Podcasts

The best music stories are the ones you've never heard before.

Our podcast digs into the real experiences behind San Jose and Silicon Valley's incredible musical heritage. We're talking to the people who were there—the artists, engineers, promoters, and fans who built scenes spanning mariachi to hardcore, lo-fi beats to EDM crews, classical ensembles to AI music innovation. And we're exploring the technologies born here that transformed how music gets made, shared, and experienced worldwide.

Sure, the music is great. The tech innovations are groundbreaking. But the stories behind how they happened? That's what makes this collection worth listening to. We're just getting started, and there's more to come.

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Upcoming Podcasts

Downtown San Jose: The 80s. The 90s.

From adult bookstores and tumble weed to a destination spot for original music, thriving live music scene: Nirvana, Meat Puppets, Pearl Jam , Stone Temple Pilots , Green Day, Pixies, Weezer, No Doubt, Social Distortion, Rancid and Faction.

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Dec 4, 1965: What a Night!

A conversation about the convergence of the Grateful Dead’s first performance as the Grateful Dead, Ken Kesey’s acid test, the Rolling Stones, and San José City Hall.

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