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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Singer and guitarist Mia Doi Todd has lived in Los Angeles nearly all her life. She plays folk music with a profound sense of place, and some of her best known songs evoke Los Angeles — her personal life, her neighborhood, and the Los Angeles River.
That’s where she met Off-Ramp Contributor and Dublab co-founder Mark McNeill.
Here's the video for Todd's 2006 song "My Room is White"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5rNWWKCoZk
Todd's latest album is called "Songbook." It's a collection of cover songs—she performs work by Neil Young, Prince and Joni Mitchell. Here's her version of The Cure's "Close To Me:"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEpmJn00sZE
You can purchase "Songbook" through Ring Records.