Shameless Promotion of Local Artists: Los Angeles Area Recordings in 2020

Welcome to SFCV’s year-end roundup of recordings released in 2020 by local artists — our first roundup for the Los Angeles area. Every year we’re amazed at the musical riches from the cultural scenes we cover, and this year more so than ever. Despite the strictures of the lockdown, artists managed to create a lot of brand-new music and find creative ways to record it, while many organizations scoured their archives for great, unreleased music that deserved a fresh listen.