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4 min read 2022-06-17 01:03:00

DJANGO LIVES ON!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: TONIGHT! – TAJ MAHAL – 80th birthday celebration, Q&A discussion plus performance. Aren’t we fortunate when the

5 min read 2022-06-10 01:03:00

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: TONIGHT! – LA OPERA, VERDI’S “AIDA” – You don’t want to miss this, and these are the last two performances. I

4 min read 2022-06-03 01:03:00

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: TONIGHT! – CELSO SALIM & DARRYL CARRIERE – Would you like to see two LA dudes whomp the hell out of the blues with the

4 min read 2022-05-27 01:03:00

I KNOW IT’S A MUSIC COLUMN, BUT – Sometimes you just have to mix life forces. Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr did it, Tuesday night before

3 min read 2022-05-20 01:03:00

I’M APPALLED Somehow I missed the news that ZZ Top is continuing to tour without their bassist of 50 years, Dusty Hill, who died suddenly last

3 min read 2022-05-13 01:03:00

TWO QUICK NOTES: Local blues legend RAY BAILEY sat in with SOUTHSIDE SLIM at his gig at Harvelle’s Friday night. Proprietor Damian said “he blew

4 min read 2022-05-06 01:03:00

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: SOUTHSIDE SLIM –Thank you again, Harvelle’s, for bringing back one of the very best bluesmen I’ve heard in years. Decades,

3 min read 2022-04-29 01:03:00

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: TONIGHT! – CELSO SALIM & DARRYL CARRIERE — I kept writing every week last summer about these two blues masters, holding

3 min read 2022-04-22 01:03:00

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: DAKHABRAKHA – my daughter alerted me some years ago to this fantastic Ukrainian quartet who combine traditional music and

4 min read 2022-04-15 01:03:00

MEMORIAL FOR WILL RYAN Time, I guess, to write about another amazing memorial service for a music friend of mine. Last Thursday I acknowledged some

4 min read 2022-04-07 20:00:34

MEMORIAL FOR SCOTT FERGUSON — so it’s true, if you treat your kids right they will take care of you, in your dotage or even after the ashes are

4 min read 2022-04-01 01:03:00

ACCOUNTABILITY Before someone (named Smith) convinces all the spineless folks to just move on, let me throw my two cents in. Yes, Chris Rock made an

5 min read 2022-03-25 01:03:50

R.I.P. BARBARA MORRISON – Just a few weeks ago I recommended one of her performances and wondered to myself if she was back at Pip’s, her

4 min read 2022-03-18 01:03:00

I could hardly believe my ears, and my good fortune. I was thoroughly enjoying the presentation Sunday afternoon at the Getty of the music and

4 min read 2022-03-11 02:03:00

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: GERALD CLAYTON & Friends – Here are some things I might tell you: born in Utrecht, Netherlands but raised in LA in a royal