By DONNA BALANCIA — Long Beach is springing up as a new hotbed for entertainment, its beachside location and regentrificated downtown area make a perfect getaway place to see a cool band. Here are a few […]
By DONNA BALANCIA – King Khan and BBQ play outside the sandbox and they like it that way. At first glance, they seem to be an unusual duo, the tall King Khan and his pal […]
By DONNA BALANCIA – Music greats, friends and Halloween partygoers jammed into Gibson Guitar’s Beverly Hills showroom for a party to celebrate the company’s 2016 guitars. The Doors’ Robby Krieger joined Los Lobos on stage […]
Photos and words by DONNA BALANCIA – LOS ANGELES – When Walter Lure comes to Los Angeles, seems the whole town turns out. Those who remember Walter’s role in The Heartbreakers as well as those […]
By DONNA BALANCIA – Olivia Dvorak is making music her own way. “I grew up in the country with horses,” said Olivia, who was raised in rural Illinois. “My horses always loved the country music […]
Queen Mary Events Park Hosts Sonics, Kennedys, The Two Tens By DONNA BALANCIA – The first annual Hi-Fi Rockfest was an interesting mix with everyone from Luicidal showing its Southern California muscle and The Two Tens […]
Judd Steele, Jewel Steele and Lula Steele together form the band Stereo Love. California Rocker’s Donna Balancia sat down for a Q and A with one very musical family. How did you decide to put […]
By MARIEL CALLOWAY — Veteran punk rockers The Dollyrots played to a packed house at The Roxy Saturday night as part of a new live concert tour video project. The band, comprised of husband and […]
By DONNA BALANCIA – Social media ain’t got nothing on Freebo, as the well-known musician celebrated the release of his new CD at McCabe’s Guitar Shop. The word “engagement” took on new meaning at an […]
By DONNA BALANCIA — Nick Waterhouse blew away the packed house at the Teragram Ballroom Saturday night, giving an uncharacteristically rowdy crowd an upbeat show that the fans went crazy over. Waterhouse brought his Orange […]
Roots, Art, Music, Steal the Show at Inaugural Unity Concert for Lovers of People and Reggae By DONNA BALANCIA — The Unity Concert Series kicked off in grand style at the Wiltern theatre Thursday night, […]
With PHOTO GALLERY Story by DONNA BALANCIA and Photos by MELANY SIRKEDJIAN – HOLLYWOOD — Johnny Depp and Gene Simmons took to the stage at Lucky Strike Live in Hollywood to jam for charity on Sunday […]
By DONNA BALANCIA – Grace Potter wants to rescue Rock N Roll. That’s why she wears her Silver Cape. Touring to promote her new album, Midnight, the veteran rocker Potter played killer sets at Hollywood’s […]
Living Colour Brings Energy and Alternative Funk to the HOB By DONNA BALANCIA — Living Colour packed the House of Blues Anaheim with their funky, punk-influenced music and wild performance, a hint of what to […]
By DONNA BALANCIA — Mavis Staples was awarded the Woody Guthrie Prize at the GRAMMY Museum in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday night. Among those on hand for the prestigious event were Bob Santelli GRAMMY Museum […]
Chris Wyse Bass, Dave Lombardo Drumming, Take Center Stage at Whisky a Go Go By MALIA BALANCIA — Lead singer and bassist Chris Wyse is pretty clever. Maybe that goes along with having a band […]
L.A. Guns Among Bands That Rally for Radio Royalties By DONNA BALANCIA — L.A. Guns and a range of bands performed at the Whisky a Go Go Friday night to support the Fair Play Fair […]
CrueFest Hollywood Raises Cash to Help People With Cancer By MALIA BALANCIA – Rock and Roll may never forgive, but it knows how to give back. The stage at the Whisky A Go-Go was rockin’ […]
By DONNA BALANCIA – When popular Los Angeles bands Stereo Love, L.A. Story and Rebel Hotel have a rock show at a freak show museum, you get big bang for the buck. The three bands […]
Renaissance Man Tom Verlaine Social, But Not Through Social Media By DONNA BALANCIA — Tom Verlaine and Television had good reception at Teragram Ballroom. And while Verlaine doesn’t want to be labeled, “successful” is one […]
Space Hurricane to Play The Down and Out Bar Tonight By MARIEL CALLOWAY – The members of Space Hurricane may have found each other on Craigslist, but it’s the audience that gets the good deal. […]
Women Play to Raise Money for Raining Jane’s Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls Los Angeles By DONNA BALANCIA Women of all ages rocked out at at the bootleg in Silverlake to raise money for […]
By DONNA BALANCIA — It was a mixed bag of cool performances at The Echo, with Small Wigs, The Herms and Big Ups in a triple-header designed to knock your head off. Small Wigs have […]
LOS ANGELES – The musicians in the band Them Guns may each have a different focus, but when they play together, their sound hits the target. Them Guns performed to a packed crowd at The Viper […]
Musicians, Fans, Raise Money for Marty Grebb to Continue His Battle Against Cancer Story and Photos © DONNA BALANCIA Who says Rock ‘n Roll doesn’t have a heart? Bonnie Raitt, Leon Russell, Ivan Neville and […]
By DONNA BALANCIA — It was a night of soulful music from the heart at The Mint, as Schuyler Fisk, Sam Marcey and headliner Mike Love brought their music and their stories to Los Angeles. […]
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