Released in the wake of the Newport Folk Festival, Ollabelle's "Neon Blue Bird" is in a good position to take advantage of folksters new and old looking to further explore the genre. Read more...
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Courtesy of Roger Mathey
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August 15, 12:13 am
Soundbite: "Slave Ambient"
If Bob Dylan were to ever form a band and record an album that incorporates ambient and alternative rock, it might sound something like "Slave Ambient" by The War on Drugs.** Read more...
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Credit: Secretly Canadian
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August 1, 1:06 am
Artists to personify books with music by singing excerpts of books at the Hammer Museum’s “Sing Your Favorite Book” project
A musician interprets Nabokov through song
August 1, 2011 – Go ahead, sing this paragraph. As part of the Hammer Museum’s ongoing “Sing Your Favorite Book” series, Los Angeles musician Jessica Basta sat in and paced through the galleries on July 22, crooning portions of the Vladimir Nabokov classic Lolita. You know, the book where middle-aged Humbert Humbert has an affair with his prepubescent stepdaughter.
The next performance, featuring Tany Ling singing Michael Chabon’s “The Yiddish Policeman’s Union”, is this Thursday. [1:31]
"A musician interprets Nabokov through song"Many people have read Karl Marx's "Capital" "“ but few, if any, have heard it sung. Read more...
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Los Angeles musician Jessica Basta sings excerpts of “Lolita” for the Hammer Museum’s “Sing Your Favorite Books” series. The series was created in conjunction with the “Ed Ruscha: On the Road” exhibition.
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August 1, 12:49 am
Redefining the sounds of jazz at the Hammer Museum’s sixth annual JazzPOP concert series with performances to showcase the genre’s evolution
When it comes to jazz, one might think of the well-known tunes of Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong or Miles Davis as the defining sounds of the genre. Read more...
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Credit: Hammer Museum
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July 25, 1:39 am
Soundbite: "Rabbits on the Run"
Nearly a decade has passed since Vanessa Carlton debuted her first single, "A Thousand Miles." And though her latest album's first track "Carousel" opens with the familiar sound of a solitary piano, Carlton's sound has undergone quite the evolution. Read more...
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Courtesy of Razor & Tie
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July 25, 1:32 am
Soundbite: "Pressure & Time"
Rival Sons have successfully revived another era – the classic rock era – with "Pressure & Time." Read more...
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Courtesy of Earache Records Inc.
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July 25, 1:25 am
Punk goes acoustic at Whisky A Go Go
Marc Orrell played lead guitar, accordion, piano and banjo for the Dropkick Murphys from 2000 to 2008. Rob Steffen was nominated for Best Male Vocalist in the 2008 Orange County Music Awards. Read more...
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Courtesy of Marc Orrell