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New to the old school
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MID-CITY Deciding to sing came easy for Chrisette Michele, who has been at ease on stage since her days in the church choir.
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Concert-goers can get their gospel groove on
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SM PIER A rocking conglomeration of gospel, pop and bluegrass will resound tonight at the Santa Monica Pier. Imagine jukebox rock paired with Sunday morning service — hand-in-hand with fiddle-riddled country — and you’ll have a good idea of what to expect from this week’s free Twilight Dance Series concert, featuring the Holmes Brothers and Carrie Rodriguez.
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Punk legend rocks the pier
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SANTA MONICA PIER There has perhaps never been a greater legend in rock who exposed the folly of commercial music buyers with such inadvertent clarity.
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Eclectic sounds featured at pier
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SM PIER Home is where the down-home music is tonight.
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Music speaks loud
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The eclectic, laid-back vibe of Santa Monica seems to suit folk-rock artist Brett Dennen just fine. The local singer says he prefers the low-key lifestyle afforded by his Ocean Park digs as opposed to the hustle and bustle of the Hollywood club scene, where he often plays shows.
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Vibes alive
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CITYWIDE — As the temperatures drop, the music scene in Santa Monica tends to heat up, with a menagerie of local and national acts set to take to the stages of area venues. In the lull between holiday shopping, office parties and family gatherings, Santa Monicans can check out of the holiday hustle and bustle, and check in to local clubs for some live music from a host of genres ... all without trekking into LA traffic.
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Not your parent’s Elevater music
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Infectious energy flows from Elevaters’ diverse sound encompassing hip-hop, rock and funk genres harnessed into a style they simply call “soul.”
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SM Civic Light Opera goes big with musical
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The hills of Santa Monica will soon be alive with the sound of music.
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SM Symphony ends season with a flourish
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The acclaimed Santa Monica Symphony will perform a free concert of music by Brahms, Beethoven and Saint-Saëns under the baton of its maestro Allen Robert Gross, on Sunday, May 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.
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Just Jinjer adds spice to ho-hum Mondays
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Monday night in Santa Monica is usually a relatively mellow night. That wasn’t the case on April 24 at Temple Bar on Wilshire Boulevard. Just Jinjer, dubbed by The Los Angeles Times as “Buzz Band” of the week, served up invigorating melodies and a butt-shaking beat back.
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Symphony plays to students
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The Santa Monica Symphony gave a concert for 1,000 children from elementary schools in Santa Monica, Venice and Pacific Palisades on April 25 in the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.
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The Strokes keep their distance in making good ‘Impressions’
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UNIVERSAL CITY — The Strokes’ performance on Thursday, March 30, at the Gibson Amphitheater — the first of two sold-out shows here — may not have been a lovefest between the New Yorkers and its fist-pumping fan base, but it was another skillful workmanlike performance by the acclaimed post-punk revivalists.
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No strings attached for Mozart’s birthday
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There may be nothing more relaxing than listening to the classics of Mozart, especially if it is free.
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Samohi Symphony outdoes itself
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Santa Monica High School students performed at their peak this past Sunday, earning several standing ovations from their crowd of supporters who packed into the Disney Concert Hall.
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Bell tolls for Film School at Troubadour this week
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The self-titled debut record from San Francisco-based quintet Film School features an element of synaesthesia as they evoke images of different states of weather through the sounds of their thick, ethereal music.
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Artist, activist Gilkyson takes to McCabe’s stage
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At the end of the day, musician Eliza Gilkyson is yet another person worried about the world’s current state of affairs.
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