New Year’s Eve: Favorite music interviews from 2018

Dec. 31, 2018

Rappers Jordan Caceres (aka Reverie) left, and Audrey Godoy (aka Gavlyn) right, at KCRW. Photo by Amy Ta/KCRW

Quincy Jones shares how growing up poor propelled him to achieve. Gavlyn and Reverie are rappers in LA’s underground hip-hop scene. And violinist Vijay Gupta won the Macarthur Genius grant for bringing classical music to the homeless.

From this Episode:

MacArthur ‘Genius’ Vijay Gupta on trauma and excellence

Violinist Vijay Gupta won a MacArthur “genius” grant this year. He’s known for launching Street Symphony, a nonprofit that brings classical music to Skid Row, homeless...

22 min

Quincy Jones on growing up poor and achieving big

Quincy Jones has lived a long life, and accomplished more than most musicians. He’s earned tons of awards. He’s dealt with serious health problems. This year, his daughter...

13 min

Meet Gavlyn and Reverie, LA’s up-and-coming rappers

We talk with Latina rappers trying to make it in hip-hop. They’ve put out a steady stream of mixtapes and videos on YouTube, and found new fans overseas.

18 min

Credits

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Sarah Sweeney, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Christian Bordal, Yael Even Or, Alexandra Sif Tryggvadottir, Caitlin Plummer