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LiveTalksLA upcoming speakers include Neil Gaiman, Phil Jackson
The literary event series Live Talks Los Angles announced its spring 2013 series Wednesday. The series, founded in 2010, takes place at a number of venues around the city. Speakers this spring include Neil Gaiman, who comes to L.A. -- well, technically,...
Tags: Literature, Services and Shopping, Kim Gordon, Arts and Culture, Billy Ray Cyrus
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An appreciation: Phil Ramone's golden ear for the hits
That Phil Ramone was a musical force in the recording studio is undeniable, and the evidence lies in the range of his accomplishments. For example, within one three-year period in the early 1960s, Ramone mixed Lesley Gore's smash hit "It's My Party,"...
Tags: Dionne Warwick, Science and Technology, Entertainment, Marilyn Monroe, Music
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Las Vegas: Smith looks ahead to its second year of performances
The Smith Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Las Vegas is celebrating its first birthday and is looking ahead with a schedule of diverse productions. The center, which opened March 10, 2012, hosted more than 450 performances during its first...
Tags: Olympia Dukakis, Media Industry, Ira Glass, Entertainment, Les Miserables (musical)
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Carole King to receive 2013 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
Carole King has been named the 2013 recipient of the Library of Congress’ Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the first woman to receive the distinction given to songwriters for a body of work. The former Brill Building writer co-wrote hits in the...
Tags: Stevie Wonder, Entertainment Events, Entertainment, The Monkees (music group), Grammy Awards
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Riffing on the highs and lows of the sonic landscape
The quirky violist known as Ljova, an ingratiating fixture on the New York new music scene, has just released a recording called "Melting River." You can purchase and download it for as little as $2 on the artist-friendly website Bandcamp as either an...
Tags: Entertainment, Steve Jobs, Music, Enrico Caruso, Classical Music (genre)
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Hal David, Burt Bacharach's music partner, dies at 91
L.A. NOWHal David, the renowned pop music lyricist whose prolific collaboration with composer Burt Bacharach produced a wealth of memorable hits in the 1960s and early ’70s, including “Walk on By,” “What the World Needs Now Is Love”... -
On movie lot, The Taste offers an only-in-L.A. kind of get-together
L.A. NOWThe Taste: The Times' Taste food festival got started Saturday at the Paramount movie lot in Hollywood. It had the feel of a block party.... -
Hal David dies at 91; songwriting partner of Burt Bacharach
Hal David, the renowned pop music lyricist whose prolific collaboration with composer Burt Bacharach produced a wealth of enduringly memorable hits in the 1960s and early '70s, including "Walk On By," "What the World Needs Now Is Love" and the Oscar-...Tags: Dionne Warwick, Entertainment, Tom Jones, Music, Sarah Vaughan
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Library of Congress names new entries for National Recording Registry
Pop & HissThe Library of Congress has named 25 new entries for its National Recording Registry, honoring historically significant sound recordings. Recordings by Donna Summer, Dolly Parton, Leonard Bernstein and others are joining the registry.... -
Monday’s Highlights: 'Clash of the Commercials' on CBS
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Hal David, Burt Bacharach honored in D.C. with Gershwin Prize
Pop & HissHal David and Burt Bacharach were honored Tuesday night in Washington D.C. with the Library of Congress' 2012 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, Diana Krall and others saluted the music of Hal David and Burt... -
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