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My Mixtape

My Mixtape

What's your favorite song? Or a song that holds meaning for you? KALW News has been asking these questions to people all around the Bay Area and here's what we've found.

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  • When San Francisco resident Sebastian Walker arrived in Haiti, shortly after a devastating earthquake in 2010, this song was playing over and over on the…
  • Noah Arroyo's usual music selections are much angrier, but this slow, Radiohead jam really moves him.
  • "The wind is in from Africa..." are lyrics that bring tears to the eyes of San Francisco resident Melissa Rodgers.
  • Rene de Guzman chose this Magnetic Fields' anthem because of its powerful lyrics, and the overall story it tells about not wanting to let go of a memory.
  • For Danish resident, Sonia Bistrup, the nation's anthem is her favorite "unfavorite" song.
  • Berkeley musician Lyrics Born shares a special moment he experienced on his wedding day, that this Curtis Mayfield track served as the soundtrack for.
  • This Big K.R.I.T. song resonates with Oakland's Aundray Rodgers, because it serves as a daily reminder of his inspirational grandmother.
  • This is one of Sheri Shuster's favorite songs, because "It just stirs something inside of me."
  • "It's the first time I fell in love with music," says singer Thao Nguyen of one this Smokey Robinson hit. "It was my first example of the juxtaposition,…
  • For Safiya Martinez, this Jimi Hendrix ballad marked her transition into teenage-hood.
  • Anna Lamassonne has attended many Grateful Dead shows, and this is the one song she's hoping to hear the most.
  • This song is particularly special to Nick Bilogorskiy. "Revolution" sums up a lot of his thoughts on the current state of the world, but also, it was the…