By DONNA BALANCIA – Allison Iraheta and Halo Circus are going strong. Halo Circus has a great new album ‘Bunny’ and as front woman Iraheta has proven she has pushed far beyond her American Idol fame […]
Emilio Rivera Joins Ride to Support Cancer Research Photos © 2016 JESSE SILVA; Story by JOHN DALY The second annual motorcycle ride and concert to benefit cancer research, Ride For Ronnie, drew devoted friends and […]
With a Film, A Single, Family and Friends It’s Full Speed Ahead for Billy Bones By DONNA BALANCIA – The Sold And Bones is a good-time punk band, with Billy Bones having a career that […]
New Soundcheck Live Show Gets Star Power By DONNA BALANCIA – Jackson Browne put on a free concert to those lucky enough to get into Lucky Strike Live in Hollywood Wednesday night. Browne graced the […]
Veteran Band Debuts Tunes at Ultimate Jam Night at Whisky A Go-Go By DONNA BALANCIA For Little Caesar, Honesty is the best policy. The new album, Brutally Honest, is a double live CD recorded while […]
What’s In A Name? Quite a Bit at BROKE LA By MARIEL CALLOWAY BROKE LA is an all out, multi-stage, 9-hour music marathon featuring over 50 artists in the heart of downtown LA. With so […]
Starr: ‘We’ve Got a New Record and New Spandex!’ By DONNA BALANCIA Steel Panther says “Get ready to rock!” Steel Panther, those big-haired metal comedians of Rock N Roll, will play The Fonda Theatre on […]
Kid Bloom, Glam Skanks, Brothers Collective, Hypnotic Hyena Play The MIME in Echo Park By DONNA BALANCIA ECHO PARK — Everyone knows Echo Park is a hotbed of music these days, but what’s becoming even […]
By DONNA BALANCIA NORTH HOLLYWOOD – The Hyaena Gallery celebrated its 10-year anniversary but it wasn’t with any vow renewal or cake and coffee. The event was more like an early Halloween party with great […]
By JOHN DALY – Wilco band members Jeff Tweedy and Pat Sansone and Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo are among an all-star lineup to perform a concert of the music of Big Star April […]
By DONNA BALANCIA – Guns N Roses kicked off their “Not In This Lifetime” reunion tour with a rockin’ show at The Troubadour, the place where it all began. Guns N Roses will play 24 […]
By DONNA BALANCIA – Miguel Murillo, the head chef at the Rainbow Bar and Grill on the Sunset Strip passed away late Tuesday night from unknown causes. “He was more than beloved, he was like […]
Young Program Director Gives Station New Life By DONNA BALANCIA CARMEL, Calif. — KRML is a good example of what a radio station can be. Program Director Jeff White puts together a nice mix […]
Carnie Wilson, Susan Cowsill, Al Jardine Rock Glendale’s Alex Theatre By DONNA BALANCIA – The Beach Boys left their mark on music, but Wild Honey Orchestra and friends brought it to life last night. Musicians […]
February 13 Event Takes Place at the Alex Theatre in Glendale On Saturday, Micky Dolenz, Susan Cowsill and Al and Matt Jardine will join a bevy of guest performers for a Beach Boys Tribute put […]
L.A. Story: ‘Keep Rock Alive’ By DONNA BALANCIA – Local “feel-good” rock band, L.A. Story will have a shot at the big-time when the guys do a tryout Saturday for the NBCTV hit show America’s […]
Lyric and Ray: This Time Opposites Attract — The Crowds By DONNA BALANCIA — On a recent Tuesday night in Los Angeles, two young guitarists, Lyric Dubee and Ray Goren held the music industry mesmerized […]
By DONNA BALANCIA – The stars came out to celebrate the first anniversary of the jam session at Lucky Strike Live in Hollywood. On hand were Eddie Ojeda of Twisted Sister and son of Dee […]
Monty’s Bar and Rainbow Among Bowie Party Places – By DONNA BALANCIA – They reminisced about everything from prank phone calls to whisky days, as across LA friends and fans of David Bowie and Lemmy […]
Grief And Shock Around the World By DONNA BALANCIA How long had David Bowie been suffering under the cloak of silence regarding his cancer diagnosis? We know he had been making music until his final […]
Extraordinary musicians who each took a gamble helped CaliforniaRocker.com earn awards from major journalism organizations this year. Donna Balancia’s video coverage of “The New Basement Tapes: One Night Only,” was good enough to earn California […]
Photographer amasses a visual history of fleeting monuments to music By DONNA BALANCIA — Stumped for a last-minute Christmas gift? For the history buff, or music lover, Rock ‘N’ Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip […]
Pancho Tomaselli and Chris Moore Keep the Beat on New Band By DONNA BALANCIA -Take a major metal rocker, a frontman from a black ska-punk band, a WAR bassist and one of the industry’s best […]
By DONNA BALANCIA – The DoGs, those legendary rockers from Detroit, have released a video “Ain’t Going Nowhere” courtesy of BlankTV. It’s a funny vid depicting one of our favorite bands. “We wanted to have […]
The Halo Circus Debut Album is Expected to be Released in 2016 Halo Circus, powered by “American Idol” Season 8 fan favorite Allison Iraheta, will headline the Troubadour on Monday, Dec. 14. The show called […]
By DONNA BALANCIA – Punk Rock icon Cheetah Chrome — the famed musician and founder of legendary group The Dead Boys — has been denied a page under his famous stage name on Facebook. And […]
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