Amayo of Antibalas Is A Captivating Force On Stage
CLICK HERE FOR MORE THE GROWLERS SIX COVERAGE! San Pedro, CA- “… There’s also a fire in Antibalas’ lead singer, Amayo. With his painted face and colorful garb, his presence on stage was magnetic and enchanting. It was as if he was a witch doctor enchanting…
Nick Waterhouse And His Band Are Sounding As Good As Ever [PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] CLICK HERE FOR MORE SANTA BARBARA POLO & WINE FESTIVAL COVERAGE! Santa Barbara- If there’s a musical genre that pairs nicely with wine- other than jazz or classical- it’s 1950s inspired blues and R&B. Nick Waterhouse’s modern take…
Macy Gray Headlines Inaugural Polo & Wine Festival With Her Inimitable Soul [PHOTOS]
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SANTA BARBARA POLO & WINE FESTIVAL COVERAGE! Carpinteria, CA- Headlining the Santa Barbara Polo & Wine Festival was the inimitable soul singer Macy Gray. As a late addition to the festival’s line-up due to the untimely passing of the venerable Charles Bradley,…
Joon Moon Showers The Mercury Lounge With A Moonshine Corner [PHOTOS]
[twitter style=”horizontal” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button” width=”100″] [pinterest count=”horizontal”] Lower East Side, NY- Formed in the heart of Paris’ art district in Montematre, Joon Moon- a trio consisting of Julien Decoret, Raphael Chassin, and Krystle Warren- performed last Friday at NYC’s Mercury Lounge as part of the…
The Mattson 2 Fuse Funk And Jazz To Perfection At The Ohana Fest
FOR MORE THE OHANA FEST 2017 COVERAGE CLICK HERE! Dana Point, CA- The Mattson 2 are a So-Cal based guitar and drum duo of Jared and Jonathan Mattson. Before you get any unwarranted preconceptions about the foregoing description, let me assure you, they aren’t the typical…
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…
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…
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…
Jacob Collier’s Live Performance Will Amaze You With His Genius [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,…
