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Versastyle Playground still | Image from "Southland Sessions" E4: Dance Break

Versastyle Playground still | Image from "Southland Sessions" E4: Dance Break

Dance Break

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Def Sound "Struck" collage | Still from "Southland Sessions" E3: Musical Expansions in Quarantine

Def Sound "Struck" collage | Still from "Southland Sessions" E3: Musical Expansions in Quarantine

Musical Expansions

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Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra on stage at Grand Park during a New Year's Eve celebration | Samantha Lee sls ep9 preview

Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra on stage at Grand Park during a New Year's Eve celebration | Samantha Lee sls ep9 preview

Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra N.Y.E.L.A.

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A woman looks over the concrete Los Angeles River. Still image from Carmen Argote's "Last Light." | Still from "Southland Sessions" Civic Imagination sls ep10 image

A woman looks over the concrete Los Angeles River. Still image from Carmen Argote's "Last Light." | Still from "Southland Sessions" Civic Imagination sls ep10 image

Civic Imagination

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Dwight Trible performing at the Watts Towers Festivals | Still from "Southland Sessions" Watts Towers Festivals sls ep11

Dwight Trible performing at the Watts Towers Festivals | Still from "Southland Sessions" Watts Towers Festivals sls ep11

Watts Towers Festivals

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Aida Cuevas and La Marisoul at the Soraya | Ricki Quinn, Courtesy of the Soraya

Aida Cuevas and La Marisoul at the Soraya | Ricki Quinn, Courtesy of the Soraya

Winner of 2021 Imagen Awards: A Tribute to Linda Ronstadt at The Soraya

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The Music Center’s Spotlight Grand Finale

The Music Center’s Spotlight Grand Finale

The Music Center’s Spotlight Grand Finale

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Music Center's Spotlight full episode image"Southland Sessions"

Music Center's Spotlight full episode image"Southland Sessions"

The Music Center’s Spotlight Virtual Grand Finale

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Black and white photo of Culture Clash | Harry Gamboa Jr.

Black and white photo of Culture Clash | Harry Gamboa Jr.

Culture Clash’s Totally Fake Latino News

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A publicity shot of André Watts sitting by a piano | Courtesy of Pacific Symphony

A publicity shot of André Watts sitting by a piano | Courtesy of Pacific Symphony

Opening Night with Pacific Symphony

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Barbara Morrison at the Wallis | Still from "Barbara Morrison: Standing On Their Shoulders"

Barbara Morrison at the Wallis | Still from "Barbara Morrison: Standing On Their Shoulders"

Barbara Morrison - Standing On Their Shoulders

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Audra Mae | Courtesy of the Wallis

Audra Mae | Courtesy of the Wallis

Audra Mae - Songs of Joy & Peace with Dylan Meek

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Southland Sessions

Mariachi: from Romance to Resistance

Hosted by Mariachi musician Julian Torres, this episode explores the tradition of Mariachi music and its transformation through time and circumstance. See how groups are finding ways to survive and support one another like Mariachi Aguilas de Oxnard who took to the fields to celebrate farmers. Featuring special performances by La Marisol and Quetzal.

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Joel Jacques of Mariachi Los Criollos de Guadalajara holds his guitarrón before a Los Angeles gig. | Courtesy of Joel Jacques

Joel Jacques of Mariachi Los Criollos de Guadalajara holds his guitarrón before a Los Angeles gig. | Courtesy of Joel Jacques

Southland Sessions

How L.A.’s Mariachis Are Keeping the Music Alive and How You Can Help

Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea (top row), Leonor Xochitl Perez, Ph.D. (top row, sixth, clockwise) and Las Adelitas (bottom row, in red) in London at the International Mariachi Women’s Festival, July 21, 2018. | Eddie Sakaki Photographer

Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea (top row), Leonor Xochitl Perez, Ph.D. (top row, sixth, clockwise) and Las Adelitas (bottom row, in red) in London at the International Mariachi Women’s Festival, July 21, 2018. | Eddie Sakaki Photographer

Southland Sessions

The Rise of the Female Mariachi: A Brief History

Mariachis in white suits holding their instruments standing in front of a red house

Mariachis in white suits holding their instruments standing in front of a red house

How COVID-19 Swept California’s Mariachis

Southland Sessions

Deyra Barrera Performs From Her Backyard

Ayan does their makeup. | Still from "Makeup and Mariachi with Ayan"

Ayan does their makeup. | Still from "Makeup and Mariachi with Ayan"

Southland Sessions

Getting Ready with the Makeup Mariachi

Southland Sessions

First LGBTQ Mariachi Band Performs Socially Distant Serenata

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Audra Mae | Courtesy of the Wallis

Audra Mae | Courtesy of the Wallis

Southland Sessions

Audra Mae - Songs of Joy & Peace with Dylan Meek

One of pop music's great singer/songwriters finds her guiding light close to home. “Audra Mae: Songs of Joy & Peace” grew from that simple reminder that a song can mend the heart.