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Israeli musicians plan to break Richard Wagner taboo
A classical music event in Israel is expected to break the country's taboo on performing the music of Richard Wagner, the 19th century German composer and a well-known anti-Semite. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported this week that the event,...
Tags: Concerts, Music, Theodor Herzl, Entertainment, Richard Wagner
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Doc Watson dies at 89; guitarist and singer
In 1962, Doc Watson and some of his musician neighbors set out from their home in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the journey of a lifetime, to perform at the Ash Grove folk club in Los Angeles.
"I remember the first trip we did," Watson said in a 2008...Tags: Radio, Folk (genre), Greenwich Village, Awards and Prizes, Grammy Awards
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Guitarist Doc Watson dead at 89: A 1-2-3 video primer
Pop & HissGuitarist Doc Watson, who died Tuesday at age 89, leaves an extensive legacy that documents his wide-reaching influence in the world of guitar playing and folk music. Here are three video examples of his artistry in different settings.... -
Review: Da Camera Society dances with American Contemporary Ballet
The Da Camera Society introduced a welcome new series Monday evening, adding dance to its already popular mix of inspirational chamber music and architecture. Music + Dance: L.A. brings together Da Camera, well-known for its concerts in landmark...
Tags: Dance, Igor Stravinsky, Music, Entertainment, George Balanchine
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Johnny Mandel has composed quite a life in music
In 2004, the late jazz and recording session pianist Mike Melvoin spoke about his work. His storied career in the studios included playing organ on "That's Life" for Frank Sinatra and on "Good Vibrations" for the Beach Boys, jazz piano on "Nighthawks at...
Tags: Michael Jackson, Physiology, Mae West, Count Basie, Your Show of Shows (tv program)
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6 candidates vie to succeed Cooley as L.A. County D.A.
It is the most powerful job in Los Angeles County's criminal justice system, a position that oversees the prosecution of 60,000 felons each year and can provide a steppingstone to higher office.
Six candidates are vying to become district attorney in...Tags: Steve Cooley, Business Enterprises, Environmental Issues, College Sports, Georgetown University
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Album review: Regina Spektor's 'What We Saw From the Cheap Seats'
Pop & Hiss“The piano is not firewood yet,” Regina Spektor declares not long into her new album, and indeed it's hard to imagine this New York City songstress running out of better applications for her instrument any time soon. On “What We Saw From... -
Jazz impressions with Chris Botti
There are many words that might describe jazz trumpeter Chris Botti's home high in the western Hollywood Hills. Minimalist. Contemporary. Cool. "Lived-in" would not be on the list. That's because Botti, single and 49, spends some 300 days a year on...
Tags: Herbie Hancock, David Foster, Classical Music (genre), George Gershwin, Jazz (genre)
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John Adams tests his own faith tackling the Crucifixion of Jesus
Losing your religion may be an occupational risk for artists who like to weigh in on the Big Questions. But when John Adams set out to write music representing the Crucifixion of Jesus, the composer underwent what he calls "a good old-fashioned crisis of...
Tags: Johann Sebastian Bach, Walt Disney, Artists, Andy Warhol, Poverty
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'Hatfields & McCoys' miniseries looks at families' bloody feud
Even 150 years later, no one can say for sure what started the bloody feud between the Hatfields of West Virginia and the McCoys of Kentucky. Some think it was shifting allegiances during the Civil War that drove a wedge between the two neighboring...
Tags: Murder, Jena Malone, Kevin Costner, Mare Winningham, Bill Paxton
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California is a Romney home state too
LA JOLLA — David and Cristina Sear were walking their Doberman pinschers in this seaside neighborhood when a big U-Haul truck pulled up around the corner from the $12-million beachfront home Mitt and Ann Romney had just bought. The driver could not...
Tags: George Romney, Regional Authority, Ann Romney, Cliff Robertson, John McCain
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