Blue Note Jazz Festival Serves Up a Sizzling Saturday Night
*“Change” was the optimal defining term for this year’s Blue Note Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl. The …
Clive Davis, Music Mogul Who Helped Launch Whitney Houston and Alicia Keys, Dies at 94
*Clive Davis, the influential music executive whose career helped launch, guide and elevate some of the biggest names in …
Donald Harrison Helped Shape Biggie’s Flow, Reinvented Jazz, and Now Says One Song Can Become 10 Different Genres
*Donald Harrison has spent decades proving that music does not have to stay inside traditional boundaries. The …
Steven Ivory: R.I.P, Penny
*We take things for granted until they’re gone. For example, the moment a well-known restaurant announces its planned …
Grammy-Winning Songwriter Talay Riley Killed in London Stabbing at 35
*Talay Riley, the British-Nigerian singer-songwriter and Grammy-winning music creator whose credits included work with …
Busted Sidewalks Pose Grave Danger to Blacks and Hispanics
*If I had a nickel for every time I heard someone say I can’t get the city to repair the sidewalk in front of my …
Removing Homeless Tents Doesn’t Remove the Homeless
*The sight is so commonplace on Los Angeles streets that it no longer rates more than a passing glance. That is a …
Steven Ivory: The Phenomenon that is ‘Michael’
*All over the world, they were dancing in the streets. That’s not a figure of speech—organized, hoofing flash mobs …
Luke James and Jason Weaver Break Down ‘The Chi’ Season 8 Bond | EUR Exclusive WATCH
*Luke James and Jason Weaver are stepping into the final season of “The Chi” with their characters under …
Why the San Diego Mosque’s Shooters Continue to Run Loose
*At a news conference within hours after the shooting rampage at the San Diego Mosque, the San Diego Police Chief said …
Boots Riley and LaKeith Stanfield Talk ‘I Love Boosters,’ Capitalism, Connection and Janet Jackson | EUR Exclusive WATCH
*Boots Riley is back in his beautifully bent bag with I Love Boosters, a surreal, Oakland-rooted heist story that looks …
How A MAGA Guy Got to be a Serious Contender for L.A. Mayor
*In the run-up to the June 2 L.A. mayoral race primary, I once more asked myself how a white Republican, but worse …
A Q&A: The GOP and its White Supremacist-in-Chief
Editor’s note: The following is a Q&A by Earl Ofari Hutchinson, author and political analyst. He is the author of …
Democrats Will be the Laughingstock of the Nation with a MAGA California Governor
*Nothing would make California Democrats, less Democrats, and more a laughingstock than the election of an up-front MAGA …
Steven Ivory: The Cult of Succinct Communication
*I’m seriously considering forming a cult. Cults have existed since the beginning of time. But in this era of lies, …
