Showing posts with label Los Angeles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Los Angeles. Show all posts
Friday, August 02, 2013

HOLLY WOOD BABEL: Peruano, Africano, Colombiano, Angeleno… Novalima, guey

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Did you know that Peru had Africans?  If you’ve heard (of) Susana Baca, then you did; or should, anyway.  They’ve been there since the...
Friday, June 28, 2013

Vaud and the Villains - How Do You Spell E-C-L-E-C-T-I-C?

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The last thing I had in mind when I left my apartment last Saturday was to receive some musical epiphany at LA’s   MacArthur   Park… yes...
Thursday, June 20, 2013

It's That Time Again in LA: Let the Music Flow...

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It’s that time again in LA—summer—and there’s so much good music for free that it almost makes the smog and traffic jams and lack...
Thursday, June 30, 2011

ON CD- MALI: TALE OF TWO TRAORE’S; IN FESTIVAL(S): CANADA & LA

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What Ali Farka Toure’ accomplished with his Talking Timbuktu album with Ry Cooder, has been consolidated and spread like wildfire through ...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

WORLD MUSIC HEATS UP LA- Beat the Donkey, Wil-Dog, and Tommy Castro

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Ahhh! It’s that time of year again, like it or not. Last week the temps were up to almost three figures Fahrenheit and the blood so ...
Monday, July 20, 2009

‘TECHNO ISSA’ KICKS OFF SKIRBALL’S SUMMER CONCERT SEASON

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If you’re a world music fan then you live for creative musical combinations- Cambodian psych-pop, Celtic salsa, Swedish bluegrass, etc...
Sunday, December 07, 2008

TRAILS OF TWO CITIES- NOODLE WARS, BUDDHIST DESIRES, HOT SHOWERS, AND THE FREE TEMPTATIONS OF TRAVEL (part 2)

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My current considerations for choice between TJ and Ensenada are more basic, like which place is more convenient, with better prices, w...
Monday, September 29, 2008

LIVING LIFE IN 4-D: THE DOUBLE HELIX OF MUSIC AND LANGUAGE

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Yes, you know the economy really sucks when you turn on the TV at 8am Sunday morning and find Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson on thr...
Tuesday, September 23, 2008

THE NEW ECONOMIC 9-11 HITS; AND THE BAND(S) PLAY ON

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9-11-08 to the day, the U$D exchange rate was at its highest in many moons, the price of oil was down below $95 (not coincidentally) aft...
Tuesday, September 16, 2008

SEASON’S OVER FOR OUTDOOR MUSIC (ALMOST)

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I guess it was fitting to have Poncho Sanchez close out the MacArthur Park music series for the summer, today being Mexican Independ...
Tuesday, September 09, 2008

IT’S ALWAYS SUMMER SOMEWHERE; IF SATURDAY THEN BRAZIL?

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What’s the difference between a pit and a bull-hockey mom? The pit knows how to say nothing without even speaking. It’s like using...