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Santa Monica Library Lets Public Check out Walking, Talking Sources
Tired of books? Then consult a living, breathing source. Check out a jazz Historian. On Saturday, the Santa Monica Public Library's Living Library Project will feature “a Mormon, an animal rights activist, a police detective, a fat activist, a feminist, a married Jewish lesbian mom, a little person and an ex-gang member," among others. Members of ...
Spector Jury Has Reached a Verdict/ Guilty of second-degree murder
Phil Spector has been convicted of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of actress Lana Clarkson six years ago. An L.A. Superior Court jury reached its decision against the legendary music producer after nine days of deliberations. An earlier jury deadlocked 10-2 in favor of guilt. The decision means the 69-year-old Spector, famed for his ...
L.A. Acoustic Music Festival Set for June 6-7 on Santa Monica Pier
Kicking off this new musical tradition are Nanci Griffith, Bruce Cockburn, Natalie MacMaster, Richard Thompson, David Lindley, David Bromberg & the Angel Band, Jimmy LaFave, Eliza Gilkyson, Slaid Cleaves, Joel Rafael, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, The Woody Guthrie Tribute (Ribbon of Highway, Endless Skyway), The Refugees and Stonehoney SANTA MONICA, Calif. — ...
Review: Leonard Cohen at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
“No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive," the actor and filmmaker John Cassavetes once said. Cassavetes, who died at age 59, never really got to test out his assertion. Leave it to his spiritual brother, Leonard Cohen, to prove the point. During his ...
Charlie Kennedy Alto Saxophonist Played in Gene Krupa's Big Band Dies
Charlie Kennedy was in many bands and, as a studio musician, played on the scores for West Side Story and My Fair Lady. Charlie Kennedy, a talented alto saxophonist who was best known for his association with Gene Krupa's big band in the 1940s, has died. He was 81. Kennedy died April 3 of pulmonary disease ...
The Original Disciples of Beethoven Award Honors the Street Musician
Rewarding The Soloist Mr. Ayers' courage, who has touched so many hearts. Steve Lopez on Nathaniel Anthony Ayers They had every kind of trophy you could imagine at House of Trophies in Boyle Heights. Soccer, basketball, baseball, football, even fishing. They had trophies 6 inches tall and 6 feet tall, plaques and desk ornaments too, for ...
With Esa-Pekka Salonen, L.A. Has Been in Good Hands
The prodigious Finn learned a lot from this city. In return, the composer-conductor, about to depart the Los Angeles Philharmonic, has made this a music capital to be envied. In November 1984, a reserved, unknown, 26-year-old Finnish composer made his U.S. debut by conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He looked like a teenage movie star and ...
Reivew: Leonard Cohen at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
“No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive," the actor and filmmaker John Cassavetes once said. Cassavetes, who died at age 59, never really got to test out his assertion. Leave it to his spiritual brother, Leonard Cohen, to prove the point. During his ...
Leonard Cohen Comes to the Nokia
What to say about the grand lion of singer-songwriter-dom except that it's always great to have Leonard Cohen back onstage? If you can't catch his set at Coachella, here's your next best occasion to hear “Hallelujah" and the rest of the slivers from one of the finest catalogs in songwriting. Leonard Cohen Live Nokia ...
Grammy Museum Taps Eleni Mandell, Billy Bob Thornton for April Events
Downtown's 4-month-old Grammy Museum is doing its part to get guests hip to Eleni Mandell's recent album, Artificial Fire. The local chanteuse will bring her jazz-stoked pop songs to the institution April 14, engaging in a Q&A with museum chief curator Ken Viste before the performance. Tickets are $15 and come bundled, Prince-style, with a CD ...
