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Dillard & Clark: Celebrating an unsung L.A. country rock classic
Pop & HissBanjo player Doug Dillard, who died on Thursday, was known for his work with the Dillards, but fans of Los Angeles country rock know him for his collaboration with Gene Clark, "The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark." Times pop music critic Randall... -
$75,000 Alpert Awards in the Arts go to five mid-career winners
The five winners of this year’s Alpert Award in the Arts will collect $75,000 each at ceremonies Friday afternoon at the Herb Alpert Foundation in Santa Monica. The award, given since 1995 by musician/record executive Alpert and his wife, Lani Hall,...
Tags: Arts, Fine Artists, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Entertainment Events, Charlie Chaplin
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Jim McCrary dies at 72; photographer shot Carole King 'Tapestry' cover
Photographer Jim McCrary was on the verge of shooting one of his most famous images when he stopped to ask singer Carole King if the cat sleeping across the room could be part of the tableau.
He remembered the results of a Kodak survey that found...Tags: Arts, Radio Industry, Gram Parsons, Carole King, Rockwell Automation Inc.
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Q & A: Herbie Hancock discusses first International Jazz Day
Have you started your International Jazz Day shopping yet? A global collaboration among the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Herbie Hancock and the Thelonious Monk Institute, the first International Jazz Day is...
Tags: Herbie Hancock, Louis Armstrong, Politics, Concerts, UNESCO
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Sarah Jessica Parker, others join Obama arts education push
The Obama administration has enlisted a handful of prominent screen actors -- including Sarah Jessica Parker, Kerry Washington, Forest Whitaker and Alfre Woodard -- to help promote Turnaround Arts, an initiative launched this week to incorporate arts...
Tags: Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Arts, Portland (Middlesex, Connecticut), Forest Whitaker, Sarah Jessica Parker
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Burt Bacharach and Hal David to receive Gershwin Prize
Pop & HissThe veteran songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David has been chosen to receive the Library of Congress' fourth Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, which will be presented at an all-star tribute ceremony in the spring in Washington. The creators of... -
Buddy Holly score card -- Hollywood star: 1; Grammy awards: 0
Pop & HissBuddy Holly got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last week, but still has no Grammy Awards. Holly and other pioneering rock and rollers have long been overlooked by Grammy voters.... -
Andre Ethier, All-Star, Latin rap aficionado, swings to Delinquent Habits
Pop & HissThe attendance statistics read 35,249, but Sunday's crowd at Dodger Stadium felt even smaller. It's been that sort of year for the congregation at Chavez Ravine, part of the flop that's occured since their owner decided to turn the team...... -
The Sunday Conversation: Sergio Mendes
Grammy winner Sergio Mendes, 70, one of Brazil's most famous exports, kicks off his 50th anniversary in the music business with a new album, "Celebration," compiling a half-century of hits; his first film score, the animated film "Rio"; and a special...Tags: Carnegie Hall, Jerry Moss, Music Industry, Charlie Byrd, Dancing
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Stan Ross dies at 82; producer-engineer co-founded Gold Star studio
Producer-engineer Stan Ross, who co-founded Hollywood's Gold Star Recording Studio, which has a storied place in rock history as the home of Phil Spector's innovative "Wall of Sound" technique, has died. He was 82.
Ross died Friday at Providence St....Tags: Aneurysm, Buffalo Springfield (music group), Herbert Ross, Phil Spector, Science and Technology
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Trina Turk takes a sunny piece of SoCal to N.Y.
All The RageL.A.-based designer Trina Turk's spring presentation was a sunny piece of SoCal moved to New York. Turk brought all the trappings of home with her to breathe life into her collection, including '70s-era fiber art wall hangings, Herb Alpert LPs...... -
Mexicans With Guns premiere 'Icaros' (Free the Robots Remix), play Low End Theory
Pop & HissIcaros are medicine music. The songs and incantations taught by elderly shamans and utulized to aid ayahuasca visions and heal the sick. Power disguised as hymn. The wails of the possessed. An attempt to drill toward the supernatural, via means......
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