Los Angeles has resonated with song long before electronic recording. This episode traces the city’s audio origins back to its First Peoples, the Tongva. Learn how this Indigenous community stays attuned to cultural practice while envisioning new pathways. On this episode of Deep Routes, L. Frank, The Calderon family, Moira and Wallace Cleaves, Mercedes and Robert Dorame tell stories that will help you listen more deeply to Los Angeles. This is Deep Routes, Songs from Tovaangar.
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