Gustavo Turner

Amy Farris at McCabe's; Credit: Rick Braverman via Facebook

Dave Alvin Leads Tribute to Amy Farris at McCabe's (11/08)

Gustavo Turner
Next Sunday at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica a veritable constellation of roots music stars will be paying tribute to one of their own: much-beloved fiddler, all-around strings virtuosa, singer and songwriter Amy Farris, who passed away in Los Angeles last September. Dave Alvin, Stan Ridgway, Peter Case, I......
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Start Your Morning with a Brand New Leonard Cohen Song

Gustavo Turner
Full-time Leonard Cohen trackers have been abuzz over the last couple of days with news of a gorgeous new song the Canadian bard (and long-time Los Angeles resident) has added to the repertory. The song, (temporarily?) named by Cohen as "That Other Blues Song," was officially unveiled in Chicago last......
Darbie Nowatka Rice and her Golddiggers of 2009

Silverlake Scene Girl Porn or New Bishop Allen Video?: YOU Be the Judge!

Gustavo Turner
To promote "True of False," the latest single from their months-old Grrr... album, Bishop Allen did what any clever bunch of average-looking, expensively-educated beardos from Brooklyn with Calexico-style horns and a stand-up drummer would do: draft your Bobbie-Gentry-lookalike girlfriend (now wife) to sing lead and surround her with shimmying and......
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"Billy Corgan is a Magical Musician" Declares David Lynch

Gustavo Turner
In case you didn't know, besides directing films, making neo-goth-rockabilly albums, being our local freelance weatherman, and promoting Transcendental Meditation around the world, David Lynch also has a foundation devoted to helping kids concentrate in dangerous high-school environments. The David Lynch Foundation website, DLF.TV, has been creating a series of......