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  • Music

    May 17, 2012

    Music Picks: Too $hort, Best Coast, Brad Mehldau Trio

    Also, Lee Fields & the Expressions, Simon Stokes, Sonnymoon, and others

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Merry Clayton - The Mint - 1/31/12

    Merry Clayton The Mint 1-31-12 Better than...getting stomped at Altamont. Merry Clayton is a soul legend. With over 40 years since her appearance on the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter" Clayton has solidified herself as a top-notch belter, tackling anything and everything in between. Last night bef ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    RIP Cornell Dupree

    Cornell Dupree​Famed jazz and R&B guitarist Cornell Dupree passed away Sunday, May 8, in his hometown of Fort Worth, TX. He was 69 years old. At 19, the blues musician joined King Curtis and the Kingpins, playing alongside a young Jimi Hendrix. In the 1960s, he became one of Atlantic Records ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Exclusive Free Download: Acclaimed Jazz Singer Patti Austin Covers Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence"

    Patti does Depeche​One of the biggest surprises of the post-'80s era is how hugely influential Depeche Mode--the on-paper difficult band that peddled adult sexual fantasies to several generations of goth-inclined teens--turned out to have been. Go to any club where the syntheratti congregate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Hollywood Nights: Nylon Magazine Party Nymphs, Burlesque Babes and the Amazing Macy Gray

    Lina LecaroHowling and humping with Macy. ​ The stars were aligned in more ways than one last night in Hollywood... Nylon Magazine's "Young Hollywood" bash was a trendy pretties-packed affair that saw hordes at the door from the get-go (paparazzi and hispteratti). At this point, we'll give pro ... More >>

  • Music

    January 20, 2011

    Page Two: Music Roundup

    Lina LecaroHowling and humping with Macy. ​ The stars were aligned in more ways than one last night in Hollywood... Nylon Magazine's "Young Hollywood" bash was a trendy pretties-packed affair that saw hordes at the door from the get-go (paparazzi and hispteratti). At this point, we'll give pro ... More >>

  • Music

    December 23, 2010

    Music Picks: Repeater, Project Blowed 16th Anniversary, Infected Mushroom

    Also, Riot Grrl Christmas Carnival, Captain Ahab and others

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    Stage Raw: Voombodian Women from Outer Space!

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on Happy Ending and WaterVOOMBODIAN WOMEN FROM OUTER SPACE! Staged reading of Barry Schwam's new play at Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., in Sierra Madre. Sun., 7:30 p.m. $5 (626) 355-4318 AN EVENING WITH PAT BOONE, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Stage Raw: Circle X and Bootleg Hook Up to Read Plays

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTheater FEATURE on John StepplingCIRCLE X AND BOOTLEG HOOK UP TO READ PLAYS Circle X Theatre Company and Bootleg are joining forces to present a series of Monday night readings of new works, starting September 13, at the Bootleg venue. Playwrights s ... More >>

  • Stage

    August 26, 2010

    Theater Reviews: A Wither's Tale, All My Sons,Karma the Musical

    Also, Chess in Concert, On the Verge (Or the Geography of Yearning) and more

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    Stage Raw: City Garage Bids Adieu to Fourth Street

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS Cover Story on LATE's The War Cycle2011 MARK TAPER FORUM SEASON ANNOUNCED ​John Lithgow Photo by Nigel Perry John Lithgow will ring in the New Year spinning yarns in Stories By Heart, previously produced at the Lincoln Center and at the National ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 26, 2010

    A Wither's Tale

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS Cover Story on LATE's The War Cycle2011 MARK TAPER FORUM SEASON ANNOUNCED ​John Lithgow Photo by Nigel Perry John Lithgow will ring in the New Year spinning yarns in Stories By Heart, previously produced at the Lincoln Center and at the National ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2010

    Stage Raw: Much Ado

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS STAGE FEATURE on My Penis, In and Out of TroubleNEW REVIEW GO GRIFFITH PARK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING​Photo by Ivy AugustaDon John (Sean Pritchett) is such a bastard. Really. He's the bastard son of Don Pedro (Luis Galindo), pri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2010

    Stage Raw: All My Sons

    ALL MY SONS​Is being presented by Ruskin Theatre Gropu and is among the productions being reviewed this weekend. Check back on Monday for reviews of all seen over the weekend. You can find a list of them by clicking the More tab directly below. Photo by Agnes MagyariAlso, an ambitious project by a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Stage Raw: How Do Actors Do It?

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on My Penis, In and Out of TroubleHOW DO ACTORS DO IT? As told by Alan Mandell, who was among a dozen or so actors auditioning for the movie This Must Be the Place, starring Sean Penn. The role was for a man 94-years old. Mandell, being ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    Stage Raw: James Gammon Memorial

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Opus, at the Fountain Theatre MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JAMES GAMMON: Sunday, August 22, 2 p.m. at the MET Theatre, 1089 N. Oxford Avenue in Hollywood. RSVP here Check back Monday night for reviews of: BOY'S LIFE, Howard Korder's 1988 ba ... More >>

  • Music

    November 26, 2009

    Shafiq Husayn, Sa-Ra Creative Partners and the Sound of Leimert Park Hip-Hop

    Zulu rising (again)

  • Film+TV

    July 16, 2009

    Movie Reviews: Death In Love, 500 Days of Summer, Severed Ways

    Also, The Poker House, The Queen and I, and more

  • Film+TV

    July 9, 2009

    Soul Power: The Other Rumble in the Jungle

    Documenting an epic concert in Zaire

  • Music

    June 19, 2008

    Rock Picks: Seun Kuti, Thievery Corporation, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

    Also, Death Cab for Cutie, Ingrid Michaelson and more

  • News

    May 11, 2006

    Soul Love

    Ten questions with Soul Sides creator — and album curator — Oliver Wang

  • Music

    July 17, 2003

    Cold Tears

    Ten questions with Soul Sides creator — and album curator — Oliver Wang

  • Music

    December 21, 2000

    Stripes 4 Ever

    Ten questions with Soul Sides creator — and album curator — Oliver Wang

  • Music

    September 9, 1999

    Brotherly Love

    Shouting with the Isleys

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