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Private Playlist recently spotlighted the talented LA-based artist Ah-Mer-Ah-Su, whose name is derived from the Shinto sun goddess. An optimist at heart, Ah Mer Ah Su’s new work is theemotional and danceable anthem “No One.”

For KCRW’s “Private Playlist,” kezia selects songs with the most spellbinding lyrics, including Radiohead, Stevie Wonder, and Modest Mouse.

Listen 7 min Open Mike Eagle. Photo by Emari Traffie Private Playlist is a listening session with Southern California’s most notable musical figures in their private creative environments.  With more than a dozen solo and collaborative projects to his name, Leimert Park’s  Open Mike Eagle has spent his career redefining and expanding the parameters of “art rap,” the term he coined as a shorthand for leftfield and avant-garde rap...