[Another in our holiday song-a-day series …] Dusky-voiced L.A. singer-songwriter Arrica Rose has a memo for Jesus Christ, Santa and the President: “It’s that time of year / to remember love more than fear / now let’s take the corporate outta Christmas.” Her stripped-down original “Corporate Outta Christmas” is a gentle reminder of the intended […]
‣ The Echo’s birthday month – the venue blows out 10 candles in December – swings into high gear with an Aquarium Drunkard-presented bill featuring the Soft Pack, Abe Vigoda, So Many Wizards and Slang Chickens. ‣ Genre-bending hometown heroes Ozomatli hold forth at Club Nokia. ‣ Sara Bareilles and Joshua Radin play to a […]
Fare for your Wednesday: ‣ Arrica Rose & the …’s celebrate the release of their new album “Let Alone Sea” with a date at the Bootleg Theater’s bar, supported by Chop Love Carry Fire. [Previously on Rose; previously on CLCF.] Also at the Bootleg, The du Bouchet Center for the Performing Arts presents a night […]
Those ellipses L.A. songstress Arrica Rose has tacked onto her band name represent tacit acknowledgment to the many contributors who worked on her third release, “Let Alone Sea.” But the punctuation in Arrica Rose & the …’s (say: “dot dot dots”) could also be a metaphor for her songwriting skins. Rose takes her pointed confessionals […]
