Music
A key figure in the Chicago jazz scene will headline with his trio at the Blue Whale in Little Tokyo on Thursday.
May 14, 2013
Ladysmith Black Mambazo’s newest recording is a first for the group whose high-stepping a capella Zulu rhythms were catapulted to world fame by Paul Simon’s “Graceland” album, and who have since toured the world, won a Grammy, sung the ABCs on “Sesame Street” and performed on Broadway.
March 8, 1994
For all the quiet introspection of his new album, “Belladonna,” mega-producer and ambient-music master Daniel Lanois came to the Avalon Hollywood on Saturday with something loud to say.
Oct. 24, 2005
Guitarist Jeff Parker leaves his comfort zone in relocating to L.A.
Surfing the Web for new music, video and MP3 downloads can be a serious time investment.
Feb. 4, 2006
Business
Solar power vs. desert tortoises; KCET leaving PBS; Sacramento’s late budget
Oct. 13, 2010
Entertainment & Arts
Maybe you won’t find it in the medical journals, but it’s a widely known fact among parents that children are born with snooze buttons.
Jan. 26, 1995
It was a heartening, if incongruous, sight: Hundreds of Gen-X and -Y hipsters sitting attentively in UCLA’s Royce Hall on Friday to hear a band play demanding instrumental music.
June 11, 2001
The Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis is back in Ventura County on Saturday with another kids’ production, this one a musical twist on an old standby: “Animal Fables From Aesop.”
Feb. 2, 1995
Archives
On a busy day, things can get really slow around Jan Gordon’s house.
Sept. 21, 1989