Video: Ibibio Sound Machine, ‘Give Me a Reason’
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Afro-pop meets the ’80s in the music of Ibibio Sound Machine, who make their L.A. debut next week at the Skirball Center.
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Tank and the Bangas: New Orleans charmers, NPR darlings, forces of nature
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Buzz Bands LA chats with Tarriona “Tank” Ball of Tank and the Bangas about New Orleans, their NPR-fueled rise to prominence … and Julia Roberts. They play Friday in L.A.
Video: Sweet Crude, ‘Mon Esprit’
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In English or in the Cajun French dialect of their native Louisiana, New Orleans sextet Sweet Crude makes music that speaks volumes. They play the Hotel Café tonight.
An un-Common turn for a vibrant Playboy Jazz Festival
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The 39th edition of the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl, capped by Sunday’s performance by rapper Common, was elastic, inclusive and energetic.
Tinariwen and Dengue Fever: Dancing for joy and sorrow at the Fonda
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It’s a wild/wonderful, happy/sad world, as the music of Tinariwen and Dengue Fever reminded fans on Friday night at the Fonda Theatre.
Hurray For the Riff Raff navigate an epic journey at the Masonic Lodge
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Be something, Alynda Segarra told the crowd at the Masonic Lodge. Fronting Hurray for the Riff Raff, she certainly was, playing songs from the new album “The Navigator.”
Full Playboy Jazz Festival lineup shows ambitious breadth
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The wide-ranging lineup for the Playboy Jazz Festival includes Marcus Miller, Gregory Porter, Corinne Bailey Rae, Common, Lalah Hathaway and the Taj Mahal-Keb’ Mo’ collaboration.
‘Unsung Hero’ Eleni Mandell gets well-sung salute at the Bootleg
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Jackson Browne, Inara George, Michael Andrews and more cast a deserving spotlight on her at the celebration for “Unsung Heroes: The Songs of Eleni Mandell.”
Remembering Don Waller
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The L.A. community mourns the passing of Don Waller, a music journalist, author and frontman of the pre-punk band the Imperial Dogs
Dawes’ new sounds spotlighted vibrantly at Grammy Museum show
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Dawes’ evolving sound, as heard on their new album “We’re All Gonna Die,” was showcased in song and conversation as part of the Grammy Museum’s “Homegrown” series.
