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News: Performance / Tour

Upcoming Concerts Across the Southland

Upcoming Concerts Across the Southland

Honda Center Los Tres with Joan Sebastian, Alejandro Fernandez and Marco Antonio Solis April 9 (Fri.) Gibson Amphitheatre Ramon Ayala April 17 (Fri.) El Rey Theatre Ethan Bortnick and his Musical Time Machine Feb. 28-March 1 High on Fire April ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Mariah Carey Does the Citywalk

Mariah Carey Does the Citywalk

Hot on the heels of her award-winning performance in “Precious," and in anticipation of next month's remix album, Ms. Carey's “Angels' Advocate Tour" holds down two nights at at the Gibson Amphitheatre. This marks the seventh concert tour for the 39-year singer and actress. Mariah Carey February 23rd : 8:15 p.m. ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Los Jazzangeles Weekend

Los Jazzangeles Weekend

Jerry Vivino & the Midtown Express Jazz Band The Baked Potato Thu., February 18 San Fernando Valley Stanley Clarke Brixton South Bay Thu., February 18 South Bay Steve Tyrell Catalina Bar & Grill Thu., February 18 Hollywood Joe ...

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News: Interview

Ace of Bass: Carol Kaye

Ace of Bass: Carol Kaye

One of the most recorded bassists in history, she has a purported 10,000-plus tracks to her credit You may not know Carol Kaye's name, but you know her work. You've probably heard at least a few dozen examples, and all the words, too. She spent the '60s as the most requested session bassist in L.A., playing ...

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News: Obituary

Kathryn Grayson MGM Singing Star Dies

Kathryn Grayson, who became a top MGM box office attraction in the 1940's and early '50s as the star of musicals such as Show Boat and Kiss Me Kate, has died. She was 88. Grayson died Wednesday of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, Sally Sherman, Grayson's longtime companion and secretary, told Associated Press. ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Brazilian Carnaval at Club Nokia

Shake a tail feather as dance clubs and samba bands re-create Rio's festivities. The music is pumping at Dance Studio No. 1 in West Los Angeles as instructor Diane Yakimovicz urges her students faster and faster, their footwork a dazzling blur. With hardly a breather, she forms them into a conga line, hands on each other's ...

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News: Music Industry

Music on Oscar's Mind

Music on Oscar's Mind

Some insights into the way Academy members vote. Is there a formula for winning a music Oscar? Are there certain guideposts or telling patterns that can correctly predict a win for song or score? This awards season, Variety set out to find the answer, examining half a century of Oscar history and talking to Academy veterans ...

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News: Music Industry

Universal in Tune with Mike Knobloch

Universal in Tune with Mike Knobloch

Film-music veteran Mike Knobloch has been named president, Film Music and Publishing, for Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures co-chairman Donna Langley and vice chairman and COO Rick Finkelstein announced Wednesday. Knobloch, until recently exec VP of Film Music at 20th Century-Fox and Fox Music Inc., will be responsible for all creative and production aspects of Universal films' ...

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News: Education

Musical Dust Collectors: 20,000,000 Unplayed Pianos!

"Why are there so many unplayed pianos in the United States?" Thats the question composer and professional piano instructor Edward Weiss is asking. And its not just pianos that are taking up living room space the number of unused electronic keyboards is just as staggering. Edward Weiss has been teaching people the joy of playing piano ...

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News: Music Industry

Artists Behind Oscar-Nominated Songs Won't Perform

Artists Behind Oscar-Nominated Songs Won't Perform

Some of Oscar's most memorable moments have come during performances of nominated songs. Among them: rap group Three 6 Mafia surrounded by streetwalkers as they performed “It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from “Hustle & Flow" in 2006, and Celine Dion's resplendent performance of the “Titanic" hit, “My Heart Will Go On," in 1998. Don't ...


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