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with Greg Cruz

Who or what inspires you?

My mother

Why do you love Radio Venice?

It is a Venice original

Favorite song right now?

Man in Black

Favorite album right now?

Lynyrd Skynyrd Greatest Hits

Latest hobby you picked up?

Social media promotions

Last thing you read?

Louis Lamour

Best breakup song?

Nothing Compares to You

Best makeout song?

Sleepwalk

Favorite quarantine activity?

Facebook

Favorite comfort food?

Mac and cheese tuna casserole

Favorite instrument …

Guitar

… and does it have a name?

Little Rosie

Venice Current: ‘Music Box Microstage’ Brings Big Sounds to Venice

Venice Current - Music Box Microstage Brings Big Sounds to Venice - Radio Venice

VENICE- On Friday evenings around sunset, Billy Stobo parks his work truck in front of 32 Windward Avenue. He unloads a large wooden box from his trailer and starts setting up a sound system. By 7 p.m., as the boardwalk starts to quiet down, a crowd will gather to hear various performers step up into the box to provide a night of free music.

The Music Box Microstage, as Stobo calls it, began around two years ago when Stobo, a carpenter by day, cleaned out his tool cabinet.

“I was moving it,” the Redondo Beach native said of the seven-by-four-foot wooden enclosure, “and I was like, ‘This is pretty big. I can stand in here…and my guitar fits, too’.”

Stobo outfitted the box with a small PA system plus lights and began experimenting with locations for his portable show. He started near the beach, then near Zelda’s Corner on Westminster. Stobo then partnered with Radio Venice, a weekly live music show webcasting from Ocean Front Walk. Last summer, he moved the show in front of Only In Venice Vintage clothing store on Windward at the invitation of its owner, Petey Pete.

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with Marie-Clo

Who or what inspires you?

Nature

Why do you love Radio Venice?

Such a wonderful initiative; artists from all over gathering to play.

Favorite song right now?

Bedroom by Litany

Favorite album right now?

VelkomBak by Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra

Latest hobby you picked up?

Depression. Just kidding. Knitting.

Last thing you read?

The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan

Best breakup song?

Anything Patrick Watson

Best makeout song?

Woman Is A Word by Empress Of

Favorite quarantine activity?

Dancing as if I’m at a party with humans.

Favorite comfort food?

Chips immediately followed by chocolate. Then chips again.

Favorite instrument …

Keyboard

… and does it have a name?

Synthy Cindy

Marie-Clo

with Dead Rock West

Who or what inspires you?

The Ocean

Why do you love Radio Venice?

We LOVE Radio Venice because Radio Venice loves to be inspired. Michael & Rae love music & we love them.

Favorite song right now?

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

Favorite album right now?

This May be the Last Time – The Staples Singers

Latest hobby you picked up?

Cooking!

Last thing you read?

Seth Speaks – Jane Roberts

Best breakup song?

Turn! Turn! Turn! – The Byrds

Best makeout song?

Fade Into You – Mazzy Star

Favorite quarantine activity?

Walking

Favorite comfort food?

Soup

Favorite instrument …

Piano

Dead Rock West

Kena

Kena is a powerful female producer and musician duo based in Los Angeles.

Multi instrumentalists Adrienne “AeB” Byrne and Luna Achiary unite forces to create dynamic sets, rooted in deep house, electro pop and world music.

By combining synthesizers, flutes, handpans, guitars, drum machines, mbira, winds and vocal psychedelic loops, Kena is on a quest to enchant the world, filling the gap between human and the machine.

Their sensual, soulful blend can remind of Rufus du Sol, Bjork, Bonobo and Radiohead.

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KENA on Radio Venice

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Radio Venice S13.E15 – April 26, 2020
Radio Venice S12.E07 – November 3, 2019
Radio Venice S09.E11 – November 18, 2018

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Dead Rock West

DEAD ROCK WEST — the acclaimed California alt-country rock group fronted by Cindy Wasserman and Frank Lee Drennen — are heading into 2018 with an array of tour dates. Their recently released album MORE LOVE (August 2017 via Omnivore Recordings) was produced by John Doe of X who helped create an album that places Wasserman and Drennen’s achingly beautiful signature vocals and harmonies in finely etched rock, alt-country and pop settings. The sound is both contemporary and timeless. Click here to listen to “Boundless Fearless Love,” a joyously infectious standout from the album which was praised by Randy Lewis of Los Angeles Times’ Pop & Hiss as he premiered the song (6/21/17) and noted it is “set to a propellant track that’s part R.E.M., part Tom Petty and part Neil Young…”

Says John Doe: “They have combined all of the influences (alt-country, gospel, Everly Bros) from their previous records into this one. Great songs. Great playing. Wonderful performances. More Love is heart & soul from two deeply original singers & songwriters.” Doe adds: “Somehow Cindy & Frank connect the dots between ’70 country & ’60 soul music. They are a modern day Gram & Emmylou singing songs that Otis & Carla would sing.”

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Dead Rock West on Radio Venice

Radio Venice S16.E10 – March 21, 2021
Radio Venice S11.E09 – June 30, 2019

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Marie-Clo

A true creative chameleon and seasoned traveler, Marie-Clo is a born performer who ropes her audiences into a feverish pitch in both official languages; thanks to “hooked on phonics”. Singer-songwriter and dancer, her eclectic indie pop tackles current themes & conscious lyrics, but also conjures a colourful and enchanted world.

Marie-Clo began her artistic career on stages worldwide performing in musicals, but honed in soon thereafter on her true passion project, music. She is currently promoting her full-length english album entitled Shell(e), which combines her 3 eps Shell(e) Pt I-II-III and one new single. A conceptual feminist narrative, Shell(e) was produced by Polaris shortlisted drummer/producer Olivier Fairfield (Fet Nat, Timber Timbre, Leif Vollebek), with the support of the Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts and FACTOR.

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Marie-Clo on Radio Venice

Radio Venice S16.E10 – March 21, 2021

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with Utah Funk

Who or what inspires you?

Anyone who has struggled and overcome pure disaster

Why do you love Radio Venice?

It showcases raw talent of all walks of life no one excluded

Favorite song right now?

Hang Up Your Hang Ups – Herbie Hancock

Favorite album right now?

Gece – Altın Gün

Latest hobby you picked up?

Gardening

Last thing you read?

Conversations on Loving and Dying – Ram Dass

Favorite quarantine activity?

Creating art music, paintings, funny videos for myself.

Favorite comfort food?

Philly cheesesteak

Favorite instrument …

Guitar

… and does it have a name?

They all do. Violet, Amber, Jamie, and Mary.

Utah Funk