What makes us belong to a place? What is the sonic footprint we carry in our hearts and minds to give us a sense of home? What do you carry in your memory that helps you know that you belong?
The Sounds of California: Bayview concert was designed as a cross-cultural platform which recognized migration as a journey to create new homes, building upon the cultural threads of the places we physically leave behind. Hosted by beloved San Francisco actor and activist Rhodessa Jones, the concert featured Bay Area artists Omnira Institute’s Awon Ohun Omnira Choir, La Familia Peña-Govea, Özden Öztoprak and Işık Berfin, and the Au Co Vietnamese Musical Ensemble. Their music amplified four cultural communities’ experiences of migration and immigration: African American, Mexican and Mexican American, Kurdish Alevi, and Vietnamese.
Click here to listen to the SOC: Bayview concert, recorded by Radio Bilingüe.
A chat between mariachis about the tradition, struggles, and the evolution of the music.
Listen to the ConversationTwo Chicanx songwriters discuss their connection to the visual, sonic, and political landscape of Boyle Heights.
Listen to the ConversationTwo traditional musicians share their love songs to Boyle Heights, singing of gentrification, cultural loss, and what remains.
Listen to the ConversationTwo generations of women songwriters Lysa Flores and La Marisoul unpack love, decolonization and sanctuary space in Boyle Heights.
Listen to the ConversationTwo versatile artists take us through the multiracial history of Boyle Heights from redlining to the Jewish Bakers Union to the incarceration of Japanese Americans.
Listen to the ConversationA chat between mariachis about the tradition, struggles, and the evolution of the music.
Listen to the ConversationTwo Chicanx songwriters discuss their connection to the visual, sonic, and political landscape of Boyle Heights.
Listen to the ConversationTwo traditional musicians share their love songs to Boyle Heights, singing of gentrification, cultural loss, and what remains.
Listen to the ConversationTwo generations of women songwriters Lysa Flores and La Marisoul unpack love, decolonization and sanctuary space in Boyle Heights.
Listen to the ConversationTwo versatile artists take us through the multiracial history of Boyle Heights from redlining to the Jewish Bakers Union to the incarceration of Japanese Americans.
Listen to the Conversation
