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Bill Withers, who died this past week, and John Prine, now hospitalized with COVID-19, rose from working-class roots to become touchstone singer-songwriters.
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To help musicians who have lost jobs, the April 7 stream of ‘Full Pink Moon: Opera Povera in Quarantine’ includes Pauline Oliveros’ ‘The Lunar Opera.’
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There’s much more to Bill Withers’ catalog than his immortal hits “Ain’t No Sunshine” and “Lean on Me.” Here, a deeper dive into his short but brilliant career.
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Amid the deluge of news bad and worse, nightly D\J battles between Gen X R&B and hip-hop hitmakers have become a desperately craved bright spot.
John Prine was hospitalized last month with COVID-19 and has been on a ventilator. The singer-songwriter, 73, now has pneumonia in both lungs, his wife says.
Singer-songwriter Bill Withers, who died Monday, was remembered fondly Friday by celebrities who had made his tunes the soundtrack to their memories.
Bill Withers, known for acoustic soul hits “Lean on Me” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” died Monday of heart complications, his family said Friday.
Our culture watch list includes Harry and Meghan’s cellist, a “Putnam County Spelling Bee” reunion, Yiddish song and a street-artist show down under.
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Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine will serve the balance of his federal sentence in home confinement, a judge ordered, due to coronavirus-related conditions in prison.
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Adam Schlesinger, who died April 1, wrote songs that were loved by many fans who never knew his name. Here’s a sampling of his work in rock, film, TV and more.
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Sam Hunt will release his new album “Southside” into a musical environment that Lil Nas X, Blanco Brown and others would tell you Hunt helped shape.
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Kathy Valentine’s hair-raising memoir recounts life before, during and shortly after the Go-Go’s ascended to become the darlings of the MTV generation.
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James Corden in “One Man, Two Guvnors,” stories with Dolly, Cirque du Soleil, Nadia Sirota with Anthony Roth Costanzo, L.A. Chamber Orchestra and more.
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Fountains of Wayne’s “Utopia Parkway” features what may be the late Adam Schlesinger’s most lovable hero: An outer-borough striver with big plans.
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Ellis Marsalis, jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical family that includes famed musician sons Wynton and Branford, has died. He was 85.
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After the collapse of a nearly 30-year partnership with the maker of the world-famous Sriracha sauce and a multimillion-dollar lawsuit with the company, Craig Underwood is still betting on his farm’s peppers.
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Bill Withers, who died this past week, and John Prine, now hospitalized with COVID-19, rose from working-class roots to become touchstone singer-songwriters.
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Inhaled nitric oxide appeared to kill the coronavirus that caused severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, and it might work on COVID-19 as well.
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Landlords in Los Angeles are pushing tenants to agree to repayment plans far more onerous than what’s required under new laws passed to prevent evictions.
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On Sunday, the pastor of Cross Culture Christian Center in Lodi, Calif., was greeted by several police officers in the parking lot about an hour before he intended to hold an in-person service despite coronavirus restrictions.
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The week’s essential arts news in one newsletter, including a photographic portfolio of 5 L.A. artists and Patti Lupone’s basement tours
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Actress Julia Roberts, actor Dolph Lundgren and singer-songwriter Mike Love are making real estate headlines to take our minds off the coronavirus.
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In this week’s top stories, quarantine is shifting family dynamics as parents take on new roles and schools shed old ones.
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