Favorite pre-2020 albums heard for the first time in 2020, in no particular order:
The Semantics - Powerbill (1993)
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch - John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch (2019)
Phil OchsTape - From California (1968)
Phil Ochs - Rehearsals For Retirement (1969)
Phil Ochs - Gunfight At Carnegie Hall (1970)
Al Stewart w/ Laurence Juber - Between The Wars (1995)
Bert Jansch - Rosemary Lane (1971)
The Watersons - For Pence and Spicy Ale (1975)
Hans Rotenberry & Brad Jones - Mountain Jack (2010)
The Hangabouts - Kits and Cats and Saxon Wives (2017)
Judee Sill - Heart Food (1973)
Pete Seeger - God Bless The Grass (1965)
20 Minute Loop - Famous People Marry Famous People (2008)
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On? (1971)
Helen Reddy - I Am Woman (1972)
The Beautiful South - Miaow (1994)
Lady Maisery - Weave & Spin (2011)
Frida - Frida (1971)
Favorite live music & theater, including livestreams, virtual, etc.:
Folk on Foot Festival (Livestream 5-25)
Chris von Sneidern's ongoing Friday request show (Livestream)
They Promised Her The Moon (TheatreWorks 3-7)
The Pianist of Willesden Lane (TheatreWorks 1-18)
Hungrytown ( Santa Rosa Library 2-9)
Broadway Babies Nutcracker on Broadway (Livestream 12-19)
Mighty Uke Day CyberMUDx (Livestream 10-22)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Foothill Music Theater 2-28)
Lady Maisery (Livestream 12-20)
Dragon Theater's Light At The End (Livestream 12-31)
Favorite podcasts / radio shows / long-form audio
Pop Talk & Aliens
Democracy Now
Winds of Change
Pod Save America
KZSU Time Traveler
The Record Store Podcast with Paul Myers
Flash Forward
Songwriter Stories
What A Day
Reading Bug Adventures
America Dissected
Ologies
NPR Weekend Edition
NPR Up First
The Ezra Klein Show
Rumble with Michael Moore
KPFA Sunday Radio
Our Little Talks
"New" Restaurants, Cafes, Coffee Shops (Including Take Out & Delivery)
Green Lotus - San Jose
True Ethiopian - San Carlos
Cuban Kitchen - San Mateo
La Cornetta - San Carlos
Acre Coffee - Santa Rosa
Rinconcito Salvadoreño - Vallejo
Downtown Local - Pescadero
Amy's Drive Thru - Corte Madera
Chang's Thai - Richmond
Onigilly - Palo Alto
Masa Tamales - Point Richmond
San Benito House - Half Moon Bay