Was Music City L.A.’s Greatest Record Store?
The store was a universe for music lovers
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All Posts by Josh Kun
I am an author, curator, and cultural historian. I am a professor in the USC Annenberg School, where I hold the chair in Cross-Cultural Communication.
When L.A. Was the Land of Funk
Lakeside left their mark on a Black music renaissance
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How Bossa Nova Brought Frank Sinatra to This Sunset Blvd. Studio
Brazil met Hollywood on his album with Antônio Carlos Jobim
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On Sunset, Ska Brought People Together
The music was a multicultural refuge for 1980s L.A.
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An Eastside Sound on Sunset Strip
The story of Chicano rock legends Thee Midniters at Ciro’s
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When Detroit Met Sunset Boulevard
How the Motown sound changed when the company came west
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Music, Dance, and Middle Eastern Fantasy at The Fez
Why locals and celebrities flocked to this Hollywood club
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Listen to the Room Where Ella Fitzgerald Sang
Go inside The Crescendo, a Sunset Blvd. building that busted racial barriers
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“Crazy, Noisy, Freaked-Out Dance Music for Weirdos”
The queer legacy of 3909 Sunset Boulevard
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What Does Sunset Blvd. Sound Like?
Introducing 10 Songs for 12 Sunsets, a new series about L.A.'s most musical street
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