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Interview with 'San Diego Acoustic's Ken Lehnig, juts before the Timebomb '. To say that Astra Kelly is a musical force in San Diego would be an understatement. Since moving to San Diego and making it her home, Astra has been nominated five times for a San Diego Music Award. She's appeared in the pages of City Beat, The San Diego Reader, The NC times, and The SD Troubadour. She's been heard on Java Jams (CTN/Channel 4), FOX ROX (Fox Channel 6), KUSI Good Morning San Diego CW6 San Diego Living, on the air at 94/9 with Tim Pyles, on 91X with Rowley and on 102.1 KPRI where she DJ'd their Saturday night local music show, The KPRI Homegrown Hour from Jan. 2007 to May 2009. In the summer of 2008, she made her television debut as guest host for KNSD TV/NBC 7/39 and KPRI's InchConcerts on the Square. Also, her music video for InchAll I GotInch was showcased in the 2009 San Diego Film Festival. Ken It's wonderful to be able to chat with you. I'm fairly convinced there is not a musician in San Diego that does not know your name, or your music, given your commitment to local music and your own amazing performances. You came from Chicago via almost everywhere, why did you settle in San Diego? Astra When I left Chicago unsure of where my next home would be, I settled in Santa Fe, NM. after my two-year, 85,000 mile tour ended in a mishap with some black ice...rolled my tour van, landed on train tracks, and a train came along and hit the van. My folks owned a place there they were renting out and I found a studio to manage (Stepbridge Studios). I stayed for just over three years. I'd met Cathryn Beeks playing on the street in Boulder and she invited me out here. Loved it, was tired of living in the desert with no water and moved here a year later. Ken I was impressed with you bio that you had been a street musician in Chicago, busking for tips at the train station. I did that ba
