Oliver Wang
Oliver Wang is a professor of sociology at California State University, Long Beach. He’s contributed to KCET since 2012 and also writes about arts and music for NPR, KPCC, the Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Review of Books. He is the creator and writer for the audioblog, Soul-Sides.com and the creator, producer and co-host of the album podcast, Heat Rocks. Photo credit: Eilon Paz
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The "KICK ASS! Kung Fu Posters from the Stephen Chin Collection"
As part of the burgeoning Brainfeeder family, Strangeloop (née David Wexler) has become the collective's visual wizard, conjuring video art for artists from Erykah Badu to Flying Lotus.
Michael Miller was the go-to lensman for countless album covers and publicity stills during one of California hip-hop's most vibrant eras.
Given that "urban contemporary" is music industry code for "black music" (which was once explicitly called "race music"), one main challenge facing Asian Americans in the genre has been overcoming both audience and especially record industry skepticism around the marketability of a group with Asian faces.
New York-based photographer Eilon Paz has embarked on a tour across the U.S. capturing record collections and their respective owners. The artist has now come to L.A.
Despite appearing on over 300 recordings, musician Miguel Atwood-Ferguson might still be one of L.A.'s best-kept secrets.
Oliver Wang explores the different locations and time eras that are captured in the LP art of L.A.