The Black Lips, Lucero, No Age [pictured], Lightning Bolt and the Thermals will be among the acts playing Sean Carlson’s FYF Fest (formerly known as the F Yeah Fest), scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 5, at Los Angeles Historic State Park in downtown. The lineup, announced today, includes locals such as Darker My Love, Dios, Avi […]
[Birthday cheers today for Emmylou Harris, who, via her website, points well-wishers to her favorite charity, the Keeta Fund …] It’s a massive evening for shows, starting with biggies like Lily Allen at the Wiltern and Will Oldham, as Bonnie “Prince” Billy, at the El Rey Theatre. … It’s almost criminal that Billy is playing […]
It’s hard to come up with a much better story than John Bigham’s resumé, but the veteran multi-instrumentalist — on his third album as the Soul of John Black — has conjured up a sensational narrative: It’s the tale of a pawn-shop Stella guitar with special powers, the unknown Chicago bluesman who wielded it and […]
