John Rabe is the host of 89.3-KPCC’s Off-Ramp, an eclectic mix of radio pieces designed to make you get your butt off the couch and explore Southern California. Here’s John’s personal list of music he discovered or rediscovered in 2011. MUDDY WATERS-HARD AGAIN I had this on cassette in the 1980s, and it’s hard to [...]

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Mississippi Man is well on their way to releasing their second EP but first they’re testing out new tunes every Monday at their November residency at the Silverlake Lounge. In between writing songs and writing residency diaries, singer and guitarist David Knight speaks about how fast the band is moving and what he misses most about the deep South. This interview by Britt Witt.

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Thank technology for letting three musicians in three different parts of the country be a band together. Former Ghosts is Freddy Ruppert (This Song Is A Mess But So Am I), Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu), and Nika Roza (Zola Jesus). Make their L.A. show your Halloween destination. This interview by Daiana Feuer.

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