To say it’s been a tough year and half for music lovers is an understatement of course, but adjusting to the new pandemic-era normal, especially when it comes to c
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Karen Civil says that she’s all about, creating moments in lifestyle and in culture.” To that end, she’s an author, philanthropist, media maven, curator and Ha
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Unbelievable. That word keeps coming to mind anytime the subject of Jimmy Angel arises. A vigorous, rafter-raising showman with steely tenor pipes and wild stage
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(Updated Friday, March 16, 3 p.m., to reflect new information about cause of death.)
The Plugz were just a little bit faster and tighter th
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The core Dollyrots duo of Kelly Ogden and Luis Cabezas are married, and Ogden has just given birth to their second child. The family is about to embark on a tour for
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It all started with me looking around the room while playing a bill on a particularly white lineup. Because I work as a booker and curator as well, I had been design
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Even though maintaining a jazz orchestra these days is about as profitable as running Amtrak, the surplus of great musicians in Los Angeles assures that there will a
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One of my friends called me one day and was like, ‘We’re gonna call you Chachi,’” Compton rapper Problem tells me. He’s talking about Chachi Arcola, Scott
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Sometime last year, Natalie Mering lost her phone. For a month, the singer best known as Weyes (pronounced Wise”) Blood wandered around L.A. in a disconnected para
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Even before 2016 really went off the rails on Election Day, it was one of the worst years in recent memory, marked by violence, tragedy and toxic political divisiven
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There has never been a mega-festival quite like Desert Trip. There are just six acts and only one stage. No art installations, no dance tent, no bands you never hea
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The lights on the DJ mixer glow a warm red and green, a visual representation of the nearly 100,000 watts of sonic power erupting out the other e
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