*Los Angeles could not have asked for a better first jazz concert of 2023 at Disney Hall than the 6-member Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour
*The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s “Rock My Soul” Festival, curated by Julia Bullock, will celebrate Black women artists in collaboration and community via a series of
*Rhonda Clark proved straight from her late `80s jump street on Clarence Avant’s Tabu Records to be a pint-sized passion purveyor for the missives of
*One of the most highly anticipated events at the Hollywood Bowl every other summer is the all-star “Black Movie Music Night” where multiple singers and
*Terence Blanchard has carved out a winding and exciting musical career for himself since debuting in 1982 as a member of the bands of two
*The beautiful thing about special evening events at The Grammy Museum in Downtown Los Angeles’ L.A. Live complex is that – 9 times out of
*Ketty Lester of Hope, Arkansas, came to international prominence as a strikingly beautiful and elegant Black woman with a strong ivory smile, eyes of wonder
*If the Ohio Players were to record an album in the near future, in the fine tradition of classics past such as Pain, Pleasure, Ecstasy,
*As much as “Bruised” is a new spin on a formulaic Hollywood construct on the arc of a title fighter, at its core, it is
*Pop phenoms of any era “stem” from artists who are paying homage to nostalgic sounds of yesteryear with the benefit of contemporary sonic twists. What
*Best known as an original member of the pioneering band The Jazz Crusaders (later The Crusaders), Nesbert “Stix” Hooper has enjoyed an illustrious career as
*Rhonda Smith is the uber talented bassist/writer/singer who has worked with a cornucopia of major league musicians such as Prince, Jeff Beck, Chaka Khan, Patrice
*(Los Angeles, CA) – Among the connoisseurs of Soul and Dance music, the name Howard Johnson is synonymous with nothing short of first-class bangers –
*Bernard “Pretty” Purdie is the only musician who can rightfully claim to have played for legendary artists that, in a short list, includes Nina Simone,
*Aretha Franklin is an internationally adored American icon. It is a shame that her layered and complicated story was not brought to screens, big or
