Music
A year that gave us much exuberant pop music about being happy, shaking it off, keeping it fancy and/or letting go of problems — “the past is in the past,” sings Idina Menzel in “Let It Go” — had little need for the starker realities either down the street, overseas or within the heart.
Dec. 3, 2014
When Larry Stein takes his music appreciation program on the road, he sets out from his Newhall studio in a car loaded with pots, pans, pieces of wood, snow chains, cardboard boxes and L’eggs containers filled with sand, rice and beans.
Aug. 20, 1987
Take your royalty checks, SoundExchange begs
March 12, 2010
Jack Tempchin’s career is a lot like television’s “Wheel of Fortune.”
Nov. 25, 1986
At a time when American society seems to grow ever more fractious and factional, George Clinton hasn’t given up on his ideal of “One Nation Under a Groove.”
Sept. 29, 1992
When he arrived in Chicago in 1960, Elvin Bishop didn’t fit the profile of an aspiring bluesman.
March 16, 1988
Simi Valley band, which has a new album, will play a free sure-hit show tonight at Solid Grounds, where it’ll be joined by four other groups.
Dec. 8, 2000
Obituaries
The raucous performer and songwriter recorded for Sun Records for four years and later worked as a studio musician in L.A. His other big single was ‘Red Hot.’
Aug. 4, 2009
“What a dump, man,” scoffed Matt Dike, surveying the tiny, cluttered Hollywood office of the independent label Delicious Vinyl Records.
March 5, 1989