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…
Wild Belle’s “Twilight Concerts” Performance Showed Growth [PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] Santa Monica, CA- Elliot and Natalie Bergman are Wild Belle and on August 17th, 2017, they opened up the Santa Monica Pier’s “Twilight Concerts” musical offerings. Formed in 2013, and releasing their first album “Isles”, the band…
Pete Molinari Serenades Hollywood With His Beautiful Friends [PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] Hollywood, CA- Recording artists who root their music in the past are often considered “throwbacks”, running the risk of being pigeonholed in a category that lends itself to “he sounds great but is he as good as so and…
The Big Pink Shakes Things Up At Cheetahs [PHOTOS]
HOLLYWOOD, CA- The Big Pink sure know how to throw a damn good party. Whether performing at a local music festival, a communal artist space or a nondescript, abandoned loft space, Robbie Furze and company always put on one hell of a show, and always have…
Fiona Silver Is Golden At The Standard’s “Desert Nights”
Hollywood, CA- The first thing that caught my attention was her eyes … her epically smoldering eyes. My friend, and fellow contributor, Cortney Armitage, had posted a photo on Instagram and I was instantly intrigued. Now, knowing that Cortney’s taste in music is pretty stellar,…
Jill Scott Sings Hymnals of Sex and Freedom At The Hollywood Bowl [PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] Los Angeles, CA — The marquee read correctly, Jill Scott sold out The Hollywood Bowl for LA Phil’s 2017 Jazz at The Bowl Summer Series. My excitement was through the roof! There’s nothing like witnessing such a talented…
Collapsing Scenery Was Intensely Visceral At Cheetahs [PHOTOS]
Hollywood, CA- The odds seemed slim that I would make it to Cheetah’s in time to catch The Big Pink‘s late-night performance, but I was somehow able to traverse Hollywood in record time to get to the venue early enough to catch the last opening act:…
Robert Glasper Experiment Defines Genre-Jumping At The Hollywood Bowl [PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] Hollywood, CA — When your name holds this much weight, opening at the Hollywood Bowl is a walk in the park. Grammy Award winning keyboard player and record producer Robert Glasper joined Jill Scott for the LA Phil’s 2017 Jazz…
Ramonda Hammer Crushes House Party With “Destroyer”
LOS ANGELES, CA- This past weekend, Ramonda Hammer celebrated the release of their critically acclaimed, Rolling Stone Magazine approved, EP “Destroyers” at Echo Park Rising. But earlier in the month, Blurred Culture had the privilege of attending a special house party hosted by the band to…
Amber Mark Is An Artist To Watch
Westwood, CA- There’s a lot of buzz about Amber Mark, a twenty-three-year-old, singer songwriter who released her first track, “S P A C E” less than a year ago on Soundcloud. There’s a good reason for that … she’s dope as fu … shut yo…