Why Cymande’s Return in 2025 Proves Funk Legends Never Die
LOS ANGELES, CA- Question: How can an obscure British funk band become a Gen X icon? Answer: Spike Lee. If you were a music nerd in the 1990s, unless you were a committed crate digger and chased down every sample in every hip hop song, Cymande…
Kamasi Washington Celebrates The Irrepressible Power & Beauty of Difference In Brooklyn
BROOKLYN, NY- Thursday night’s Kamasi Washington show was rife with nostalgia. There’s always a vintage vibe at Kings Theatre. The relic of a venue is stashed in Flatbush, a neighborhood not yet entirely ravaged by gentrification, and thus, retains a few remnants of the…
Norah Jones Lulls Ohana Fest With A Sultry Performance
HOME PAGE | FRIDAY | SATURDAY | SUNDAY DANA POINT, CA- “… After the sun had set, Norah Jones took the stage. Backed by an extremely tight trio consisting of a drummer, upright bassist and organist, Jones was an absolute delight as her sensual melodies filled the ocean scented air. Her…
Kamasi Washington Brings A Little “Heaven & Earth” To Arroyo Seco Weekend
Home Page | June 23, 2018 | June 24, 2018 PASADENA, CA- “… I’ve seen Kamasi Washington a handful of times live, but with the release of his 2018 album, Heaven & Earth, I decided to check him out once again at Arroyo Seco. I won’t lie, I think Pharaoh…
Common, Robert Glasper And Karriem Riggins Are August Greene & They Brought The Old-School Hip-Hop Vibes To SXSW
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SXSW 2018 COVERAGE! AUSTIN, TX- For most of our SXSW artist coverage, we’ll keep it relatively short and sweet. We have over 80 artists to cover, so cut us some slack! 😉 We’ll basically be formatting each post into two parts: (1) Why…
The Artist Is Present: Herbie Hancock At The Hollywood Bowl [REVIEW]
Hollywood, CA- I don’t know whether it’s due to residual shock over all the legends we lost in 2016 or to the inescapable possibility that the bombs may start falling at any moment, but I’ve spent a lot of time 2017 seeing living legends. Some, like…
The Bowl Meets The Epic: Kamasi Washington at the Hollywood Bowl
HOLLYWOOD, CA- Ever leave a show and just have to talk about how incredible it was, to total strangers if need be? That was the middle-aged lady sitting next to me after Kamasi Washington’s set wound down. She was one hundred percent right, too. Calling it…
Chris Botti Seduces The Bowl With His Transformational Jazz [REVIEW]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] Hollywood, CA- I recall seeing Chris Botti perform with his golden trumpet at the Blue Note in New York City in 2002. It was my first time seeing him. He was a Sony Music artist (via Columbia…
Tennyson Live = Mind Blown … Again. [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
CLICK HERE FOR MORE 30 DAYS IN LA COVERAGE! As much as I was I excited to see Snakehips’ headlining set for Red Bull Sound Select’s 19th concert of “30 Days In LA” at The Wiltern, I was doubly excited to see and hear one…
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…
