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Larkin Poe's Deep Funk In "Blood Harmony"
•David may have played a secret chord that pleased the Lord, but when it comes to a sound that pleases me deep in my own soul it comes from sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell who perform as Larkin Poe (reportedly the name of one of their great-greats).They have a new… -
Louis Armstrong: Black and Blues, A Very Human Genius
•Louis Armstrong is an artist whose musical genius, expressed with his trumpet, his voice and his personality, rarely fails to bring a smile to whoever is listening. However, as Sacha Jenkins" new documentary, Louis Armstrong's Black and Blues (available on Apple Tv+) makes clear, Armstrong's persona at times was seen… -
Best Of 2022: At KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic, it's Novena Carmel and Anthony Valadez's Mix And Flow
•This is the time of the year for "best of" lists, and if you care about adult contemporary music (i.e. adult alternative, singer-songwriter, world music), you will want to check out the end year best of list from KCRW's DJs Novena Carmel and Anthony Valadez who co-host that station's signature… -
Wagner, Tristan & Me
•Recently, I spent three nights in a row at Disney Hall in Downtown LA listening to The Tristan Project, a Gustavo Dudamel conducted LA Phil concert performance of Richard Wagner's Tristan and Isolde, as directed by Peter Sellars with video accompaniment by artist Bill Viola, as well as participation by… -
Did Figaro turn Marie Antoinette's head? Can LA Opera engage yours?
•Last Saturday, I spent the day at the Getty Center at a one day study program hosted by The Getty in cooperation with LA Opera, "Luxury and Liberation: Art and Revolution in 18th Century France," just one of the events in LA Opera's multi-faceted city-wide "Figaro Unbound"celebration. This is the...… -
The Book on Billy Joel with Fred Schruers
•Fred Schruers is the author of "Billy Joel: The Definitive Biography" (Crown Books). Fred has written for Rolling Stone, GQ, The Los Angeles Times and Entertainment Weekly among many others. I"ve been friends with Fred for a long time., Recently I did a Google Hangout with him to talk about...… -
Inside the Mind of Artist Miri Chais
•'Re:Mind,' a multimedia installation at USC's Fisher Museum of Art, is the first solo show in the United States for Miri Chais, an Israeli-born artist who now lives in Los Angeles....... View Original Article -
Documenting disaster in order to save the planet
•Nov 24, 2014 ... Tom Teicholz is a film producer in Los Angeles. Everywhere else, he's an author and journalist who has written for The New York Times ...... View Original Article -
My father, who was not a hero
•Jun 14, 2007 ... He left his mark fighting in the Shoah, spearheading postwar relief efforts, aiding migration to Palestine - and on me. by Tom Teicholz. June 14Â ...... View Original Article -
Andy Warhol Goes Disco At Los Angeles' MOCA
•Today Andy Warhol, who died in 1987, is considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th Century (if not "the" greatest). Auction prices for Warhol's work, often silk-screened images, tinted or painted, sell for record prices at auctions: Warhol's "Triple Elvis"(1963) sold at Christie's for close to $82 Million...… -
My Nazi Revenge
•On the eve of what may be the last Nazi Trial, the son of Holocaust survivors recalls encounters with two accused war criminals. View Original Article -
The Enigmatic Art of Josef Koudelka
•The Getty exhibition is the first retrospective of Koudelka's work in the United States and features many of the artist's own vintage prints, books, notebooks, maquettes and even rare vintage photos that Koudelka sold to flee to the West....... View Original Article