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    Mar 8, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  1. Music review: Jeffrey Kahane recital at Walt Disney Concert Hall

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    Rick Schultz reviews Jeffrey Kahane in recital and with members of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra at Walt Disney Concert Hall...
    2. Jan 19, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  2. Guitar Geek Festival 2012 this weekend in Anaheim

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    Deke Dickerson's 9th annual Guitar Geek Festival takes place Jan. 20 and 21 in Anaheim. Ventures guitarist Nokie Edwards and guitar supergroup the Hellecasters headline as Deke Dickerson expands the event from one to two days....
    3. Dec 18, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Movies: Designs that build character

    A movie doesn't have to be jampacked with cinema style to have a memorable fashion moment or two, and in the course of screening the slate of holiday-season films, we found all kinds of clothes, accessories, hairstyles and makeup worth a mention.
    Los Angeles Times
    A movie doesn't have to be jampacked with cinema style to have a memorable fashion moment or two, and in the course of screening the slate of holiday-season films, we found all kinds of clothes, accessories, hairstyles and makeup worth a mention. "Hugo"...

    Tags: Concerts, Hugo (movie), World War I (1914-1918), Richard Griffiths, Steven Spielberg

    4. Nov 1, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Beryl Davis dies at 87; British-born singer became a star in America

    Beryl Davis, a British-born singer who became a star in America performing with Frank Sinatra and Benny Goodman during the big-band era, died Friday in Los Angeles. She was 87.
    Beryl Davis, a British-born singer who became a star in America performing with Frank Sinatra and Benny Goodman during the big-band era, died Friday in Los Angeles. She was 87. The cause of death was complications from Alzheimer's disease, according to...

    Tags: Dining and Drinking, Concerts, George Shearing, Vaughn Monroe, World War II (1939-1945)

    5. Aug 26, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  5. John Jorgenson brings Django Reinhardt-inspired Gypsy jazz back to SoCal

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    In the year that marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Gypsy jazz pioneer Django Reinhardt, Southland fans will have reason to celebrate with several Southland appearances later this week by contemporary Reinhardt devotee John Jorgenson. The...
    6. Dec 21, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Times music writers pick their favorite albums of 2010

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    In this day and age, critical consensus is hard to come by in the world of popular music. There are as many musical subgenres in 2010 as there were album releases four decades ago, and even the most plugged-in fan......
    7. Jan 25, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  7. John Jorgenson at Grammy Museum's night of 'Great Guitars'

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    Guitarist John Jorgenson gave Grammy Museum officials a special challenge during his question-answer-performance session Monday night: how to shoehorn the myriad aspects of an extraordinarily multifaceted career into the usual two-hour time slot and leave...
    8. Jan 31, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Album review: Hot Club of Cowtown's 'What Makes Bob Holler'

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    This long-running Austin, Texas, trio salutes Bob Wills, one if its two primary musical influences (the other being the Gypsy jazz of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli) on this sweetly unassuming, live-in-the-studio trip through 14 numbers from the...
    9. Jul 6, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Google celebrates Frida Kahlo's 103rd birthday by doctoring its logo -- and her self-portrait

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    If an image of a painting that pops up on a computer screen can be considered a viewing, then Frida Kahlo may be setting a record today for the most glimpses of an artist's self-portrait -- thanks to Google, which......
    10. Jun 29, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Jypsi: A family band's breakthrough plans

    THE STAR-MAKING machine in Nashville does a lot of things well, but nurturing musicians who work outside the box isn't one of them. In the 1950s, Buddy Holly was rebuffed when he first recorded there, and Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings spent most of the '60s struggling to fit into Music City's square holes before going home to Texas to record their songs the way they envisioned them.
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    THE STAR-MAKING machine in Nashville does a lot of things well, but nurturing musicians who work outside the box isn't one of them. In the 1950s, Buddy Holly was rebuffed when he first recorded there, and Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings spent most of...

    Tags: Dining and Drinking, Dixie Chicks (music group), YouTube, Film Festivals, Movies

    11. Mar 15, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Mark O'Connor, genre fiddler

    Mark O'Connor sat in the small theater at UCLA as three earnest young music students -- a violinist, a cellist and a pianist -- determinedly worked through one movement of his Piano Trio No. 1, a piece commissioned and recorded by the Eroica Trio, one of chamber music's stellar ensembles. Once they finished, O'Connor walked onstage, complimented their performance and picked up his violin to demonstrate a few pointers on tempo, technique and playing style.
    Mark O'Connor sat in the small theater at UCLA as three earnest young music students -- a violinist, a cellist and a pianist -- determinedly worked through one movement of his Piano Trio No. 1, a piece commissioned and recorded by the Eroica Trio, one...

    Tags: Education, Jazz (genre), Elmer Bernstein, YouTube, Aaron Copland

    12. Aug 14, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Les Paul dies at 94; guitarist whose innovations paved the way for rock 'n' roll

    Les Paul was often called rock royalty, but for the people who knew the man before his death Thursday at age 94, that term often inspired a gentle chuckle.
    Les Paul was often called rock royalty, but for the people who knew the man before his death Thursday at age 94, that term often inspired a gentle chuckle. Born in Wisconsin in 1915, Paul was a Midwestern jazz man who went on to make high-polish 1950s...

    Tags: Dining and Drinking, Deere and Company, Eric Clapton, Phil Spector, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

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