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David Carradine @ Screening 'Bound for Glory' Tonight
Film critic Kevin Thomas introduces this screening of Hal Ashby's 1976 biopic about folk singer Woody ("This Machine Kills Fascists") Guthrie. Star David Carradine will appear in- person for a Q&A following the screening. A Beautiful film. Bound For Glory Wednesday Mar 18 07:30 PM Price: $10 ...
NPR How the West Was Lost
'Day to Day's' end severs NPR's strongest tie to the West. Back East, they circle the wagons. Out West, Brand's voice and more are lost. Faux-Westerners tend to give themselves away. They drive with their convertible tops down on frigid winter days. They write lyrically about night air filled with the pungent smell of (scentless) bougainvillea. ...
Concord Set to Release 'The Very Best of Prestige'
Concord Music Group are set to launch a year-long 60th anniversary celebration of Prestige Records, with a full slate of assorted CD releases and other special bonuses, beginning next week (March 24th) with the release of The Very Best Of Prestige Records 2-CD set. The Very Best Of Prestige Records is a 2-CD set of classic ...
Lori Jenaire is Climbing R&B Jazz Charts with "California Dreamin' "
R&B and Jazz singer Lori Jenaire has taken the jazz world by storm with her remake of the Mamas and Papa’s smash California Dreamin. Since Fruitions release three weeks ago, she has consistently been on the R&R Jazz Indicator charts steadily climbing from her debut at #26. Currently, Jenaire is currently #7 on the Smooth Jazz.com ...
Bob Sheppard Quartet Plays Live March 19th New Jazz Room
Bob Sheppard will perform with his quartet including Peter Erskine (drums),Larry Koonse (gtr) and Darek Oles(bass) this Thursday March 19th Upstairs at Vitello's new Jazz room in Studio City, Ca. Bob Sheppard is acknowledged for his inspiring musical spontaneity, his dramatic playing style is supported by an expressive warm and centered tone that fluctuates through tonal ...
Hollywood Bowl Announces Schedule; Changes up Jazz Leadership
After being first reported last month on our sister blog Culture Monster, the Hollywood Bowl has now dotted the I's and crossed the T's on its 2009 season, which was officially announced this morning. In addition to highlighting previously unannounced shows with the Beastie Boys (Sept. 24) and John Fogerty as part of the Bowl's annual ...
Altovise Davis Dies Widow of Sammy Davis Jr.
Altovise Davis, the widow of Rat Pack singer and dancer Sammy Davis Jr., died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of complications from a stroke, her business partner, Barrett LaRoda, said. She was 65. Davis was surrounded at the Los Angeles hospital by friends and family, including her son, Manny Davis. Trained as an actor and dancer, ...
Raul Malo Sings Meltingly
Musical styles simmer together happily in the melting pot of this ex-Maverick's output. In the midst of what essentially was a dance party Thursday night at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, singer Raul Malo set down the twangy guitar he'd been strumming joyfully for an hour, dismissed the members of his five-piece band -- ...
Rickie Lee Jones@largo at the Cornet
The folk-pop singer has become quite the L.A. live maven. Jones in recent months, holding down an Echoplex residency and revisiting the hits like “Chuck E.'s in Love" that made her a favorite lady of the canyons. Rickie Lee Jones Saturday Mar 14 Largo at the Coronet 366 N. La Cienega Blvd., ...
'The Jazz Age' at Blank Theatre
The Blank Theatre Company’s signature charms — quirky characters, witty sets and the deft use of music — are on full, if flawed, view in Allan Knee’s “The Jazz Age.” This soapy but absorbing portrait of the Lost Generation’s F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway features a Tin Pan Alley score by a live ...
