‣ It’s the first day of the 33rd annual Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl. On tap today: Diane Reeves, the Roots (with Terence Blanchard), Fourplay and the Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra, among others. ‣ Jenny and Johnny headline the Music Box, and opening is Nik Freitas, who has a new album out this […]
Whatever intoxicants reside in Marissa Nadler’s voice, they are highly effective. Through five albums, her vaguely woozy, decidedly hypnotic vocals always seem to suggest more than her lyrics come right out and say, and the dewy reverb that coats her largely acoustic folk music implies that might be dreaming her narratives anyway. Her new album, […]
[A tip of the birthday cap to John Oates …] Behind the band’s new album “Hungry Bird” – completed last year after being shelved for a couple of years – Eef Barzelay brings the re-formed Clem Snide to Spaceland, with support from locals Le Switch, who have a new EP themselves. … Deep Sea Diver, […]
[Sharing random but righteous additions to my iTunes libary …] Just out on Kemado Records, Marissa Nadler’s “Little Hells” makes for a sweet addition to your Americana shelf – her gleaming vocals and billowy atmospherics are perfect for breezy afternoons in the country, or quiet moments of window-gazing. The Boston singer-songwriter visits the Hotel Cafe […]
