Billie Holiday

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark at the Geffen Playhouse and the Plight of Black Performers in Hollywood

Music Picks: Bettye LaVette, Johnny Thunders, Johnny Hallyday

Also, Kate McGarry, Enter Shikari, Hype Williams and others

Lorraine Feather

Also, Kate McGarry, Enter Shikari, Hype Williams and others

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday

KCRW Broadcast #155 for Saturday, March 10, 2012 See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! Justice, Texas Style Fanatics! I am writing you from the backstage area of the House of Blues down here in Orlando FL. The next four shows are in the Sunshine State. So far, the US leg of the tour has been going ... More >>

Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: The Complete List

Yeah, yeah, we know. The top 20 greatest musicians of all time, in any genre. Where do we get off? Well, we'll tell you where we get off -- at Accuracy Station. Our team of writers listened to thousands and thousands of hours of music for this list, digging deep into the annals of history and explor ... More >>

Top 20 Musicians of All Time, in Any Genre: #15-11

See also: *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, In Any Genre: #20-16 *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, In Any Genre: #10-6 *Top 20 Musicians of All Time, In Any Genre: #5-1 15. Madonna When asked by Dick Clark on American Bandstand in 1983 what her dreams were, a young Madonna replied, "To rule the world." ... More >>

Eating Bob Dylan (In Chocolate)

Star ForemanBob Dylan birthday cake​ Where did we go when we wanted a likeness of Bob Dylan painted on a cake for the cover of this week's LA Weekly? To Kate Steffens, the DJ and chocolatier who specializes in rock 'n roll cakes via her baking enterprise behind Straight Outta Chocolate. From B ... More >>

Brick's Picks: Esperanza, the Upsetter

Star ForemanBob Dylan birthday cake​ Where did we go when we wanted a likeness of Bob Dylan painted on a cake for the cover of this week's LA Weekly? To Kate Steffens, the DJ and chocolatier who specializes in rock 'n roll cakes via her baking enterprise behind Straight Outta Chocolate. From B ... More >>

The Column!: Postcard From NYC

Star ForemanBob Dylan birthday cake​ Where did we go when we wanted a likeness of Bob Dylan painted on a cake for the cover of this week's LA Weekly? To Kate Steffens, the DJ and chocolatier who specializes in rock 'n roll cakes via her baking enterprise behind Straight Outta Chocolate. From B ... More >>

Why Esperanza Spalding Matters (Sorry, Justin Bieber Fanatics--She Does)

TheGrio​ [Here at LA Weekly, we're honored to count with the services of LA's Top Jazz Journalist, the inimitable Brick Wahl. We asked Brick to weigh in on the Esperanza Spalding Grammy upset. Brick has been an Esperanza fan from way back, and he was happy to put it all in context for us (and ... More >>

ATONE AT HOME

TheGrio​ [Here at LA Weekly, we're honored to count with the services of LA's Top Jazz Journalist, the inimitable Brick Wahl. We asked Brick to weigh in on the Esperanza Spalding Grammy upset. Brick has been an Esperanza fan from way back, and he was happy to put it all in context for us (and ... More >>

WHEN BANDS WERE BIG AND SO WERE MEN

TheGrio​ [Here at LA Weekly, we're honored to count with the services of LA's Top Jazz Journalist, the inimitable Brick Wahl. We asked Brick to weigh in on the Esperanza Spalding Grammy upset. Brick has been an Esperanza fan from way back, and he was happy to put it all in context for us (and ... More >>

Brick's Picks: Horny Weekend

TheGrio​ [Here at LA Weekly, we're honored to count with the services of LA's Top Jazz Journalist, the inimitable Brick Wahl. We asked Brick to weigh in on the Esperanza Spalding Grammy upset. Brick has been an Esperanza fan from way back, and he was happy to put it all in context for us (and ... More >>

Brick's Picks: Holiday in Blue

TheGrio​ [Here at LA Weekly, we're honored to count with the services of LA's Top Jazz Journalist, the inimitable Brick Wahl. We asked Brick to weigh in on the Esperanza Spalding Grammy upset. Brick has been an Esperanza fan from way back, and he was happy to put it all in context for us (and ... More >>

2009: The Year in Obsessions

L.A. Weekly’s music editor lists the 10 records he couldn’t get out of his head

Stage Raw: Purgatorio

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSLATEST NEW REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Crime and Punishment and The Conquest of the South PoleNEW REVIEW GO PURGATORIO ​Photo Courtesy of Societas Raffaello Sanzio "He longs to make a film" the New York Times reported last year about Italian stage director/set-lighting-a ... More >>

Past, Moving Forward: The Little Theater of Pedro Costa

The Portuguese director discusses his Jeanne Balibar documentary, Ne Change Rien

Best LA Music of 2009 So Far Part IV: Nite Jewel and Tom Brosseau

​Last week as we were sorting through our piles of CDs and accumulated MP3 files, we started to notice how big the stack of recent excellent LA music was. It became apparent that we're in the middle of a pretty great year for Los Angeles releases, and decided to give mid-year props to our fave ... More >>

Theater Reviews: Altar Boyz, the Apple Tree, Chariot, Sprung: A Love Story

Also, Stop Kiss, Billie and Bogie, God Box and more.

Stage Raw: As You Like It

THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSAlso see this week's STAGE FEATURE on Polish theater unmaskedNEW REVIEW GO AS YOU LIKE ITAs You Like It Photo courtesy of Aquila TheatreSummer is in full heat across the Southland, which brings out amphitheater producti ... More >>

Stage Raw: Pericles Redux

 THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEW THEATER PICK PERICLES REDUXPhoto courtesy of Not Man Apart ProductionsScholars have long discussed whether Shakespeare wrote  the entirety of Pericles, Prince of Tyre or collaborated with another writer. (Given the play's convoluted elements, most commentators ... More >>

Stage Raw: Mr Merkin to be a Tony Award Voter!

THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED IN THIS WEEK'S COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSMR. MERKIN BECOMES TONY AWARD VOTER! Mr. Merkin's father, also named Mr. Merkin, ruminating upon why his son is such an idiot. His dog, Scrapper, feels exactly the same way. Our guest blogger-critic Mr. Merkin reports ... More >>

SONGSTRESS-MUSICIAN SUNNY WAR

She's going to blow your mind

Memorial Day: Michael’s Staples Center Farewell

She's going to blow your mind

Movie Reviews: The Rocker, The House Bunny, Death Race

Also, America the Beautiful, The Longshots and more

MBW All Over LA

Mr Brainwash is on fire. His solo art show opens in just two weeks, and he's been pasting and painting his icons all over LA. So which gallery is he showing at? None. Try the recently abandoned CBS TV studio in Hollywood on Sunset Blvd. MBW has been holed up there for weeks preparing for the ... More >>

Barack Obama and the Company We Keep

Many blacks have a Jeremiah Wright in their past ... and are better men for it

Record Reviews: Cat Power, Drive-By Truckers

Also: Richard Swift, Black Mountain

Björk and Ryan Shaw Go Genre Bending

Cross dressers

Days of Lines and Poses

SxSW journal

BBB (Big, Bold and Beautiful)

The clouds have parted and the birds are chirping what sounds like Japanese power pop. SXSW being an industry event I attend my first industry panel, "Idiots Unite!" (The idiots, of course, being anyone involved in this crazy business of show.) David Katznelson, president of Birdman Recording Group, ... More >>

Diana Ross: O.G. Diva Sings the Blues

A long-lost ’71 jazz album smashes imitators, from Madonna to Beyoncé

Film Reviews

For the week of April 14 - 20

After Midnight

For the week of April 14 - 20

California Tuffy

Carla Bozulich in the time of the preacher

Ghost Emotion

Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man, beyond the footnotes

Insane Clone Posse

Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man, beyond the footnotes

Dial EM for Mussels

Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man, beyond the footnotes

Music, Race and Junk

Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man, beyond the footnotes

Troubleshooters

Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man, beyond the footnotes

Beyond the Bar

Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man, beyond the footnotes

Strange Effects

The truthful way of Billie Holiday

Sealed With a Kiss

Amel Larrieux, soul searcher

Are You . . . Experienced?

Amel Larrieux, soul searcher

Just One of Those Things

Bryan Ferry brings Cole to Newcastle

Pop Purée

Bryan Ferry brings Cole to Newcastle

Neckties, 9 to 5 and Cocktail Parties

The New York School of Poets

Changing Colors

The BellRays' Maximum Rock & Soul

The Chords

Woody Guthrie's hitherto unsung anthems

Music Reviews

Woody Guthrie's hitherto unsung anthems