Issue archive
for The Music Issue

From one of the early members of Sublime to mayor of La Palma, California Freemason Marshall Goodman is well-qualified to represent the L.B.C.

Lodge organists are a vanishing breed—but one with the power to transform the Masonic ritual.

Why two grand lodge officers are on a quest to bring music into every Masonic lodge.

World musician and California Freemason Nee Quaison-Sackey has made it his life’s work to bring people together.

For 20 years, he was the rapper Ryu. But inside his Long Beach-area Masonic lodge, the hip-hop musician is just Ryan.

Trevor Terence Panganiban’s music bridges East and West.

It’s curtains up at the Masonic, one of San Francisco’s best-loved venues for music, comedy, and other shows.

A concert promoter, musical impressario, and California Freemason reflects on a very full life in concerts and shows.

Meet three Masons who are expert musical instrument makers.

A Mason and conductor putting Native American music on the map.

Meet the L.A. lodge with a distinctly musical bent.

Celebrating one of the state’s most architecturally distinctive Masonic temples.

The inside scoop on how the junior grand warden is chosen.

Decoding the patterns at the Masonic Homes.

A Southern California Mason explains why giving back is part of his family tradition.

How Beach Cities No. 753 made lodge outreach central to its entire mission.

This fall, in ‘Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol’ on Peacock, a new Masonic mystery thriller hits the streaming airwaves.

Grand Master Jeffery Wilkins explains how music deepens the magic of Masonry.