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2010 Stories by John Payne

• Clientele, Lay Low, Gangi

  published September 9, 2010

  The Clientele's August release, Minotaur, is a mini-album featuring eight pleasant dreams with the odd angle of peril. It's an approach the... More >>

• Mission of Niger

  published July 15, 2010

  Niger's Etran Finatawa bridge the very old musical and linguistic traditions of the Arabs of North Africa and those of the... More >>

• L.A. Philharmonic's Ernest Fleischmann, (1924-2010)

  published June 24, 2010

  [Ernest Fleischmann, the former head of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, died on June 13.] "The U.S. is the only... More >>

• Schoenberg and Zappa in Shangri-La

  published June 3, 2010

  Scanning the schedule of this year's Ojai Festival, one sees a typically atypical medley of vanguardish works in classical,... More >>

• Remembering Alan Rich, Dean of American Music Critics

  published April 29, 2010

  It wasn't just by dint of his incredibly long career in music that Alan Rich deserved the title Dean of American Music... More >>

• The Passion of el Cristo

  published April 22, 2010

  The L.A. Philharmonic's "Americas and Americans" festival, ongoing through May 4, brings a series of performances showcasing... More >>

• Soweto Gospel Choir

  published March 25, 2010

  There are choirs and then there are choirs. When the Soweto Gospel Choir sings (a rather inadequate term for it) you might feel as if... More >>

• Lisa Germano's Dark Magic

  published January 21, 2010

  Like her music, Lisa Germano is different. Neither she nor her sounds seem capable of selling themselves; they need a nudge.... More >>