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Month: April 2015

The Dead Milkmen - photo © 2015 Donna Balancia
Live Reviews

The Dead Milkmen: Definitely Not ‘Mellow’ at The Troubadour

April 27, 2015 News Comments Off on The Dead Milkmen: Definitely Not ‘Mellow’ at The Troubadour

It’s amazing what happens with the passage of time. People get a bit slower, a little wiser and mellow. Well none of that was true at the Dead Milkmen show at The Troubadour Saturday night. […]

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By DONNA BALANCIA

Jack White Signs Off Coachella 2015 With Props For Punks as Festival Wraps

April 19, 2015 News Comments Off on Jack White Signs Off Coachella 2015 With Props For Punks as Festival Wraps

By DONNA BALANCIA … And as we bid a fond farewell to Coachella 2015, the sun also set on Jack White’s last electric performance for what was expected to be “a long while,” White told […]

Dead Milkmen © 2015 Heather Harris
By DONNA BALANCIA

The Dead Milkmen Speak – Q and A Interview with Dean Clean Sabatino

April 17, 2015 News 1

Featured photo © Heather Harris. DEAN SABATINO of The Dead Milkmen Q and A with DONNA BALANCIA, Editor of CaliforniaRocker.com DB: What have you learned over the years? DS: Relax and have fun. DB: What is […]

Jello Biafra, Cheetah Chrome, Lisa Kekaula, Carolyn Wonderland were among performers at Re-Licked Show - photo by Donna Balancia
Video

James Williamson ‘Re-Licked’ Show Featuring Biafra, Mosshart, Released On Video

April 11, 2015 News Comments Off on James Williamson ‘Re-Licked’ Show Featuring Biafra, Mosshart, Released On Video

Last January, The Stooges’ influential guitarist James Williamson gathered together some of his alternative A-List pals and put on the ‘Re-Licked’ show at the Bootleg.  It rocked the house. The Re-Licked show featured Alison Mosshart, […]

Concert For Social Change - photo © 2015 Donna Balancia
Causes

Tom Morello Tears Down ‘Velvet Rope’ for Social Justice with Jackson Browne

April 10, 2015 News Comments Off on Tom Morello Tears Down ‘Velvet Rope’ for Social Justice with Jackson Browne

By DONNA BALANCIA HOLLYWOOD — With veteran rockers like David Crosby and Graham Nash and Jackson Browne, and up-and-comers like La Santa Cecilia and Rocky Dawuni, The Concert For Social Justice was one of the […]

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Concert Advances

Wednesday’s Concert For Social Justice To Benefit Young Musicians

April 4, 2015 News Comments Off on Wednesday’s Concert For Social Justice To Benefit Young Musicians

They are known for their songs of social justice. And on Wednesday night, when Crosby and Nash, Melissa Etheridge, and Jackson Browne take the stage during The Concert For Social Justice, they will have a […]

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