Thursday, August 26, 2010

THE OTHER LA: CAMBODIA TO COLOMBIA, HIGH DENGUE FEVER & THE VALLENATO FLU

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Oh, but last weekend was another sublime compilation of subtle pleasures in El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Rí...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010

AFRO-BEAT, AFRO-TRAD, AFRO-DIASPO, & A TOUCH OF FEVER IN LA

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Well, it doesn’t get much better than this past weekend for variety and quality in the LA free music department, some of it ex...
Wednesday, August 11, 2010

“… HIP-HOP CHILDREN OF BE-BOP PARENTS…”, LA GETS HIP WITH DAAOOD, TRIBLE, AND THE WHOLE INDUS VALLEY

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I haven’t heard anything like it since listening to Jack Kerouac over Steve Allen’s piano (on tape, a**hole, I’m not THAT old)… okay, so m...
Wednesday, August 04, 2010

PETE E TOPS MUSICAL WEEK IN LA

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Well, this week in free outdoor entertainment- particularly of the world music variety- got off to a bit of a slow start this ...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

JAZZ, SUPER STRINGS, & LA SEMANA PERUANA

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Well, things got off to a shaky start last Thursday when I found out that the group I was expecting to see and hear- ‘Palenke Soultrib...
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 ...
Friday, July 02, 2010

MAGNIFICATION by MAGNIFICO- Hawaiian Surfing Spaghetti Western Balkan Music

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Most Americans had probably never heard of Slovenia until the US soccer team came up against them head to head in recent World Cup play...