SENSATIONAL NEWS! Keep in mind, we lost a lot of great venues, for good, during this awful pandemic.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: TONIGHT! – LA PHIL with Michael Tilson Thomas, Symphonic ELLINGTON, “New World
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: TONIGHT! LA PHIL with MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, EMANUEL AX plays BRAHMS – I know
CAUTION ADVISED I sure do hate having to write that, again, still, but what are ya gonna do? It’s
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: CELSO SALIM & DARRYL CARRIERE — Remember that blues duo I raved about for mont
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: THE SKATALITES — How can I HIGHLY RECOMMEND a band who had their heyday in Jam
PUTTING THIS RIGHT UP TOP! Why? Because sometimes, somehow, you can lose track of the most important
WOODY’S WORDS STILL KILLING FASCISTS Fifty years after his death, “the sad truth” about the gr
A WORD OR TWO ABOUT LIVE MUSIC It’s always a gamble. A gamble you have to take. Recently, followi
50 YEARS OLD, AND…LIVE! I’ve been praying for it, foreshadowing it, hinting at it, calling it fo
AND THAT’S WHY I MOVED HERE Forty years ago. For the music. I have understood almost my entire li
SAMOHI IS 127…
But, you’re going to build a high school before you organize a philharmonic orchestra. (Our own Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra is not far behind, at 78.
