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Year: 2018

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German and American Musicians Come Together to Support Clean Water

March 23, 2018 News Comments Off on German and American Musicians Come Together to Support Clean Water

Allah-Las, Peach Kelli Pop Play Hi Hat By DONNA BALANCIA It’s not the British Invasion, but instead, this weekend is the German invasion as artists from Hamburg and Berlin team with Americans to perform and […]

Live Reviews

‘Celebrating David Bowie’ a High-Quality Show, Ironically Missing Star Power

March 23, 2018 News Comments Off on ‘Celebrating David Bowie’ a High-Quality Show, Ironically Missing Star Power

By DAN MACINTOSH There was an obvious buzz surrounding this Los Angeles stop on the Celebrating David Bowie tour. It’s a music town, after all, packed with plenty of potential surprise concert guests. It was […]

broke la 2018
By DOTTIE PARIS

Broke LA Touts Holy Wars, Low Hum, Robokid at Regent Theater

March 22, 2018 News Comments Off on Broke LA Touts Holy Wars, Low Hum, Robokid at Regent Theater

By DOTTIE PARIS Low Hum, Holy Wars, Robokid and Axel Mansoor are among the more than 50 acts that will hit the stage this year for Broke LA at The Regent Theater. Formerly known as […]

Slash and Elvis
Musicians

Slash Teams with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators on Third Album

March 22, 2018 News Comments Off on Slash Teams with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators on Third Album

By DONNA BALANCIA Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators will return this fall with their third studio album. The album does not have a name yet, but the group has gone into the studio […]

concerts

Review: Evan and The Live Oaks Update Blues Rock for Today with ‘Hyde Street’

March 21, 2018 News Comments Off on Review: Evan and The Live Oaks Update Blues Rock for Today with ‘Hyde Street’

By DONNA BALANCIA The soulful Americana band Evan and The Live Oaks has released a new 3-song EP called Hyde Street and the trilogy of cool blues tunes leaves us wanting more from this dynamic […]

Sam Pace
Musicians

Premiere: Sam Pace and The Gilded Grit Debut Single, ‘Tenderizing Heart’

March 21, 2018 News Comments Off on Premiere: Sam Pace and The Gilded Grit Debut Single, ‘Tenderizing Heart’

By JOHN DALY Sam Pace debuts the new single “Tenderizing Heart” here on CaliforniaRocker.com The song stems from Sam’s wife’s and young daughter’s ability to warm and soften Pace’s rough, rock n’ roll exterior.  As […]

By DONNA BALANCIA

New Scenario Emerges in Freeway Death of Photographer Emery Becker

March 21, 2018 News Comments Off on New Scenario Emerges in Freeway Death of Photographer Emery Becker

By DONNA BALANCIA California Highway Patrol investigators continued to seek information from witnesses in the freeway accidents that led to the death of photographer Emery Becker early Sunday morning. But a new scenario has emerged […]

Courtney Barnett at The Greek
By JOHN DALY

Courtney Barnett Announces Tour Dates Including a Stop at The Greek

March 20, 2018 News Comments Off on Courtney Barnett Announces Tour Dates Including a Stop at The Greek

Courtney Barnett has announced summer and fall tour dates which include a stop at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on Friday, Oct. 5. Waxahatchee will support the show. Barnett recently released her second single […]

Buddy Guy
concerts

Buddy Guy Show at Novo Lacking, But He’s Still the Link to Chicago Blues

March 19, 2018 News Comments Off on Buddy Guy Show at Novo Lacking, But He’s Still the Link to Chicago Blues

By DAN MACINTOSH Nobody questions Buddy Guy’s guitar skills. Just ask other guitar masters, like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. They’ll all sing his praises. Therefore, expectations were high for Guy’s appearance at […]

Emery Becker
Musicians

Photographer Emery Becker Killed by Drunk Driver Early Sunday Morning

March 19, 2018 News Comments Off on Photographer Emery Becker Killed by Drunk Driver Early Sunday Morning

Hit-And-Run Driver Sought by Police, Memorial Planned Updates with description of sedan 2:41 PM PT Updates with CHP comments, Event details 10:58 AM PT By DONNA BALANCIA Popular music photographer Emery Becker was involved in […]

concerts

VIDEO: Keith Richards, Bill Murray, Ziggy Marley Jam at NYC Charity

March 18, 2018 News Comments Off on VIDEO: Keith Richards, Bill Murray, Ziggy Marley Jam at NYC Charity

Keith Richards, Bill Murray, Ziggy Marley and a host of heavenly all-star musicians jammed together at a New York City benefit concert for the charity God’s Love We Deliver. More than 25 soul, rock and […]

By JOHN DALY

Blink-182, Descendents and Lil Yachty Headline Travis Barker’s MUSINK

March 16, 2018 News Comments Off on Blink-182, Descendents and Lil Yachty Headline Travis Barker’s MUSINK

Descendents headline tonight, and Blink-182 and Lil Yachty are the headline performers Friday and Saturday respectively at Travis Barker’s MUSINK in Costa Mesa. The 11th annual celebration of famous tattoo artists and hot music also […]

Rivers Cuomo at Hi Hat
By DONNA BALANCIA

Solo Rivers Cuomo Drops New Single After Show at The Hi Hat

March 16, 2018 News Comments Off on Solo Rivers Cuomo Drops New Single After Show at The Hi Hat

New Solo Song ‘Medicine for Melancholy’ By DONNA BALANCIA Rivers Cuomo gave dialed-in fans a special 27-song solo acoustic show at the Hi Hat in Los Angeles last Saturday afternoon, playing favorite Weezer tunes and […]

kinman's dark american nights gets archive treatment
interviews

PREMIERE: See Vintage Film for Chip Kinman and FDMDXFD Latest Song

March 15, 2018 News Comments Off on PREMIERE: See Vintage Film for Chip Kinman and FDMDXFD Latest Song

Kinman’s ‘Dark American Night’ Gets USC Archive Boost By DONNA BALANCIA Legendary SoCal punker Chip Kinman and his band Ford Madox Ford premiere a new film assembled from rare vintage footage to accompany their song […]

Moby at The Echo - Photo © 2018 Donna Balancia
By DONNA BALANCIA

Review: Moby Rocks, and Rolls Republicans, at First of Three LA Shows

March 15, 2018 News Comments Off on Review: Moby Rocks, and Rolls Republicans, at First of Three LA Shows

Moby Pays Tribute to Stephen Hawking, John Lee Hooker By DONNA BALANCIA Moby gave political commentary, told anecdotes and performed songs off his new album at The Echo in Los Angeles Wednesday night. It was […]

sting and shaggy
By JOHN DALY

Crazy Jamaican Combo: Sting and Shaggy Team on Album ’44/876′

March 14, 2018 News 1

Sting and Shaggy, an odd couple with surprisingly good songs, will release their hot new island-inspired album, called 44/876, on April 20. Fans can pre-order the collection and receive an instant download of the brassy reggae […]

By DONNA BALANCIA

REVIEW: David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’ House is Better Burned Down

March 14, 2018 News Comments Off on REVIEW: David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’ House is Better Burned Down

By DONNA BALANCIA David Byrne’s American Utopia marks the return of one of the most beloved musicians of our era. Byrne’s first solo album in 14 years is an anticipated if not uneven work that […]

American Utopia My House Detroit - Vid
By DONNA BALANCIA

VIDEO: Detroit School of Arts Vocal Jazz Ensemble Performs Byrne’s ‘My House’

March 14, 2018 News Comments Off on VIDEO: Detroit School of Arts Vocal Jazz Ensemble Performs Byrne’s ‘My House’

Here’s a video that gives people, in the words of the late Ian Dury, “Reasons to be Cheerful.” Check out “Everybody’s Coming to My House,” the David Byrne song performed by the Detroit School of Arts […]

By JOHN DALY

Alice Cooper Announces August and September Dates for ‘Paranormal’ Tour

March 13, 2018 News Comments Off on Alice Cooper Announces August and September Dates for ‘Paranormal’ Tour

Alice Cooper has announced a summer North American tour to promote his 27th album, Paranormal. He will play the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on Aug. 12. The 70-year-old superstar rocker who brought a dark side […]

Keith Richards Comic
By DONNA BALANCIA

Keith Richards, Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne Immortalized in Comic Books

March 13, 2018 News Comments Off on Keith Richards, Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne Immortalized in Comic Books

By DONNA BALANCIA Keith Richards as a comic book hero? Richards, Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne and many other rockers will have their own real-life adventures in a new line of comic books by TidalWave Comics. […]

Reviews

Review: Drums Take Center Stage with Jody Giachello’s Millennial Kingdom Vol 2

March 13, 2018 News Comments Off on Review: Drums Take Center Stage with Jody Giachello’s Millennial Kingdom Vol 2

By DONNA BALANCIA Jody Giachello leads a double life. He’s known as Jody Giachello to regular mortals by day, but in his music world he goes by the moniker 4D. He blends time and space […]

concerts

Kaya Fest to Celebrate Bob Marley Album, Family, and … The Kaya

March 13, 2018 News Comments Off on Kaya Fest to Celebrate Bob Marley Album, Family, and … The Kaya

By DONNA BALANCIA All five of Bob Marley’s sons will perform together at the second annual Kaya Fest April 28-29 in San Bernardino, it was announced Monday at a press conference at the Sunset Marquis […]

By DONNA BALANCIA

Review: Gogol Bordello Brings Unity and Regina Spektor to The Fonda

March 10, 2018 News Comments Off on Review: Gogol Bordello Brings Unity and Regina Spektor to The Fonda

The Ukranian band of merry men and women known as Gogol Bordello has a certain kind of music that defies the categories. Is Gogol Bordello punk rock?  Classic rock?  Classical? All we know is that […]

By DONNA BALANCIA

The Dollyrots Play Los Angeles and Fullerton on Rah Rah Radical Tour

March 9, 2018 News Comments Off on The Dollyrots Play Los Angeles and Fullerton on Rah Rah Radical Tour

Adorable pop punk rockers, The Dollyrots play Phoenix, Los Angeles and Fullerton dates on their Rah Rah Radical tour. The Dollyrots, Kelly Ogden and Luis Cabezas, who regularly hit the road with all their gear, […]

Nth Power
By DONNA BALANCIA

Nth Power to Deliver Funk-Style Call for ‘Truth’ at The Mint Tonight

March 9, 2018 News Comments Off on Nth Power to Deliver Funk-Style Call for ‘Truth’ at The Mint Tonight

The call for truth and the beauty of diversity drives Nth Power, the funky trio that plays The Mint tonight. Comprised of Beyonce’s touring drummer Nikki Glaspie, bassist Nate Edgar of Groovechild, and Nick Cassarino […]

Buttertones at Coachella
Coachella

Buttertones Drop Single ‘Baby C4’ Prep for World Tour and Coachella

March 9, 2018 News Comments Off on Buttertones Drop Single ‘Baby C4’ Prep for World Tour and Coachella

Hotter than hot band The Buttertones have dropped a new saxophone-driven single called “Baby C4” – check it out here. “Baby C4” is the first single from The Buttertones upcoming album release, Midnight In A […]

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