“I’m interested in how music moves through the diaspora," says the photographer, explaining why his photos of musicians have taken him all the way from the streets of Watts to the jungles of Brazil....
Captured on the new compilation "Three Willow Park," the Electronium was an ahead-of-its-time synthesizer that could actually generate melodies. Thanks to some restoration work, it may soon compose again....
“They’re not open,” Anthony Valadez says to two people as they try to open the door to Venice’s Del Monte Speakeasy. Born and raised in the San Fernando Valley, Valadez moved to Venice almost exactly eight years ago. “I moved in the day before Barack Obama got elected,” he recalls,......
L.A. ZOOO, the new album from L.A.-based producer Bei Ru (out today via Fat Beats), doesn’t fit into anyone particular genre. It’s an ode to some of his favorite artists, genres and styles of music fused with his experiences growing up and living in Los Angeles. It’s a reflection of the great......
Jimetta Rose always knew she wanted to be a singer. As a young girl, she sang in her church choir. She learned how to be a good singer, but she wanted something more. “I look at that word ['good'] as a very limiting word,” the Los Angeles native says. “Now......
On her debut mini-album Only Child, Brit Manor explores issues such as femininity, depression, loneliness, death, reincarnation and loss. In reflecting upon such heavy topics, the singer-songwriter learned how to tap into her inner power and look for the silver lining in even the darkest of clouds. Manor in indeed......
Dominick Wickliffe, better known as KXNG Crooked (formerly Crooked I), is proud to be part of Long Beach’s illustrious rap history. “We had one of the biggest runs in hip-hop history,” he proclaims. “I don’t think it’s really talked about much. We had more major deals in the city of......
As a little girl, Edrina Martinez wanted to be an astronaut. She also wanted to be Gwen Stefani. She tied a ribbon around her acoustic guitar with some tape and sang along to Tragic Kingdom from her couch. Ultimately, Martinez combined her dreams and became Astronautica, a cosmic traveler who......
When singer Remy Kay first started recording her debut EP In The Mourning with close friend and producer Christopher "Repeated Measures" Norwood in early 2014, she wasn't quite sure what it was about. But as time went on, it became clear that In The Mourning would reflect the journey she......
When '70s soul man Bobby Caldwell ("What You Won't Do For Love") and Grammy-winning producer Jack Splash (Cee Lo Green, Kendrick Lamar) initially decided to work together, Splash was pretty nervous. "But as our group name suggests," Splash says, "it ended up kind of like me working with my cool......
