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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Summer music picks: Celia Cruz, Nikko Gray, Rotary Connection

    Press Play is taking a moment from the near-constant news cycle to listen to new music from all sorts of artists. KCRW DJ Novena Carmel shares her favorite summer songs.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jun 15, 2020 • 1 min read

    Press Play is taking a moment from the near-constant news cycle to listen to new music from all sorts of artists. KCRW DJ Novena Carmel shares her favorite summer songs. They include:

    Celia Cruz - “I Will Survive”

    Celia Cruz - “I Will Survive” Rotary Connection - “I Am the Black Gold of the Sun”

    Rotary Connection - “I Am the Black Gold of the Sun” The Sweet Enoughs - “Dream Puppy”

    The Sweet Enoughs - “Dream Puppy” TIEKS - “Sunshine”

    TIEKS - “Sunshine” Nikko Gray - “Momentum”

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    1. 0:00Supreme Court: LGBTQ employees are protected from discrimination
    2. 9:21San Francisco’s efforts to drastically reform police
    3. 17:18What California’s fire season could look like during this pandemic
    4. 27:26How gyms are going to get customers back as they reopen
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Michell Eloy

      Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play

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      Rosalie Atkinson

      Associate producer

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      Novena Carmel

      Host of Morning Becomes Eclectic, co-host of Lost Notes

      Hand-Picked MusicBest New MusicWorld Music

    The full episode

    5 of 5
    Fire season during COVID-19
    1. 0:00Supreme Court: LGBTQ employees are protected from discrimination
    2. 9:21San Francisco’s efforts to drastically reform police
    3. 17:18What California’s fire season could look like during this pandemic
    4. 27:26How gyms are going to get customers back as they reopen
    5. 36:54Summer music picks: Celia Cruz, Nikko Gray, Rotary ConnectionYou’re reading this
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