Including: Beyoncé, KROQ Weenie Roast, KIIS-FM’s Wango Tango, Radical Face, Dorothy, the Neighbourhood, Lights, Elliphant, Aesop Rock, Lukas Nelson, John Prine, Bob Mould, Charles Bradley, Macy Gray, FIDLAR, Jackson Browne, Richard Thompson.
Charles Bradley delivers a soulful, gut-wrenching cover of the Black Sabbath tune, “Changes,” the first single from his next album. Grab a tissue.
“My life is cold, you put the flame on it,” belted soul man Charles Bradley during a passionate performance at the Roxy Theatre on Saturday night. Considering his documented lifelong struggles with abandonment, homelessness and loss, those were poignant words from the 66-year-old Bradley, a former James Brown impersonator who eventually began gaining recognition for […]
Heading to Indio for Weekend 2 of Coachella? Buzz Bands LA covered 58 sets during the first weekend of the festival, and below are the links to all of them. We had three writers on the ground trying to cover as much as possible (and, yes, we still missed a lot). Our favorites? We picked […]
Who: Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaries on the Main Stage. In 3 or Fewer Words: Soul and glitter. Memorable Because: For a guy who spent time moonlighting as a James Brown impersonator, it’s nice to see someone like Charles Bradley commanding the main stage as he does. With the most of the festival’s attendees young […]
Just past 8 o’clock on Friday night, after Alabama Shakes had serenaded a splendid desert sunset in Indio, two twenty-something dudes skipped like schoolchildren toward the Outdoor Theatre at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. “Reelin’ in the years, bro!” one cried. He was not being ironic. Bros were was stoked to see Steely […]
Twilight Concert Series, so sorry to see you go. Charles Bradley, so great to hear you giving the annual summer series at the Santa Monica Pier a proper sendoff. Bradley, the 65-year-old late bloomer whose two full-lengths on Daptone Records have put him on the vanguard of the soul revival, spread some good cheer to […]
Thursday’s fun: ‣ The free Twilight Concert Series at the Santa Monica Pier says goodbye with its 10th and final show of 2014 – it features soul man Charles Bradley along with New Orleans’ King James & the Special Men. ‣ Swans and Carla Bozulich do a second night at the Roxy Theatre. ‣ Formidable rock […]
Australia’s Jagwar Ma, psych-pop veterans the Zombies, L.A. Latin sensations La Santa Cecilia and soul man Charles Bradley will highlight this year’s Twilight Concert Series at the Santa Monica Pier. The free concerts, part of the KCRW Summer Nights Series, run for 10 Thursday nights from July 10 to Sept. 11. And, speaking of the […]
Saturday things: ‣ Deserted at the Palms continues the string of music festivals out in the sand with a lineup featuring with Thee Oh Sees, Cate Le Bon, Prince Rama, White Fence, Nite Jewel, HOTT MT, Rainbow Arabia and more. [See details here.] ‣Â Piano man Billy Joel headlines a night at the Hollywood Bowl. ‣Â Jonathan […]
