Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John is sharing selections from the Off-Ramp vault to help you explore this imperfect paradise.
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Some musicians you have to coax to talk -- or play. They're too shy or they're afraid they won't play perfectly. But talk and music just pour out of Naoko Takada, the Japan-born marimbist whose height is inversely proportional to her talent. She did her interview with Off-Ramp host John Rabe standing at the marimba that dominates her Los Angeles livingroom.
Come see her play for free Sunday, March 28th, at 7pm, at a free concert at UCLA's Royce Hall, as West Los Angeles Symphony maestro Sir Angel Romero conducts Kevin Puts's Marimba Concerto. (Also on the program: San Diego Symphony principal harpist Julie Ann Smith performs with the orchestra.)
COME INSIDE for more info and an exclusive Off-Ramp movie of Takada in action.
Naoko has two more concerts soon. Check the link on the left for one. The other is at the Orange Lutheran High School on May 15 (Saturday) at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door.