Live Reviews

Photos by SCOTT FREE The Dirty Penni Fest continues its tremendous growth and next year’s event is already in the planning stages, festival producers said. “This year was the biggest crowd yet,” said Michael Grodner […]

By DONNA BALANCIA Billy Bob Thornton is realizing his dreams. Thornton and The Boxmasters kicked off their summer-long tour at The Mint in Los Angeles to thunderous applause. “I came to Los Angeles to be […]

EXCLUSIVE STORY By DONNA BALANCIA Mike Campbell misses Tom Petty. It’s as simple and as that, as the best friend and partner of Petty since high school took the stage at The Mint Wednesday night. […]

BY HARRIET KAPLAN At 70 years old, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Willie Nile has incredible physical stamina. Nile played an almost two-hour, acoustic show at McCabe’s. The New York native and the Big Apple’s unofficial poet […]

By DONNA BALANCIA The English Beat Starring Dave Wakeling hasn’t lost a step. With their first studio album since 1982, Here We Go Love, and continual touring, Wakeling and company push on. The famous front […]

By DONNA BALANCIA Spirit In The Room is one of those local bands that should be on a stage in a big arena opening for a huge international act like U2. These hardcore-punkers have it […]

Neil Young + Promise of the Real Score KO in Fest’s 2nd Year Photos and Story by DONNA BALANCIA PASADENA – In case there was any doubt, Chrissie Hynde is still the Queen of Rock […]

Review and Photos by ALYSON CAMUS Sleep is one of those bands that affects different people in different ways. Most people at The Wiltern were listening to the music of Sleep as if it were […]

By HARRIET KAPLAN Opening the 2018 Hollywood Bowl season on Saturday night featured global superstar singer and actress Diana Ross. The performance was billed as “Diana Ross Sings Memories” accompanied by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra […]

Photos and Story by SCOTT FREE The Tissues, one of the great up-and-coming bands, take their musical cues from the streets of Los Angeles. The Tissues are Kristine Nevrose on vocals, Jerry Narrows on guitar, […]

By DONNA BALANCIA When it comes to making a crowd crazy, few do it better than The Oh Sees. Or Thee Oh Sees. Or OCS. Whatever they call themselves these days, double drummers Paul and […]

By DONNA BALANCIA A Place to Bury Strangers made new friends and lit up longtime fans at The Regent Saturday night. This show had it all. Smoke, smashed guitars, great drumming and an incredible light […]

By DONNA BALANCIA Charley Crockett is a self-made, honky tonk success story. Crockett is taking the world by storm travelling town to town with his band getting people up and dancing to his Texas-Lousiana swinging […]

By DONNA BALANCIA Johnny Marr is a charismatic showman and master musician who gives the fans what they want. In his first of two sold-out shows at the Teragram Ballroom, Marr showed the crowd he […]

By DONNA BALANCIA Check out the Julian Frampton band, a new group led by a second-generation musician, who has a different look and different style than his famous father, Peter Frampton. See The Julian Frampton […]

By HARRIET KAPLAN The Posies performed an exciting and unforgettable show at The Bootleg to celebrate their 30-year anniversary as a band. They have a lot going on with a world tour and three expanded […]

By PATRICK O’HEFFERNAN The beloved actor Rob Morrow bought his funky country blues band RMB to the Santa Monica Playhouse’s community theater stage, playing for a small audience as part of the gig by the […]