1. On the Record: Episode 1, Sounds Like This

    Join Arizona Arts Live Executive Director Chad Herzog as he picks the brains of Tucson sound experts Frank Bair and Sam Eagon. Through their conversation, they explore the experiences of sound engineers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and speculate on the future of the industry once we begin to return to gathering for live performances. This […]

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  2. LOS ESPLIFS

    This week we give the gift of Los Esplifs! On Nov 21, Arizona Arts Live teamed up with the MSA Annex to present local psyche-desert rockers XIXA to a sold-out audience, and with the assistance of local video/audio presenters No Audience we captured it all on video. Only XIXA’s performance was live-streamed that evening, but […]

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  3. XIXA

    XIXA is a guitar-slinging six-piece formed in Tucson, in the heart of the deep Southwest, uniquely attuned to the desert and their Latin roots. Combining gritty guitars and drums, the bumping grind of Peruvian chicha, and windswept psychedelic desert blues into a mesmerizing stew, they are by turns trippy and devilish, like a jam band […]

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