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Chick Corea, George Benson to Headline Playboy Jazz Festival
The Playboy Jazz Festival announced the lineup for its 32nd annual summer music party at the Hollywood Bowl, and fans of the festival's crowd-pleasing mix of mainstream jazz paired with diversions into pop and world music aren't likely to be disappointed. Scheduled for June 12 and 13, Saturday's show will be headlined by the Chick Corea ...
Bluesman to Storm Santa Monica
When noted bluesman Guitar Shorty blazes into Harvelle's nightclub in Santa Monica on Saturday, he'll come armed with his trademark fiery ax and a crack backup band. He'll also be packing a new CD, “Bare Knuckle," chockfull of fresh blues tunes seemingly designed to be played live. The 70-year-old virtuoso cut his first record for Chicago-based ...
Tinariwen at UCLA's Royce Hall
An irresistible musical force descended on Westwood on Saturday night, and it was met with a seemingly immovable object. An eclectic, sold-out crowd of seated music fans had come to UCLA's Royce Hall for Tinariwen, the Tuareg ensemble whose unmistakable interpretation of electric blues has taken it from the harsh climate of the Southern Sahara to ...
Taiko Fest La Mirada Weekend
This weekend, Biola University will hold it's annual Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation (SCORR). Now in its fourteenth year, the conference attracts over two hundred attendees, including students, faculty and alumni from various Christian universities across the nation, seeking to dialog on issues concerning social justice, diversity and reconciliation within Christian Higher Education. Closing the conference ...
The Twitter Effect on Oscar
Most of the nominees have accounts -- and some even use them -- but nobody's tweeting for votes in 140-word haikus. On Twitter, Jesse James has never been one to mince words. He tweets with all the bad boy attitude and mucho macho swagger you'd expect from a celebrity chopper mechanic and star of such reality ...
Conan O'Brien's First Public Act Since He Left 'The Tonight Show' is a Tweet
Conan O'Brien joins Twitter and doubles Jay Leno's follower count in two hours. O'Brien may not have had any fans in the NBC Universal boardroom, but there was perhaps no stronger congregation of Coco supporters than on Twitter. The social network quickly rushed to a profile page for @ConanOBrien that began tweeting on Wednesday. Twitter spokesman ...
Vinny Golia @ Asto Museum Feb. 27th, 8PM
Los Angeles, musical legend, woodwind player/composer, Vinny Golia plays with his electric sextet this Saturday night @ The Asto Museum. The band features some of Los Angeles', best up and coming musicians. Not to be missed. Ensemble also includes:Gavin Templeton-Alto Sax Dan Rosenboom-Trumpet Alex Noice-GuitarJon Armstrong-Bass Andrew Lessman-DrumsFebruary, ...
Mark Growden Gets All Dark and Dramatic Tonight at the Redwood Bar & Grill
Singer, songwriter, accordionist, banjoist and more. Mark Growden makes darkly dramatic music in the style of Tom Waits, as well as cagey covers of Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen and gospel tunes. All are rendered with a faint sense of the macabre, or “American noir" (as he likes to put it), by his muscular voice coupled with ...
Michael Jackson Fans Line up at Disneyland for Return of 'Captain EO'
Fans decked out in futuristic garb formed a line early Tuesday to see the return of the Michael Jackson film “Captain EO" to Disneyland after a 13-year hiatus. At 10 a.m., the 17-minute, science fiction-themed musical returns to the Tomorrowland Theater for limited engagement. It replaces “Honey I Shrunk the Audience," which closed Jan. 3. “Captain ...
Mariah Carey at Gibson Amphitheatre
A nostalgic Carey shows today's divas how it's done in a soaring performance. Lady Gaga and Beyonce, take note.> Halfway through her highly entertaining show Tuesday night at Gibson Amphitheatre, Mariah Carey stood onstage in a sparkly gold cocktail dress and waxed nostalgic for a (more) gilded age. “Remember the video with the jet skis?" she ...
