The Year in Bay Area Music 2021

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4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In this hour, we unpack some of the Bay Area’s best songs and biggest musical moments of 2021. Bay Area rapper Stunnaman02 got everyone “Big Steppin” with his song and viral dance move. The band Destroy Boys brought us “cathartic, angst-combating, middle-finger-pointing post-punk” according to KQED contributor Rae Alexandra. Local singer-songwriters weren’t afraid to be their authentic selves and share how they’re really feeling about the world. Communities and fans mourned beloved Bay Area hip hop artists Gift of Gab of Blackalicious, Shock G of Digital Underground and Baba Zumbi of Zion-I. We’ll hit rewind on 2021 and get listeners' picks for the best in local music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for Key QBD Podcasts comes from San Francisco International Airport.
0:05.1	At SFO, you can shop, dine, and unwind before your flight.
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0:15.8	Greetings, boomtown.
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0:32.2	From KQED.
0:37.2	Music From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal.
0:48.3	And I'm Mina Kim. Coming up on forum, it's a two-hour end-of-year music extravaganza.
0:53.9	We'll be talking about the biggest
0:55.3	songs and music moments of 2021, and we'll get listener favorites throughout. But first, join me at 9 a.m.
1:01.8	to talk about and listen to the best of Bay Area music this year from Stunabano 2 to the perfectly
1:07.3	named group, Life and Sweat Pants. And we'll be joined by Alexia Rodetus, the lead singer for Destroy Boys.
1:14.0	The party kicks off right after this news.
1:17.2	Oh, you better be well.
1:20.0	Their guns don't play fair.
1:22.2	All we got is a prayer.
1:24.7	It was all in their plans.
1:27.2	Wash the blood from your hands. Freedom from my heart. Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal.
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