When Pedro Pastrana arrived in the Bay Area in 2017, it didn’t take him long to become part of the vibrant, multicultural music community. A virtuoso on the cuatro, the national instrument of Puerto Rico that he learned growing up there, Pastrana went to college in Indiana, lived in New York, and has traveled to […]
Lily O'Brien
Lily O’Brien is a Bay Area writer, editor, singer, Buddhist, and bicyclist with a passion for the performing arts and world travel. Her articles have appeared in a variety of publications, including the San Francisco Classical Voice, Downbeat, JazzTimes, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Marin Independent Journal.

