Andy Hermann

Meghan Parkansky didn't set out to put together an entire festival around the cause of mental health awareness. But this Sunday, when the In This Together Festival takes over the Avalon in Hollywood, that's exactly what she'll be doing. "It started out as an idea just to raise money for......

Canadian poet, singer and songwriter Leonard Cohen has died, according to an announcement on his Facebook page. He was 82. Born in a predominantly English-speaking suburb of Montreal in 1934, Cohen began his career as a poet and novelist. He turned his attention to songwriting in the 1960s and achieved......

Launched by author David Eggers, the "30 Days, 30 Songs" project has been cranking out anti-Trump protest songs at the rate of one or two a day for the past month — in fact, it was recently renamed "30 Days, 50 Songs" because so many artists wanted in on the......

Snowboarding and music: It might seem like an odd pairing, especially here in snowless Los Angeles. But with Air + Style, legendary snowboarder (and slightly less legendary musician) Shaun White has proven that the combination can make for a pretty exciting spin on a conventional festival. After two successful L.A......

In a dimly lit room at the Recording Academy headquarters in Santa Monica, author and repetitive strain injuries expert Jill Gambaro gives a presentation to a small audience of musicians and industry professionals. The title of her talk is "Musicians in Pain: Get Help and Keep Your Gig." According to......

Last week, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced the nominees for its class of 2017 — and as usual, music critics and commentators responded with a flurry of think pieces and op-eds about how much the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame sucks....

L.A. singer-songwriter Andy Grammer wrote his latest single, "Fresh Eyes," as a love song to his wife, trying to capture that moment when a loved one "kinda surprises you and you're like, 'I must've overlooked this one part of you and now I'm catching it and it's making me love......

Paul McCartney fans who either couldn't score tickets to Desert Trip or weren't down with the classic-rock festival's steep ticket prices ($399 and up) just got some great news. The Cute Beatle just announced that he and his band will be performing a surprise show tonight at Pappy and Harriet's......

"I have the least rock & roll life," Moby insists. "Every morning I wake up at 6 a.m. By 6:15, I'm hiking." He says this as he's sitting by the pool of his very nice house in the Los Feliz hills, wearing a T-shirt from Little Pine, the Silver Lake......