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Walkenhorst’s sponsors major holiday event

January 10, 2022 by Richard Fernandez

Live music, speakers, giveaways, and spectacular art exhibition bags  During the Holiday season incarcerated people experience many different … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: music, Packages, Walkenhorst

Nina Simone: legendary singer, songwriter and civil rights activist

February 26, 2021 by San Quentin News

Born Nina Simone Catherine Waymon, Nina was a singer, songwriter and a civil rights activist. She recorded more than 40 albums between 1947 and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: MUSIC, PROFILE Tagged With: Arts in Corrections program, music, Profiles

Geto Boys in a league of their own in the hip hop genre

February 26, 2021 by Marcus Henderson

“This year Halloween fell on a weekend / Me and Geto Boys are trick-or-treating,” sang the rap group Geto Boys on their hit single “Mind Playing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: music, Profiles

Bread & Roses presents tribute to honor Audrey Auld

May 15, 2019 by David Ditto

A parade of San Quentin musicians entertained about 100 inmates while honoring the late folksinger Audrey Auld, a favorite performer at the prison. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Bread & Roses, music, Prison Stories

Eight emerging artists turn chapel into raucous concert hall

January 31, 2019 by Joe Garcia

Kurt Huget Guitar Class 11-6-18

On an otherwise quiet Sunday evening, nine guitars rang out in harmony and transformed San Quentin’s Catholic Chapel into a raucous concert … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: music

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