MUSIC

We are continually updating this page.  

Artist Discovery: 

John Cuniberti's One Mic Series : John Cuniberti is an accomplished recording engineer. His focus lately has been capturing performances with one mic, and it has become somewhat of a discovery tool.

NPR Music : First Listen - this tends to gravitate toward established acts' new releases and new artists that have the label marketing machine in place. At least as far as we can tell. 
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NPR Tiny Desk Concerts : https://www.npr.org/series/tiny-desk-concerts/

NPR Tiny Desk Contest : You have to sift through a lot of bad videos to get to the good stuff, but if you love discovering music, it's fun!  

Radio Garden : A very cool app that allows you to listen in to many radio stations all across the world.  This app is a bit buggy at times, but it is still really cool. They keep upgrading it. A glimpse into humanity through sound.

The Wild Honey Pie  - I just found out about these folks. Seems they are trying new things - started as a blog way back when in 2009ish, and are doing their best to assist with artist discovery. 

Music Stores in our area: 

Bananas at Large - family owned. Locations in San Rafael and Santa Rosa 

Loud and Clear - family owned.  Located in Cotati, CA

The Magic Flute : family owned.  Located in Northgate One in San Rafael.