{"id":1605,"date":"2022-03-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sofarsoundsblo.wpengine.com\/blog\/articles\/5-la-artists\/"},"modified":"2022-10-08T16:53:19","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T16:53:19","slug":"5-la-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/5-la-artists","title":{"rendered":"5 LA Artists We Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles, California, the city of endless sunshine, and a hub overflowing with talented artists. We love all of the LA Sofar community, but here are 5 LA-based artists who\u2019ve been keeping a close eye (and ear) on lately.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>1. Soft Streak<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We told you\u2013\u00a0there are too many artists, so naturally we gotta start with a duo. The LA-based pair makes electronic pop that feels as well-worn as acoustic folk, with the clarity of precise synthy beats. They put their debut LP, <em>Ways to Lose<\/em>, out last year, and we can only expect it\u2019s the first of many solid albums ahead. For the moment though, we\u2019re still stuck on this Sofar performance of their single \u201cRide\u201d. (Sidenote: go take a gander at their intriguing, <a href=\"https:\/\/mysoftstreak.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kinda cyber-fourth-wall-shattering homepage<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zP88tJxVEec\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2><strong>2. Tonina\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The artist originally comes from St. Louis, Missouri, but now dwells in LA. The singer\/songwriter, bassist, and music journalist creates jazz-inflected soft tunes, along with newly spun covers in English, Spanish, and Italian. Her performances are so easy to fall into, just like this intimate Sofar where the artist keeps things sparse and simple, letting the song radiate warmth right through the screen.<\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RCwo4yJ-Klo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Ayoni\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The 21-year-old Barbadian, LA-based artist sings with a clarity and depth far beyond her two decades. In fact, you should just get right to her Sofar performance, where, draped in deep red, she moves through a broad vocal range, each note equally lush and present.<\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Ysy8gGmOfE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2><strong>4. Reggie Becton\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A PG County, Maryland native, Reggie Becton now finds home in LA, or at least perhaps musical inspiration which led to his 2021 LP, <em>California<\/em>. The artist makes a smooth R&amp;B, just take his stripped down Sofar of \u201cRainin\u2019 in LA\u201d, with two acoustic guitars and Reggie\u2019s voice haloing over the crowd.<\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qlYq9K04dE8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2><strong>5. KORDELYA<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It feels right to wrap the list with KORDELYA, because the Mexican\/American artist makes the kind of bright synthy songs that just leave you in a good mood and call to mind the best version of LA\u2013\u00a0pink sunsets, a warm, dry breeze, and the beach just a highway drive away. Watch her Sofar performance below.<\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cPPzKXIG80U\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Photo credit: Tonina performing at Sofar NYC, photo by Rachel Ansley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles, California, the city of endless sunshine, and a hub overflowing with talented artists. We love all of the LA Sofar community, but here are 5 LA-based artists who\u2019ve been keeping a close eye (and ear) on lately. 1. Soft Streak We told you\u2013\u00a0there are too many artists, so naturally we gotta start with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}