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Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe Blessed KAABOO With His Funky World
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE to check out the rest of our coverage of KAABOO 2016 RECAP: My first venture to the “Grandview” main stage offered up a perfect San Diego homecoming. Karl Denson, the man who teamed with DJ Greyboy…
Judah & The Lion’s Wanton Debauchery Rocked KAABOO
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE to check out the rest of our coverage of KAABOO 2016 RECAP: Judah & the Lion were the first band to take the Trestles Stage on Saturday. This was a serious responsibility. Trestles Stage is quietly the…
Aquile’s Early Set At KAABOO Made Everyone Smile
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE to check out the rest of our coverage of KAABOO 2016 RECAP: En route to the Trestles Stage, I saw some dudes going head to head with dueling alto saxophones. I hadn’t planned on checking them out…
Baaba Maal’s Life Affirming Music Brought Joy To “Sound In Focus” [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE FOR OUR COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THIS YEARS SOUND IN FOCUS CONCERT SERIES To paraphrase Blurred Culture’s music editor photo editor Derrick Lee: “With all the chaos in the world, there’s something incredibly life affirming about a musician like Baaba…
Beam Me Up, Scotty! Star Trek Fans Revel In Music With The L.A. Philharmonic At Hollywood Bowl
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] How cool is JJ Abrams? Seriously. Maybe in real life he’s a total dick. I don’t know. But as a filmmaker? Dude is like Miles Davis meets Fonzie meets Wooderson. Because his movies aren’t about him or…
Brazilian Girls’ Energy Charm The “Sound In Focus” Crowd
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE FOR OUR COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THIS YEARS SOUND IN FOCUS CONCERT SERIES Brazilian Girls is so fun. Nouveau disco funk. A sort of 80s punk / post punk feel. They’re all over the place … and that’s their…
Popping My Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Cherry at “Sound In Focus” Was Glorious
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE FOR OUR COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THIS YEARS SOUND IN FOCUS CONCERT SERIES You ever had a band you were jonesing to see live but it just never worked out? A band you positively knew would melt your face…
The Nomadic Impulse In Imarhan’s Music At Sound In Focus Is Kinetic
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE FOR OUR COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THIS YEARS SOUND IN FOCUS CONCERT SERIES Imarhan are an Algerian band of Tuareg heritage that have helped add to the solid cadre of musicians coming out of North Africa the last several…
The Annenberg Space For Photography Exhibit “Refugee” Will Humble You
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE FOR OUR COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THIS YEARS SOUND IN FOCUS CONCERT SERIES First off, the Annenberg Space for Photography does a masterful job of transforming Century Park from a non-descript, corporate ghost town into a warm…
Asaf Avidan Is An Unparalleled Talent Who Wants You To Know His Truth
LOS ANGELES, CA- I wasn’t one of the tens of thousands who travelled to Indio for Coachella. No ‘chella? No problem. It afforded me the time to go to one of the most mystical concerts I have ever had the pleasure of attending. Friday April 22. Weekend…