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Dan MacIntosh: Regina Spektor Proves Bond with Audience is Unbreakable

March 12, 2023 News Comments Off on Dan MacIntosh: Regina Spektor Proves Bond with Audience is Unbreakable

Regina Spektor Walt Disney Concert Hall March 7, 2023 By DAN MACINTOSH LOS ANGELES, CA – Regina Spektor’s concert featured the singer/songwriter mostly sitting at an acoustic piano, but this did not stop the artist […]

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Review: Marvin Gaye’s Soulfulness Lives on with ‘Greatest Hits Live in 76’

February 3, 2023 News Comments Off on Review: Marvin Gaye’s Soulfulness Lives on with ‘Greatest Hits Live in 76’

Marvin Gaye Greatest Hits Live in ‘76 Mercury Studios/Universal By DAN MACINTOSH The album jacket of Marvin Gaye Greatest Hits Live in ’76 states how this LP was recorded “at a sold out Edenhalle Concert […]

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Local Natives Appeal to Both, for Three Nights at Hollywood Forever

December 9, 2022 News Comments Off on Local Natives Appeal to Both, for Three Nights at Hollywood Forever

Local Natives Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever December 7, 2022 Review by DAN MACINTOSH LOS ANGELES, CA – The chilly night’s music at Hollywood Forever’s Masonic Lodge featured the third night of Local Natives’ brief […]

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Julian Lage Proves he is Player as Well as Performer at Disney Concert Hall

October 19, 2022 News Comments Off on Julian Lage Proves he is Player as Well as Performer at Disney Concert Hall

Julian Lage/The Bad Plus Walt Disney Concert Hall October 14, 2022 By DAN MACINTOSH LOS ANGELES, CA – Guitarist Julian Lage headlined an eclectic night of instrumental music at Walt Disney Concert Hall that also […]

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Review: Heaven 17 Gets its ‘Groove Thang’ on with Long-Awaited U.S. Tour

October 5, 2022 News Comments Off on Review: Heaven 17 Gets its ‘Groove Thang’ on with Long-Awaited U.S. Tour

Heaven 17 The Observatory October 1, 2022 By DAN MACINTOSH SANTA ANA, CA – Heaven 17 was significantly different from many of the other synth-pop British imports in the 1980s. Yes, the act’s music was […]

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The Shins Make Their Orpheum Show in LA a Rock N Roll Birthday Party

July 20, 2022 News Comments Off on The Shins Make Their Orpheum Show in LA a Rock N Roll Birthday Party

Review by DAN MACINTOSH The Shins The Orpheum July 18, 2022 LOS ANGELES, CA – The Shins’ Monday night concert was billed as Oh, Inverted World: The 21st Birthday Tour, and took place at the […]

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Review: Courtney Barnett Puts the Human Touch Into ‘Things Take Time, Take Time’

November 22, 2021 News Comments Off on Review: Courtney Barnett Puts the Human Touch Into ‘Things Take Time, Take Time’

By DAN MACINTOSH They always tell artists of every calling that the most important thing you can do is find your own voice. Find what sets you apart. What makes you unique. This has never […]

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Review: Aimee Mann Revives Dreams with Live Recording at LA’s Largo

November 15, 2021 News Comments Off on Review: Aimee Mann Revives Dreams with Live Recording at LA’s Largo

By DAN MACINTOSH LOS ANGELES – Aimee Mann had to restart a couple of songs during her delightful Largo at the Coronet show. She said she was aiming for perfection because this performance was being […]

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Suzanne Vega Brings Memories to Life with ‘An Evening of New York Songs and Stories’

September 20, 2020 News Comments Off on Suzanne Vega Brings Memories to Life with ‘An Evening of New York Songs and Stories’

By DAN MACINTOSH Suzanne Vega came along in the ‘80s, a musical time best known for synthesizers, big hair and colorful stage costumes. Like acoustic-guitar-playing Trojan Horses, though, a few brainy artists somehow snuck onto […]

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Taylor Swift Lets Her Most Personal Feelings Shine with Newest Gem, ‘Folklore’

August 2, 2020 News Comments Off on Taylor Swift Lets Her Most Personal Feelings Shine with Newest Gem, ‘Folklore’

By DAN MACINTOSH In today’s music world, where ‘the record album’ has been so severely devalued, every Taylor Swift full-length release is an event. Taylor doesn’t just create and release albums, but each time she […]

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Ray LaMontagne Seeks Truth with ‘Monovision’ And Listeners Find Satisfaction

June 15, 2020 News Comments Off on Ray LaMontagne Seeks Truth with ‘Monovision’ And Listeners Find Satisfaction

By DAN MACINTOSH Ray LaMontagne moves Zelig-like from style to style on his latest Monovision album. Yet, these variety stops never sound schizophrenic or unnatural. The album starts off with “Roll Me Mama, Roll Me,” […]

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Review: Switchfoot Pays Respect to Range of Performers with Album ‘Covers’

June 8, 2020 News Comments Off on Review: Switchfoot Pays Respect to Range of Performers with Album ‘Covers’

By DAN MACINTOSH Covers albums can take on a wide spectrum of variations. Many of these projects include the older songs that inspired artists to create their own music in the first place. Listening to […]

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Review: Sparks Drop a New Classic With ‘A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip’

June 5, 2020 News Comments Off on Review: Sparks Drop a New Classic With ‘A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip’

By DAN MACINTOSH Sparks, the longstanding brotherly duo of Ron and Russell Mael, has been performing together since 1967. So, you’d think by now one could compare this act to other similar bands. But we […]

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Dramarama Full Length ‘Color TV’ a Colorful Gift in a Black-And-White World

May 25, 2020 News Comments Off on Dramarama Full Length ‘Color TV’ a Colorful Gift in a Black-And-White World

Review by DAN MACINTOSH Even in this digital music age, serious music fans keep running mental lists of their most anticipated album releases. They wait impatiently for these projects to come out with the same […]

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Review: M. Ward Masterfully Puts a Face on Immigration with ‘Migration Stories’

March 24, 2020 News Comments Off on Review: M. Ward Masterfully Puts a Face on Immigration with ‘Migration Stories’

By DAN MACINTOSH M. Ward describes his album Migration Stories as “11 largely instrumental ballads – a sci-fi fast forward to a more silent night many generations from here to a maybe-era where movement is […]

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Review: Silversun Pickups and Eliza and the Delusionals Keep Guitar Rock Rolling Through SoCal

February 8, 2020 News Comments Off on Review: Silversun Pickups and Eliza and the Delusionals Keep Guitar Rock Rolling Through SoCal

By DAN MACINTOSH SANTA ANA – Silversun Pickups’ double bill with Australia’s Eliza and The Delusionals (Los Angeles’ Cuffed Up was the warm-up act) was a study in dynamic contrasts. Whereas female lead singer for […]

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The Damned Proves its Definitive Punk with ‘Black Is The Night’ Anthology

November 24, 2019 News Comments Off on The Damned Proves its Definitive Punk with ‘Black Is The Night’ Anthology

By DAN MACINTOSH The Damned was the first punk band from the United Kingdom to release a single (“New Rose”), so why is this London-birthed act not always immediately mentioned whenever discussing pioneering punk, the […]

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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 […]

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Robyn Hitchcock Gives A Grammy Museum Audience a Taste of His New Album

September 27, 2017 News Comments Off on Robyn Hitchcock Gives A Grammy Museum Audience a Taste of His New Album

Review by DAN MACINTOSH LOS ANGELES, CA – Listening to the Grammy Museum Executive Director Scott Goldman interview Robyn Hitchcock can be a whole lot like sampling the artist’s extensive catalogue, in that it he […]

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Lifehouse and Switchfoot Look Back for Summer With Hit-Filled Show at the Greek

September 19, 2017 News Comments Off on Lifehouse and Switchfoot Look Back for Summer With Hit-Filled Show at the Greek

Review by DAN MACINTOSH Slotted between Hurricane Harvey, which had just torn through Texas, and the eve of when Hurricane Irma was about to hit Florida, Lifehouse and Switchfoot shared a bill at the Greek […]

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A New Record for California Rocker – Five Journalism Awards with Two First Place Finishes in One Year

July 22, 2017 News Comments Off on A New Record for California Rocker – Five Journalism Awards with Two First Place Finishes in One Year

Site Wins Social Media and Best Blog Awards By JOHN DALY LOS ANGELES – The team at CaliforniaRocker.com has set the standard: Donna Balancia and her editorial team have won five journalism awards in one […]

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    Dan MacIntosh: Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour Touts Music’s Beloved Genre
    January 30, 2023 Comments Off on Dan MacIntosh: Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour Touts Music’s Beloved Genre
  • Photo Gallery: Letters to Cleo and Dear Elise Draw Faithful Fans to The Troubadour
    November 16, 2021 Comments Off on Photo Gallery: Letters to Cleo and Dear Elise Draw Faithful Fans to The Troubadour
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    Review: Aimee Mann Revives Dreams with Live Recording at LA’s Largo
    November 15, 2021 Comments Off on Review: Aimee Mann Revives Dreams with Live Recording at LA’s Largo
  • Mon Laferte Delivers Music and a Life Well-Lived to Energized Boston Audience
    October 12, 2021 Comments Off on Mon Laferte Delivers Music and a Life Well-Lived to Energized Boston Audience
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    Guy Clark Doc ‘Without Getting Killed or Caught’ Gives Unique Insight into Life of Legendary Texas Songwriter
    March 14, 2021 Comments Off on Guy Clark Doc ‘Without Getting Killed or Caught’ Gives Unique Insight into Life of Legendary Texas Songwriter

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