A Box of Toys

A Box of Toys – SXSW 2020: The Festival That Wasn’t

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In this episode A Box of Toys we explore music from artists that we hoped to interview at SXSW.  As you all know the festival was canceled, but, for your listening pleasure, curator Chris Cory has put together “his list of faves” and co-host Sabrina Jacobs provides her opinion on his choices.  Enjoy!


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A Box of Toys – Emerging Artists Volume 1

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In this episode of A Box of Toys we take a listen to some newer talent that are taking on the music industry in their own, original way.  This is our first of many episodes where we’ll be featuring novel musicians, cutting their teeth, bringing their inventiveness to the surface for all to enjoy.


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A Box of Toys – Brazil: Before & After The Coup

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A journey through time in a singularly intriguing and rich musical biome, Brazil; from the birth of samba carrying through two dictatorships, repression, exile, and rebirth.  A testimony to the indomitable spirit that is music, and the joy, power, and grief that is Brazil.


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A Box of Toys – Bristol to Belgium

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This is the first of musical journeys for A Box Of Toys, a short jaunt from Bristol UK, through the Chunnel, to the continent.  on our way, we survey the musical landscape that brought us such notables as Portishead, Massive Attack, and a host of oddities from the Crammed Discs label.


A Rude Awakening

A Rude Awakening – June 27, 2016

On today’s show, you’ll hear reports from the front lines of yesterday’s Anti Fascist rally held in Sacramento from Bay Area activist Paul Blasenheim and Sacramento reporter and Nat’l Lawyers Guild member Cres Valuchi. Also, Omar Ali com director for Arab Resource Organizing Center on the recent Stop Urban Shield town hall meeting.