shaylyn martos

This story aired in the August 27, 2025 episode of Crosscurrents.

We’re bringing you a segment from our Culture Keepers series – celebrating the Bay Area’s unique spaces and communities.

KARAOKE! From 80’s pop hits at The Mint in San Francisco, to musical theater classics at The Alley in Oakland, to KTVs, private rooms where you can sing anything you want — Bay Area karaoke enthusiasts are maintaining these subcultures for music lovers to release their feelings in supportive spaces.

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Story Transcript:

REPORTER: I’m waiting outside of K-BOX Karaoke in Japantown. Summer tourists and kids off from school rush past with boba and bags of collectibles.

I’m here asking people the unthinkable…Can I record you singing karaoke for the radio? Final

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