Class, Style and Musicality, The O’Jays Are OGs At The Hollywood Bowl
LOS ANGELES, CA- Classic songs endure, and when they come from the 70’s, they are guaranteed to get you shaking your groove thang until the wheels fall off. The O’Jays are perhaps one of the greatest soul bands from that era and their Philly soul…
NYC’s Jessica 6 Got LA to Shake Their Groove Things AT LA! Pride
L.A. Pride Parade | L.A. PrideFestival | Festival 6/9/18 | Festival 6/10/18 LOS ANGELES, CA- “… Next up on the main stage was NYC native Nomi Ruiz p/k/a Jessica 6. Her music mixes elements of electronic dance and house, and, like Saturn Rising, had darker overtones. In the research I had done…
!!! (Chk Chk Chk) “Shake The Shudder” At Music Tastes Good [PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE FOR MORE MUSIC TASTES GOOD 2017 COVERAGE! Long Beach, CA- As Old 97’s were bringing the country jams over on the main stage at Music Tastes Good, something entirely different was brewing on the other side of the…
Kool & The Gang Brought Funk And Sparkles To The Hollywood Bowl [REVIEW]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] Los Angeles, CA- There was no way I was going to miss Kool and the Gang, Morris Day and the Time, and the Village People at the Hollywood Bowl. In a very real sense, Kool and the…
Kat Graham Is Looking To The Future With Funky Dance Grooves [PHOTOS+REVIEW]
AUSTIN, TX- For every artist we decided to catch at SXSW, we decided to review each performance with our own version of “Five Ws and One H” answering the questions: 1) Who are they, 2) What kind of music do they play, 3) When did they play,…
!!!’s [ChkChkChk’s] Disco Funks Gets The Party Started At MainFest Alhambra
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE For More MainFest Alhambra Coverage! RECAP: If the name of your band consists of three exclamation points, you better have a live performance that meets those lofty expectations. !!! aka “Chk Chk Chk” has absolutely no…
FYF Hosts The Legendary Grace Jones, And If You Missed It “You F*cked Up”! [REVIEW+PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE to check out more FUCK YEAH FEST Coverage! To call Grace Jones fierce is an understatement. That woman is an undeniable force of nature. At 68, she is living proof of the axiom “age ain’t nothing but a…
Gavin Turek Sparkles “Into The Night” At The Skirball Cultural Center
LOS ANGELES, CA- If there is an up and coming artist that you want launching a summer concert series, you can’t do much better than selecting Gavin Turek for that honor. This multitalented artist knows how to put on a show, and her exuberance was on full display…
Shamir’s “Ratchet” Performance At L.A. Pride Was Diva Worthy
CLICK HERE for more L.A. PRIDE Coverage! When I first saw the video for Shamir’s “On The Regular”, I was not only drawn to his quirky and charismatic lyrical delivery, but also the colorfully, artistic nature of the visuals therein. In delving further into the rest the…
Gavin Turek’s Bootleg Residency Proves That She Is Ready For The Limelight
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] The past 18 months have been quite fruitful for Gavin Turek. With backing vocal credits on the first three songs of Tuxedo’s debut album (the collaborative venture between Mayer Hawthorne and Jake One) that was released in…