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    Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's baby name rumors: North West?

    Kim Kardashian and Kanye West reportedly wanted to name their baby North. As in North West.
    Kim Kardashian and Kanye West reportedly wanted to name their baby North. As in North West. Besides being ridiculous, this makes us wonder, if West had additional kids, would he name them based on all the directions of the compass? South, East and...

    Tags: Kim Kardashian, Jon Hamm, Kanye West, Jessica Simpson, Amanda Bynes

    2. Feb 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. L.A. Phil announces 2013-14 season: From Amadeus to Zappa

    The music will range from A to Z -- Amadeus to Zappa, that is -- when the Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrates its 10th anniversary season at Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2013-14. In marking the occasion, the Phil also will attempt both to look back at the hall's origins and face toward its future.
    The music will range from A to Z -- Amadeus to Zappa, that is -- when the Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrates its 10th anniversary season at Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2013-14. In marking the occasion, the Phil also will attempt both to look back at...

    Tags: Philip Glass, Arts and Culture, Festive Events, The Getty, Concerts

    3. Jan 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Ray Collins dies; singer with the Mothers of Invention was 75

    The Soul Giants were a struggling R&B cover band in Pomona in the mid-1960s when lead singer Ray Collins fired the group's guitarist and invited a musical collaborator from Rancho Cucamonga to take his place. His name was Frank Zappa.
    The Soul Giants were a struggling R&B cover band in Pomona in the mid-1960s when lead singer Ray Collins fired the group's guitarist and invited a musical collaborator from Rancho Cucamonga to take his place. His name was Frank Zappa. The band soon...

    Tags: Heart Attack, Music Industry, Pittsburgh Penguins, Music, Entertainment

    4. Jan 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. PASSINGS: Claude Nobs

    Claude Nobs, 76, the founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival, whose passion for music and artistry introduced generations of legendary musicians to international audiences on the Swiss stage, died Thursday after sustaining injuries from a fall while cross-country skiing nearby on Christmas Eve. The Jazz Festival announced his death.
    Claude Nobs, 76, the founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival, whose passion for music and artistry introduced generations of legendary musicians to international audiences on the Swiss stage, died Thursday after sustaining injuries...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Keith Jarrett, Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin, Cross Country Skiing

    5. Dec 3, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Mickey Baker dies at 87; rhythm and blues, rock guitarist

    Mickey Baker, an exceptional 1950s session guitarist who played on hundreds of recordings, helping to transform rhythm and blues into rock 'n' roll, died Tuesday at his home near Toulouse, France, according to French media reports. He was 87.
    Mickey Baker, an exceptional 1950s session guitarist who played on hundreds of recordings, helping to transform rhythm and blues into rock 'n' roll, died Tuesday at his home near Toulouse, France, according to French media reports. He was 87. A cause of...

    Tags: Bo Diddley, Pitbull (music artist), Entertainment, Dirty Dancing (movie), Ray Charles

    6. Dec 8, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Zubin Mehta's heady days as Los Angeles Philharmonic music director

    Bombay born and Vienna trained, debonair enough to impress Hollywood and with a swashbuckling podium style, Zubin Mehta conducted his first concert as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic 50 years ago. On Nov. 15, 1962, he was 26, the youngest music director in the orchestra's history, but to observers inside the Philharmonic Auditorium, Mehta came off as unshakably self-confident and strikingly capable. In six more years he would make the cover of Time magazine, an extraordinary feat for a conductor of any age.
    Bombay born and Vienna trained, debonair enough to impress Hollywood and with a swashbuckling podium style, Zubin Mehta conducted his first concert as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic 50 years ago. On Nov. 15, 1962, he was 26, the youngest...

    Tags: Igor Stravinsky, Arts and Culture, Concerts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bruno Walter

    7. Dec 6, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Review: Shuggie Otis' efforts are frustrated at Echoplex

    Sometimes things fall apart. It's an unfortunate part of the deal. Just because music happens doesn't always mean it happens right, on schedule or as planned. Feedback happens. Budding genius is quashed by forces outside of one's control.
    Sometimes things fall apart. It's an unfortunate part of the deal. Just because music happens doesn't always mean it happens right, on schedule or as planned. Feedback happens. Budding genius is quashed by forces outside of one's control. Unfortunately,...

    Tags: Music, Bobby Bland, Sony Corp., Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye

    8. Jun 5, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Southern California Close-Ups: West Hollywood, Fairfax, Wilshire, Koreatown

    <em>First published on Oct. 30, 2011. Revised and expanded in early 2012.</em>
    First published on Oct. 30, 2011. Revised and expanded in early 2012. Set an out-of-towner loose to roam the Los Angeles area between West Hollywood and Koreatown, and what can you expect? A food-truck overdose, perhaps. Or the bold suggestion that we...

    Tags: Los Angeles Hotels, Festive Events, River Phoenix, Janis Joplin, Religion and Belief

    9. Oct 14, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Rock 'n' Reubens in the Kibitz Room at Canter's

    Rock 'n' roll is to the Kibitz Room at Canter's what onions are to chopped liver. The two have been closely aligned since the little bar opened just off the beloved Fairfax Avenue deli's annex dining room in 1961. Only now, instead of a bunch of hippies and musicians like Frank Zappa and Jim Morrison hanging out there for the cheap booze and meaty sandwiches, you'll find a bunch of hipsters and indie rock musicians hanging out there for the cheap booze and meaty sandwiches. So things have changed, but not that much.
    Los Angeles Times
    Rock 'n' roll is to the Kibitz Room at Canter's what onions are to chopped liver. The two have been closely aligned since the little bar opened just off the beloved Fairfax Avenue deli's annex dining room in 1961. Only now, instead of a bunch of hippies...

    Tags: The Red Hot Chili Peppers (music group), Matzoh, Joni Mitchell, Entertainment, Entertainment Events

    10. Oct 30, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Southern California Close-Ups: From West Hollywood to Wilshire

    Set an out-of-towner loose to roam the Los Angeles area between West Hollywood and Koreatown and what can you expect? A food-truck overdose, perhaps. Or the bold suggestion that we extend our subway system westward. (Hey, we're working on it.) Or maybe just your basic Asian-Russian-Latino-gay-vegetarian-barbecue-automotive-modernist-tar-pit-chili-dog weekend.
    Set an out-of-towner loose to roam the Los Angeles area between West Hollywood and Koreatown and what can you expect? A food-truck overdose, perhaps. Or the bold suggestion that we extend our subway system westward. (Hey, we're working on it.) Or maybe...

    Tags: Festive Events, River Phoenix, Janis Joplin, Ethiopia, Religion and Belief

    11. May 13, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. 'Sweet Joe' Russell dies at 72; singer with the Persuasions

    "Sweet Joe" Russell, who spent half a century harmonizing with the Persuasions, an influential vocal group widely regarded as the "kings of a cappella," has died. He was 72.
    "Sweet Joe" Russell, who spent half a century harmonizing with the Persuasions, an influential vocal group widely regarded as the "kings of a cappella," has died. He was 72. Russell died May 5 in a Brooklyn hospice after a long struggle with diabetes,...

    Tags: Music, Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell, Aretha Franklin, Concerts

    12. Dec 6, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  12. 'Opika Pende: Africa at 78 RPM' resurrects a continent's music

    Pop & Hiss
    Jonathan Ward's ‘Opika Pende' box set resurrects the world of early African music — with a history lesson in the mix. Jonathan Ward's music room in his second-floor Angeleno Heights walk-up is a tight, comfortable space with three walls full.....
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