We deserve this swinging celebration: Big Band Holiday at NoHo’s El Portal Dec. 18 & 19
A swinging Christmas celebration is coming! The Big Band Alumni are incredible musicians who played with the greatest Big Bands of all time, like Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Count ... Continue Reading →
Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away
The sound of birds, free from the constraints of gravity or society, were Buddy Guy’s first musical influence. John Lee Hooker was his second.
This lovingly assembled documentary ... Continue Reading →
K-MOZART, the music lovers’ concert station
An old friend has come back to embrace the joy of classical music with the relaunch of classical “K-Mozart” KMZT (1260 AM) Los Angeles on May 1, 2021. The station comes from Saul ... Continue Reading →
Elton John – Jewel Box: All the Way to the Back Shelves of His Huge Vault
The climb to the toppermost of the poppermost includes compilations and collections, the most perilous and hence most intriguing of which contain odds ‘n sods and random obscurios.
With ... Continue Reading →
Dawes Drive-In Concert: A Tall Cool Glass of Water in a Desert Without Live Music
When was your last live concert? About a decade ago, right? Even if you are an avid attendee of live shows, it probably seems like a decade ago that you sat there with the band playing ... Continue Reading →
Street Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash
During the opening credits the voiceover sets the stage for the 1977 crash, the plane running out of gas 200 yards before the runway. Then drummer Artimus Pyle intones that we’re ... Continue Reading →
Neil Young Provides High-Res Options for Fans and Audiophiles, Overcoming the Chicken and Egg Puzzle
With the shift to digital, whether CDs decades ago or streaming more recently, purists have decried the narrowing of the audio fidelity on offer. Neil Young has always stood tall when ... Continue Reading →
How Will the Arts Survive – Insights From an Industry Expert in the Time of Pandemic Clampdown
One of the most poignant and thoughtful pieces I have read about art in the time of corona virus is from Ian Wheeler. The link to his piece in the New York Times is below, and is well ... Continue Reading →
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