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Terakaft & the Desert Blues
Old-school rock rebels and musical elders from the desert. Terakaft brings together the raw sounds of minimal indie guitar rock and the swaying pulse of Saharan journeys. They harness the energy of flirtatious midnight songs and the gravitas of respected advisors calling for peace and unity. Tuareg guitar warriors, Terakaft keeps alive the musical spirit honed ...
Jane Stuart: Don't Look Back
by Bruce Lindsay
From the opening bars of “I Just Found Out About Love," Jane Stuart takes control of this sophisticated collection of tunes with a voice that oozes style, confidence and emotional strength. Don't Look Back brings Stuart together with an empathic group of musicians, the arrangements are always interesting and at times inspired, and the conclusion is ...
Benjamin Drazen: Inner Flights
by Dan Bilawsky
The peaceful, John Lennon-like face on the cover of Inner Flights is merely a mask. Behind that calm exterior is a musician with killer instincts and serious chops. Sure, saxophonist Benjamin Drazen can be calm and graceful when he wants to, as he is on Inner Flights' closing track, “Polka Dots And Moonbeams," but more often ...
Life
by Phillip Woolever
Life Keith Richards with James FoxHardback, 564 pages ISBN: 978 0 316 03438 8 Little, Brown2010 Life is a last laugh lullaby. In guitarist Keith Richards' well-received and heavily hyped reflection, the defiant rock icon, humble blues ambassador and momma's boy family anchor keeps ...
Curtis Mayfield: After the Rain
by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
Throughout the passageways of my youth, perhaps no other voice was as critically important. When I questioned my own existence in a predominantly white school and community, it was his voice and music that carried me through. During my saddest and most vulnerable moments, he filled me with hope and the strength to face another day. ...
Sandro Albert: A Bard’s Journey
by Raul d'Gama Rose
His voice is soft and as lyrical as the music he composes and plays. Hearing the young and immensely talented guitarist, Sandro Albert speak can calm even the most frayed nerves. Nervousness was never an issue, but it is always exciting to speak with an accomplished musician. Albert is certainly one. He was born in Brazil ...
Brian Rasic: The Life of Brian
by Nenad Georgievski
Good photography can say more than a thousand words--it captures the moment and immortalizes it. Known for his brilliant photography, Serbian-born, London-based photographer Brian Branislav Rasić is known for producing some of rock's most memorable images. For more than three decades, Rasić has photographed the greatest artists in the music world and beyond. Rasić took his ...
Plastic Ono Band w/ Lady Gaga | L.A. | Review
Words & Images by: L. Paul Mann Plastic Ono Band :: 10.02.10 :: Orpheum Theatre :: Los Angeles, CA The Plastic Ono Band, formed in 1971 by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, was one of the first rock super-groups, claiming a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame revolving lineup that included Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Ringo ...
Jazz International
by Nick Catalano
More and more recordings from offshore jazz musicians keep arriving in my mailbox each month and they are beginning to outnumber domestic releases. This is an obvious sign of the exponential growth of internationalism in the music and a signal to American jazz critics that their reviewing responsibility must include ample coverage of this phenomenon.
Mike Melvoin to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Jazz legend Mike Melvoin to be honored with the Los Angeles Jazz Society's 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award for his esteemed body of work as a Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Producer and Recording Artist. The annual Jazz Tribute Awards Dinner and Concert was established in 1983 to recognize and honor Los Angeles based artists for their contributions in ...
