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News: Recording

New Release: Hot Club of Detroit - It's About That Time

New Release: Hot Club of Detroit - It's About That Time

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Django Reinhardt and the 76th anniversary of the formation of the original Quintette du Hot Club de France with Stephane Grappelli. From all appearances, the tradition of “gypsy jazz" is alive and well, and the Hot Club of Detroit is a prime example. They both honor ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Biolectric at the H.Wood in Hollywood

Go dig the sublime sounds of BIOLECTRIC at the h.wood in Hollywood...John von on bass together with Matt Piper (guitar), Koorosh Daryaie (percussion) and Viktor Carrillo (electronic beats).Biolectric recently released our first track thru Beatport on Xeriscape Records, a remix of 'Cold Flamenco' by Satta. Check out the track on Soundcloud at this link...

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News: Performance / Tour

Falco Out, Lahti in as the Jazzman's Wife in L.A. Theatre Works' 'Side Man'

Not too many theater companies can play dial-a-star as readily as L.A. Theatre Works. Case in point: An announcement just came through that Edie Falco, of “The Sopranos" and “Nurse Jackie" fame, won't be able to play her announced role as the jazz man's unstable wife next week in the radio-play company's production of Warren Leight's ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Other High Minded Sounds and Assorted Festivals

Other High Minded Sounds and Assorted Festivals

Carole King & James Taylor You've got a friend: The longtime pals come together on their new combo CD/DVD, Live at the Troubadour. While Baby James' easygoing vocals and lyrics are still a little bland, King is a masterful songwriter (and performer) who's composed several lifetimes of memorable tunes, including “Chains," “Up on the ...

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News: TV / Film

FCC Lets Hollywood Turn Off Your Output Jacks

FCC Lets Hollywood Turn Off Your Output Jacks

Hollywood will soon have the power to remotely disable the analog outputs on your set-top box, under a decision by federal regulators on Friday intended to prevent home recording of new movie releases. The move by the Federal Communications Commission grants cable and satellite providers the power to block consumers from viewing just-released movies in an ...

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News: Book / Magazine

Beyond Hefner's Bedroom, a Look at His Legacy

The tale of the Playboy founder's gift to help save land by the Hollywood sign is but one of many stories of his life chronicled in 2,000 scrapbooks. Before I explain how I happened to be in Hugh Hefner's bedroom last week, let me start at the beginning. I bumped into L.A. City Councilman Tom LaBonge ...

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News: TV / Film

Media Moguls on Elevated Pay Scale

While most CEOs of U.S. companies saw their compensation fall in 2009, top executives of TV, movie and cable companies continued to rake it in. When an executive runs a company whose success depends on stars whether they are richly rewarded TV news anchors or generously compensated movie idols it is only fitting that the boss ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Review: Peter Gabriel at the Hollywood Bowl

It's all too easy in the age of “American Idol" to forget just how profoundly powerful music can be in the hands of an absolute master like Peter Gabriel. The veteran British artist -- one of the select few in the pop music world to whom the term “artist" is wholly appropriate -- brought his orchestral ...

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News: Obituary

Francisco Aguabella Afro-Cuban Percussionist Dies

Francisco Aguabella  Afro-Cuban Percussionist Dies

Aguabella, a sacred drummer of the Santeria religion, left Cuba in the 1950s. He performed with Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, Eddie Palmieri, Carlos Santana and the Doors. Francisco Aguabella plays the conga drums in Hollywood. He was the master of masters," says Danilo Lozano, an ethnomusicology professor and former bandmate. Francisco Aguabella, ...

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News: TV / Film

FCC Approves New, Barred Window for Pay-TV Movies

Hollywood won another incremental battle Friday in its war on digital piracy, persuading the Federal Communications Commission to approve a new approach to protecting movies on cable and satellite TV systems. The likely result is that some, but not all, pay-TV subscribers will be able to pay a premium to watch a movie at home, in ...


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