles of music coming out of the Bay also reflect the diversity of thoughts and backgrounds of our region’s people. For this hour of Forum, we’re teaming up with KQED music writers to showcase their favorite albums of 2023 from Bay Area artists you need to have on your playlist. And, we’ll bring you a special live performance from one of the featured artists.
Guests:
Nastia Voynovskaya, associate editor, KQED Arts
Pendarvis "Pen" Harshaw, columnist, KQED Arts; host, KQED's "Rightnowish" podcast
Alan Chazaro, food reporter, KQED; poet; educator
Afterthought, San Francisco rapper and producer, the 2023 album "Communal Healing"
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