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Vienna Comes to Downtown

Los Angeles Chefs Discuss Downtown L.A. at ALOUD

"We can forget all our troubles, forget all our cares and go downtown ... everything's waiting for you!" When Petula Clark sang this line in 1964 -- albeit about New York -- who could have known she was she forecasting the future of downtown Los Angeles as a culinary destination? Numerous chefs have ... More >>

Music Picks: Demdike Stare, A Musical Tribute to Gil Scott-Heron, Natalie Merchant

Also, Lindsey Buckingham, Los Lobos, Kenny Garrett and others

Walt Disney Concert Hall's Secret Garden: From Patina Chef Tony Esnault

Restaurant chef's gardens are popping up in unusual places, but nowhere more unlikely than in the midst of downtown L.A.'s skyscrapers. Flourishing on an upper level of the Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall is an outdoor rooftop garden -- public at that -- that lets visitors take in the ... More >>

Why Ryan Adams Isn't Allowing Photos

Illustration by Sam Washburn​By Kiernan Maletsky Friday night, Ryan Adams performed at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Check out our review of the show -- the opening act was Val Kilmer as Mark Twain -- you'll see that we have no photos from it. That's because on this tour Adams' isn't allowing t ... More >>

Music Picks: The Descendents, Stones Throw 15th Anniversary Show,, Princess Pangolin, Brian Setzer

Also, Guns N' Roses, Weingart, Stevie Wonder's House Full of Toys, and others

Herbie Hancock With The Los Angeles Philharmonic - Disney Hall - 9-27-11

For more photos, see Mark Edward Harris' slideshow. Herbie Hancock, Gustavo "The Dude" Dudamel conducting the L.A. Phil Walt Disney Concert Hall September 27, 2011 Better Than: Multitasking to a Gershwin recording. Actually listening again is a revelation. Go ahead, put "Rhapsody in Blue" in a mi ... More >>

Balkan Bash

Music Picks: SWANS, Sebadoh, Arbouretum, Cass McCombs

Also Meshell Ndegeocello, Kaki King, Local Natives and others

Can Music Can Make You Thinner (and Happier)? Science Says "Yes!"

​ The most recent issue of the Scandinavian Journal of Health contained an article explaining how music can reinforce healthy behavior and even help with pain management. It may come as a surprise to you that Scandinavians need to worry about alternatives to Big Pharma, what with the fact tha ... More >>

Music Picks: Haroula Rose, Jimmy Webb, Adler's Appetite, Nikka Costa

Also, The Melvins, Graf Orlock, Dudamel/Mahler 9th, Lissie and others

Music Picks: Batusis, Interpol, Minus the Bear

Also, Taj Mahal, Shakira, Sufjan Stevens and others

Music Picks: Laurie Anderson, Onibaba, Superchunk

Also, Hoodoo Gurus, Die Antwoord, Jonsi and others

SEE REDCAT DANCE

Last Night: Only a Neck Injury Can Stop Gustavo "Electrico!" Dudamel (Also, Alisa Weilerstein with the L.A. Phil)

Mathew Imaging​Last night at Disney Hall, while conducting Dvorák's Cello Concerto in B minor with soloist Alisa Weilerstein, Gustavo Dudamel pulled a muscle in his neck and was unable to return for the second half of the program. Deborah Borda, president of the L.A. Philharmonic Association, ... More >>

Treat Her Right: Mother's Day Dining Options

Flickr user Bakerella​ Mother's Day in Los Angeles always brings the gift of good May weather, and the perennial foolproof option of a Sunday farmers' market visit followed by a home cooked meal. But here are a few other suggestions on how to treat a deserving lady right, since chances are th ... More >>

Getty's Foundation: Dirty Projectors Play Disney Hall

Show features L.A. Philharmonic and Alarm Will Sound

WATTS NEW

Rock Picks: Ozomatli, Harper Simon, Spain

Also, Tenacious D, Lady Gaga, Local Natives and others

Over the Weekend: Girls, The Airborne Toxic Event, Origami Vinyl's First Art Show and Slayer Bears at Unique LA

It's a weekend of firsts, with locals The Airborne Toxic Event taking to the Walt Disney Concert Hall stage and Origami Vinyl hosting an art show. Still, there was more going on this weekend, from concerts to holiday shopping extravaganzas. Keep reading for the details. The Airborne Toxic Event wit ... More >>

Dirty Projectors Celebrate Halloween at Echo Park Rec Cen

"The new feelings will rise up like fake blood in crisp October/ From the cracks and the edges of the graves of our proudest moments/ Because that's not a monument it's a grave." Dirty Projectors' lead singer, Dave Longstreth, started his second set at the Echo Park Rec Cen on the last night of Oc ... More >>

Dudamel: The Great Brown Hope

L.A. Phil conductor must inspire Latinos, if it's not too late

Fantastique Shake-Up

Plus, Opus 130 and knowing when to clap

The "West Coast Sound": Lauded Songwriters Grapple With Its Genesis

(It's the humidity, stupid)

Splendid Company at Disney Hall

L.A. Phil's Music from Hesperia; L.A. Opera's high C's

Go Tell It On Grand Avenue!

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Martha Argerich: Maximum Force

Pianist worth the wait

Ludwig’s Mirror

It's Wonderful to Be Here

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One of Those Weeks

Christopher Rouse's Requiem and Mark Robson at Zipper Concert Hall

Mastery Old & Young

Velvet Goldmine

Blue Velvet

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Klezmer!

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Sound and Substance

Orpheus meets Emanuel Ax and the eight-hour Pan-American Music Marathon

Fragments From a Lover's Discourse

Dreamin' on Grand Avenue

A publicly subsidized vision of downtown’s prime district

Stratocaster Collage

Glenn Branca’s Hallucination City for 100 electric guitars

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