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Betty Lavette Gets to the Soul of British Rock
Her 'Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook' puts a new spin on classics by the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, the Who and more. The woman on stage was nearly 65, dancing across the boards in high heels and shaking her hips to an old Beatles song called “The Word." Except that Bettye LaVette was ...
Dennis Hopper: Photographs, 1961-1967
I was doing something that I thought could have some impact someday. In many ways, it's really these photographs, that kept me going creatively. - Dennis Hopper The Sixties In all their turbulence and revelation, have been documented many times over but the photographic recollections of actor/artist/director Dennis Hopper have set ...
Sidekick No More: Eubanks Starts Post-Leno Life
Kevin Eubanks ended his 15-year tenure as musical director of The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Friday with a song, alone on acoustic guitar. It was Adoration, an original ballad flecked with classical filigree, and he gave it a warmly dignified calm. He seemed unhurried and introspective, already pulling away from the frenetic clamor of ...
Bandleader Kevin Eubanks Ends 18 Years with Leno
It's a wrap for Tonight Show bandleader Kevin Eubanks after 18 years backing up host Jay Leno. “I don't think we've ever had an argument," Leno said, bidding Eubanks farewell on Friday's show. “We've had a lot of fun." Eubanks, whose duties included comic sidekick to Leno as well as guitarist, had been aboard since Leno ...
Southern California Summer Festivals and Performances
A look at the wide array of musical offerings around Southern California this summer. June 12-13 The Playboy Jazz Festival The 32nd annual summer music party returns, with performances by Chick Corea, George Benson, Kurt Elling, Esperanza Spalding, Bobby Hutcherson, the Manhattan Transfer and more. The Hollywood Bowl ...
Theme Songs Integral Part of Classic Remakes
Studios capitalize on title tunes familiar to both old and young. In a year when the TV Academy nearly abolished its Emmy “main title theme" category, classic TV themes are turning out to be incredibly valuable properties -- especially when it comes to remakes. An update of “Hawaii Five-O" is coming to CBS in the fall, ...
Actor Dennis Hopper Dies at 74
Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper, best known for directing and starring in the 1969 cult classic “Easy Rider," died on Saturday at his home in Venice, California, from complications of prostate cancer. Hopper, the maverick director and costar of the landmark 1969 counterculture film classic “Easy Rider" whose drug- and alcohol-fueled reputation as a Hollywood bad boy ...
Miles Davis Tribute Concert in Chicago
It's practically becoming a cultural rite in Chicago: the annual Memorial Day celebration of Miles Davis' birthday, led by the brilliant Chicago pianist Robert Irving III. Irving, who worked closely with Davis from 1979 to 1988, will preside over the third annual event at 8:30 p.m. Monday at the Velvet Lounge. (Davis would have turned 84 ...
Jazz Singer Suzy Williams' Big Band Plays the Venice Talking Stick
Spend a Memorial Day Weekend evening of cool jazz with Suzy Williams and her big band, 'Suzy and her Solid Senders.' Suzy's SOLID SENDERS Band include Brad Kay on piano, Kahlil Sabbagh on drums and vibes, Charles Burns on sax, Dave Jones on bass, Dan Weinstein on trombone, Corey Gemm on trumpet and more TBA. Williams' ...
Phil Spector Produces Wife Rachelle's Debut Album from Jail
It's been three decades since producer Phil Spector has used his 'Wall of Sound' recording technique in the studio but the legendary producer is getting back to work even as he serves jail time for 2003 murder of actress Lana Clarkson. Spector is listed as producer and arranger for his wife Rachelle's debut album, Out of ...
