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'Romeo and Juliet' ... and me
It wasn't the words of Shakespeare that sprang to mind Monday night as I found myself sitting onstage at the $240-million Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, surrounded by members of the Pacific Symphony, my trusty clarinet in my lap,...
Tags: Popular Music (genre), Edvard Munch, Concerts, Jazz (genre), Music
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In rotation: David Byrne and Caetano Veloso's 'Live at Carnegie Hall'
Pop & HissIn Rotation: David Byrne and Caetano Veloso's "Live at Carnagie Hall." Los Angeles Times pop music critic Randall Roberts offers a tip as part of a series in Sunday Calendar about what Times writers and contributors are listening to right now.... -
Documentary on Paul Simon's 'Graceland' screens at Sundance
Pop & HissA new documentary screening this week at Sundance, "Under African Skies" chronicles the making of Paul Simon's solo 1986 album, "Graceland," and seeks to resolve some of the political static that has long surrounded the work.... -
Survivor songwriter wants Gingrich to stop using 'Eye of the Tiger'
Pop & HissRegardless of the outcome in today's Florida primary, Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich may want to take a closer look at his campaign's playlist. A founding member of Chicago rock band Survivor has taken legal measures to stop the Gingrich... -
Fatboy Slim rides techno's second U.S. wave
Pop & HissFifteen years after Fatboy Slim's commercial big-beat breakthrough "Better Living Through Chemistry," the pioneer of the first wave of techno embraced by the American mainstream has stayed at the forefront of the second.... -
Pollyn celebrate "How Small We Are," play L.A. Zoo alongside Abe Vigoda on Friday night
Pop & HissPollyn "How Small We Are" from Pollyn on Vimeo. It's been a banner year for Brian Eno. His latest record, "Drums Between the Bells," has been praised and he co-produced the stellar Seun Kuti record. Moreover, the music he made...... -
'Go the F— to Sleep' proves a popular lullaby with bleary-eyed adults
Los Angeles TimesThe No. 1 book on Amazon.com isn't "Bossypants" by Tina Fey or "Dead Reckoning" by Charlaine Harris — the top New York Times bestsellers this week. Topping the Amazon list is a picture book from a little-known publisher that won't be available until...Tags: Book, Arts and Culture, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Amazon.com Inc., Computer Networking and Internet
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Digital music: Topspin prefers to avoid labels
Brand XAs the buzz surrounding Google's efforts to jump into the digital music market rose to a roar in late August, one name kept surfacing about the person who might lead it — Ian Rogers. Rogers, who once headed up Yahoo Inc.'s $140-million music business,... -
South Africa's Johnny Clegg returns with first U.S. album in 17 years
Pop & HissWhen South African musician Johnny Clegg started playing music in earnest in the 1970s, he was something of a trendsetter, one who assembled an integrated band of white and black musicians at a time when his nation’s government officially sanctioned....... -
If By Yes: Yuka Honda and Petra Haden collaborate with the musical goal of 'making the landscape as believable as possible'
Pop & HissYuka Honda, the Japan-born, New York-based multi-instrumentalist/producer, collaborates with L.A.’s multi-voiced singer-violinist Petra Haden for their long-germinating If By Yes project, released on Sean Lennon's Chimera Music... -
In Rotation: Los Amigos Invisibles' 'Not So Commercial'
Pop & HissA series in Sunday Calendar about what Times writers & contributors are listening to right now... When Venezuelan sextet Los Amigos Invisibles was discovered by David Byrne and released its U.S. debut in 1998, there was the danger that the......
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