Joro fuse Jazz, funk & afrobeats on new single Matador
Something fresh and new out of the UK, as 10-piece collective Joro Afrobeat deliver their new single ‘Matador’. The song brings together jazz, afrobeat and funk with some electrifying results!…
Trump says US investigating whether virus came from Wuhan lab
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his government is trying to determine whether the coronavirus emanated from a lab in Wuhan, China, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said…
“Black People Are Not Allowed In China” Reports Of Discrimination After Chinese City Orders Mandatory Quarantine For African Residents
After five Nigerians tested positive for COVID-19 in Guangzhou, China, the government ordered all residents of African descent to quarantine for 14 days, a move that led to businesses and landlords to…
Russell Houghten’s ‘Urban Isolation’ Imagines Skateboarding During a Pandemic Cruising through a completely desolate Los Angeles
With quarantines and “shelter-in-place” becoming the new normal, leave it to skateboarders to find the silver lining in this situation. Russell Houghten’s winning film entry for our 2014 REDirect…
Lucha VaVOOM – Pin-Ups & Pin-Downs Valentine’s shows at the Mayan
LOS ANGELES, CA- It’s hard to imagine anything that captures the soul of Los Angeles better than Lucha VaVoom. Hosted in a venue that started life as a 1920s movie palace/recreation…
Cirque Du Soleil’s VOLTA Hit Their 1000th Performance In Los Angeles VOLTA Will Be Under the Big Top at Dodger Stadium through March 8th, 2020
LOS ANGELES, CA- It’s been over 10 years since the last time I attended a Cirque Du Soleil production, so my memories of that show have somewhat faded. Sure,…
New Amy Winehouse Exhibit Honors an Artistic Icon, and a Remarkable Person The Grammy Museum’s retrospective offers an affectionate look at a bold, yet accessible artist
LOS ANGELES, CA- Close your eyes and think of Amy Winehouse. What do you conjure first? The beehive? The winged eyeliner? The fitted dresses? The tattoos? Or just that remarkable…
CATS Is So Bad … It’s Good Bring Some Alcohol, Smoke Something, Or Do whatever Is Legal In Your State... It Time For Cats!
HOLLYWOOD, CA- I feel the need to start out by saying that I did not pay to see Cats. Well, not money at any rate. I managed to dig up…
Blood is Thicker Than Mud: Earl Sweatshirt and Cheryl Harris at the MOCA
LOS ANGELES, CA- When you’re around the dinner table with family this holiday season, passing steaming sides of sweet potatoes and asparagus, you might be inclined to strike up a…
Capitol Records: Music and Technology Come Together at Capitol Royale in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA- “Artists reveal. Musicians reveal to technologists what technology is for. It is not the other way around, no matter how much technologists want to say it’s the…