MetalJazz

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Links: L.A. performances (12/20/24).
Re-plug: "The Jazz Omnibus: 21st-Century Photos and Writings by Members of the Jazz Journalists Association" (Cymbal Press)
Ponderation: The nature of psychedelic music, via a new Nirvana U.K. covers album (2024 update).
Live review: Dan Rosenboom-Joshua White-Eric Revis-Mark Ferber at the High Low, Dec. 2, 2024.
Record review: Marilyn Manson, "One Assassination Under God -- Chapter 1" (Nuclear Blast)
Ponderillo: Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra, "Live at the Adler Planetarium" (International Anthem)
Live review: Will Salmon memorial at Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, Nov. 10, 2024.
Live review: Flower Songs Music plus Tasha Smith Godinez, Pablo Leñero and Harry Scorzo celebrate Dia de los Muertos at First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, Nov. 2, 2024.
Live review: Diego Gaeta, Yafeu Tyhimba at the World Stage, Fri. Oct. 18, 2024 (Angel City Jazz Fest).
Book review: "Jazz Revolutionary: The Life & Music of Eric Dolphy" by Jonathon Grasse (Jawbone Press)
Live review: Kris Davis Trio, Steve Lehman's Garden of Klōns at REDCAT (Angel City Jazz Fest), Sat. Oct. 12, 2024.
Links: L.A. performances (10/11//24).
Links: L.A. performances (10/4/24).
RIP: Kris Kristofferson, 1936-2024.
Links: L.A. performances (9/27/24).
Previews: Angel City Jazz Festival 2024, week 1, Oct. 11-17.
Links: L.A. performances (9/20/24).
Links: L.A. performances (9/13/24).
Documentary review: William Roper's "Sidelining the Sideman (and Woman)."
Links: L.A. performances (9/6/24).
Live scene (Aug. 30, 2024) and record review: Nick Mancini Collective, "Oblation"
Links: L.A. performances (8/30/24).
Modern shorts: Melt-Banana, SML, Hans Fjellestad.
Links: L.A. performances (8/23/24).
Ponderillo: Marilyn Manson's and Ozzy Osbourne's new addiction tunes.
Links: L.A. performances (8/16/24).
Compendium: A year of wind player Phillip Greenlief.
Links: L.A. performances (8/9/24).
Links: L.A. performances (8/2/24).
Record review: Deep Purple, "=1" (EarMusic)
Links: L.A. performances (7/26/24).
Links: L.A. performances (7/19/24).
Music review and scriptural manipulation: Natasha Owens, "The Chosen One"
Links: L.A. performances (7/12/24).
Live review: Michael Manring-Christopher Garcia-Daniel Weidlein; Daniel Metz & Wesley Amorim at Saint Be's Harmony Room, July 5, 2024.
Links: L.A. performances (7/5/24).
Alert: "Ancestral Dubbers" -- Marcus Urani dubs Jason Robinson's Janus Ensemble.
Record review: Black Country Communion, "V" (J & R Adventures)
Links: L.A. performances (6/28/24).
Live review: Zoh Amba-Chris Corsano-Bill Orcutt; Martin Escalante at Zebulon, June 20, 2024.
Links: L.A. performances (6/21/24).
Live review: Charles Lloyd Quartet, Mulatu Astatke, Alex Isley, Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance Ensemble at Hollywood Bowl Jazz Fest, June 15, 2024.
Links: L.A. performances (6/14/24).
Record review: Julien Knowles, "As Many, As One" (Biophilia)
Links: L.A. performances (6/7/24).
Hail and farewell: Free Cloud Collective (streaming) at Rhythm of the Earth Mindful Music Festival, May 25, 2024; and RIP Will Salmon.
Links: L.A. performances (5/31/24).
Links: L.A. performances (5/24/24).
Abstractionist shorts: Carlos Niño, Wayne Peet, Theo Van Niel Jr.
Links: L.A. performances (5/17/24).
RIP: Chas Smith.
Record review: Sticklerphonics, "Technicolor Ghost Parade" (Jealous Butcher)
Links: L.A. performances (5/10/24).
Links: L.A. performances (5/3//24).
Links: L.A. performances (4/26/24).
Attendance: Paul Lacques Memorial at McCabe's, April 12, 2024.
Links: L.A. performances (4/19/24).
Short review: Matt Piper & John von Seggern, "A Thousand Miles From Nowhere" EP
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Links: L.A. performances (4/12/24).
Live review: Aron Kallay with Gamelan Light Streams at 2220 Arts & Archives, April 9, 2024.
Links: L.A. performances (4/5/24).
Links: L.A. performances (3/29/24).
Sculpture: Luis Bermudez (1953-2021), "Sobre la Vida" at L.A. Louver, Venice, CA.
Links: L.A. performances (3/22/24).
Record review: Judas Priest, "Invincible Shield" (Columbia/Epic)
Links: L.A. performances (3/15/24).
Record review: Charles Lloyd, "The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow" (Blue Note)
Links: L.A. performances (3/8/24).
Record review: Maetar, "Love Dub & the Abstract One Drop" (Ropeadope)
Links: L.A. performances (3/1/24).
Local metal: Zombie Eating Horse.
Links: L.A. performances (2/23/24).
Links: L.A. performances (2/16/24).
Live review: Jeremy Cunningham Quartet; Anna Butterss & Ben Lumsdaine at 2220 Arts & Archives, February 10, 2024.
Links: L.A. performances (2/9/24).
Links: L.A. performances (2/2//24).
Q & A: Doro, "Conqueress -- Forever Strong and Proud" (Nuclear Blast)
Links: L.A. performances (1/26/24).
Links: L.A. performances (1/19/24).
Links: L.A. performances (1/19/24, long).
RIP: Paul Lacques, guitarist and songwriter.
Abstractionist shorts: Sunny Kim, Myra Melford, Patrick Shiroishi, Ben Goldberg, Ben Richter, John von Seggern, Scot Ray.
Links: L.A. performances (1/12/24).
Live review: Joshua White & Alex Cline; Five Skins Interdisciplinary at Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church (Open Gate Sunday Evening Music Series), January 7, 2024.
Links: L.A. performances (1/5/24).
Links: L.A. performances (12/29/23).
Record review: SWTEVL, "Very Truly Yours"
Links: L.A. performances (12/15/23).
Links: L.A. performances (12/22/23).
Live review: Wild Up presents music of Meara O'Reilly and William Brittelle/Jodie Landau at 2220 Arts & Archives, December 9, 2023.
Virtual live review: Azar Lawrence Quintet at the World Stage, December 8, 2023.
Links: L.A. performances (12/8/23).
Links: L.A. performances (11/1/23).
Links: L.A. performances (11/24/23).
Observation: Dolly Parton Thanksgiving NFL halftime show, Dallas vs. Washington, November 23, 2023.
Links: L.A. performances (11/17/23).
Live review: Kaveh Rastegar & Friends at ETA, November 15, 2023.
Links: L.A. performances (11/10/23).
Links: L.A. performances (11/3/23).
Angel City review: Todd Cochran TC3, Billy Mohler Quartet at REDCAT, October 29, 2023.
Reference: More on Spot, sonic pioneer.
Links: L.A. performances (10/27/23).
Previews: Angel City Jazz Festival, through October 29, 2023.
Record review: The Rolling Stones, "Hackney Diamonds" (Geffen, 2023)
Links: L.A. performances (10/20/23).
Angel City review: Vernacular Intergenerational Improvisational Night at ArtShare L.A., October 16, 2023.
Angel City Review: Sam Rivers 100th anniversary at LACMA, October 13, 2023.
Live review: Bill Frisell, Ambrose Akinmusire presented by UCLA at Ace Hotel, October 14, 2023.
Links: L.A. performances (10/13/23 update).
Links: L.A. performances (10/6/23 update).
Links: L.A. performances (9/29/23 update).
Even more than a day with Vinny Golia's new 110-track opus, "Even to This Day . . . Music for Orchestra and Soloists Movement Two: Syncretism -- For the Draw" (Nine Winds).
Links: L.A. performances (9/22/23 update).
Live review: Van Morrison, Taj Mahal at the Greek Theater, September 19, 2023.
Links: L.A. performances (9/15/23).
Links: L.A. performances (9/8/23).
SoCal improv shorts: Anthony Wilson, Tiner/Nakatani, Steuart Liebig, David Strother, Carlos Niño, Michael Vlatkovich.
Event: Steven Isoardi's "The Dark Tree" returns to print.
Links: L.A. performances (9/1/23).
Live review: Batushka, Swallow the Sun, Stormruler at 1720, August 29, 2023.
Links: L.A. performances (8/25/23).
Live review: Mark De Clive-Lowe's Jazz in the House at Grand Performances, August 19, 2023.
Links: L.A. performances (8/18/23).
Robbie Robertson: Going, going, gone (2023).
Links: L.A. performances (8/11/23).
Links: L.A. performances (8/4/23).
Links: L.A. performances (7/28/23).
Links: L.A. performances (7/21/23).
Links: L.A. performances (7/14/23).
Links: L.A. performances (7/7/23 update).
Links: L.A. performances (6/30/23 update).
Impressions of abstractionist recordings: Henry Threadgill, Zeena Parkins, Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra.
Links: L.A. performances (6/23/23 update).
Notice: Metallica, "The Amsterdam Sessions" (Amazon Music Presents)
Links: L.A. performances (6/16/23 update).
Links: L.A. performances (6/9/23 update).
Live review: Katalyst at ETA, June 5, 2023.
Links: L.A. performances (6/2/23 update).
Live spew: The National at the Greek Theater, May 31, 2023.
Links: L.A. performances (5/26/23 update).
Record review: Metallica, "72 Seasons" (Blackened, 2023)
Links: L.A. performances (5/19/23 update).
Live review: William Parker-William Hooker-Isaiah Collier Trio at 2220 Arts & Archives, May 13, 2023.
Links: L.A. performances (5/12/23 update).
Record review: Cattle Decapitation, "Terrasite" (Metal Blade)
Links: L.A. performances (5/5/23 update).
Live review: Dan Rosenboom Quintet, Nicole McCabe Trio at the Paramount, April 28, 2023.
Links: L.A. performances (4/28/23 update).
Live review: Bill Alves' American Gamelan, Smudges at 2220, April 23, 2023.
Links: L.A. performances (4/21/23 update).
Vision: Snakes and stones.
Links: L.A. performances (4/14/23 update).
Links: L.A. performances (4/7/23 update).
Links: L.A. performances (3/31/23 update).
Augury: Morbid Angel and Nashville school shooting, March 27, 2023.
Links: L.A. performances (3/24/23 update).
Record review: Xochi Cuicatl, "Resiliencia" (Christopher Garcia Music Projects, 2023)
Links: L.A. performances (3/17/23 update).
Live conversation: Esthesis Quartet at ETA, March 10, 2023.
Links: L.A. performances (3/10/23 update).
Heavy instro shorts: Aggros, Stoner.
RIP: Spot, July 1, 1951 - March 4, 2023.
Links: L.A. performances (3/3/23 update).
RIP: Wayne Shorter.
Links: L.A. performances (2/24/23 update).
Abstractionist shorts: Joe Chambers, Saturn Quartet, Devin Sarno.
Links: L.A. performances (2/17/23 update).
Virtual live review: Carlos Niño & Friends at the World Stage, February 10, 2023.
Links: L.A. performances (2/10/23 update).
Righteous indignation: Patrick Mahomes and the jazz bath.
Links: L.A. performances (2/3/23 update).
Dredge: Iggy & the Stooges, "Raw Power" at 50 (2023).
Links: L.A. performances (1/27 update).
Links: L.A. performances (1/20 update).
Live review: Lowercase Trio, Mastless Into Dawn at Oracle Tavern (Vernacular New Music Series), January 16, 2023.
Links: L.A. performances (1/13 update).
Jeff Beck, vulnerable (2023).
California shorts: Steuart Liebig, Scot Ray, Wayne Peet, Phillip Greenlief, Jennifer Terran.
Links: L.A. performances (1/6 update).
Ponderation: Maquahuitl's metal, and other creations by transgressors.
Links: L.A. performances (12/30 update).
Ponderation: In a silent way -- the voice of God on a mountain.
Links: L.A. performances (12/23 update).
Metal cinema ponderillo: "Violent Night" (2022)
Links: L.A. performances (12/16 update).
Record review: Charles Lloyd featuring Zakir Hussain & Julian Lage, "Trios: Sacred Thread" (Blue Note)
Links: L.A. performances (12/9 update).
Virtual live review: "Celebrating Anthony Braxton" at REDCAT, Dec. 4, 2022.
Links: L.A. performances (12/2 update).
Links: L.A. performances (11/25 update).
In spirit: David Ornette Cherry.
Alert: Spot, "First Barrel Defused"
Links: L.A. performances (11/18 update).
Links: L.A. performances (11/11 update).
Virtual live review: Randy Gloss & Carlos Niño at the World Stage, November 4, 2022.
Links: L.A. performances (11/4 update).
Record review: Randy Gloss, ". . . The Ayes Have It Vol. II -- Self-Portraits in Percussion" (Orenda)
Links: L.A. performances (10/28 update).
Live review: David Murray Trio at the World Stage, October 23, 2022 (Angel City Jazz Fest).
Links: L.A. performances (10/21 update).
Angel City Jazz Fest previews: Myra Melford's Fire & Water Quintet, Nicole McCabe Septet, Nov. 4; Zoh Amba Quartet, Devin Daniels Quartet, Nov. 5.
Links: L.A. performances (10/14 update).
Jazz shorts: Charles Lloyd, Sun Ra Arkestra, Bonnet-Carney-Ber, John Escreet.
Links: L.A. performances (10/7 update).
Live review: Imperial Triumphant, Sylvaine, Zeal & Ardor at EchoPlex, October 5, 2022.
Links: L.A. performances (9/30 update).
RIP: Pharoah Sanders, saxophone magician.
Heavy shorts: KMFDM, Megadeth, Fallujah.
Links: L.A. performances (9/23 update).
Record review: Ozzy Osbourne, "Patient Number 9" (Epic, 2022)
Links: L.A. performances (9/16 update).
Virtual live review: David Ornette Cherry Ensemble at the World Stage.
Links: L.A. performances (9/9 update).
Live review: Black Nile at LACMA, Sept. 2, 2022.
Links: L.A. performances (9/2 update).
Non-review scene: Leimert Park Jazz Festival, August 27, 2022.
Links: L.A. performances (8/26 update).
West Coast shorts: Bennie Maupin & Adam Rudolph; Carlos Niño & Friends; Katalyst, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad; Anna Butterss.
Links: L.A. performances (8/19 update).
Live review: Dimitris Mahlis Ensemble at the Baked Potato, August 16, 2022.
Links: L.A. performances (8/12 update).
Virtual live review: Roberto Miranda Septet at the World Stage, August 5, 2022.
Links: L.A. performances (8/5 update).
Alert: Temporary vintage Aerosmith live performance streams.
Links: L.A. performances (7/29 update).
Links: L.A. performances (7/22 update)
Metaljazz record reviews: Imperial Triumphant, Derek Sherinian.
Links: L.A. performances (7/15 update).
Links: L.A. performances (7/15 update).
Links: L.A. performances (7/8 update).
Live review: Mecolodiacs, Garretson & Gorodetsky at Maui Sugar Mill, July 1, 2022.
Links: L.A. performances (7/1 update).
Record shorts: Satyricon, Steuart Liebig, Garretson & Gorodetsky.
Links: L.A. performances (6/24 update).
Live shorts: Christy Smith; Partch Ensemble; Amendola vs. Blades.
Links: L.A. performances (6/17 update).
Personal history: The Rolling Stones' "Exile on Main St." at 50 (2022)
Links: L.A. performances (6/10 update).
Metal movie review: "Crimes of the Future" (2022)
Links: L.A. performances (6/3 update).
Non-reviews: Steely Dan at the Hollywood Bowl, May 27; and Poncho Sanchez at Catalina's Bar & Grill, May 29.
Links: L.A. performances (5/27 update).
Review and lists: Black Nile, "River of Emotions" (World Galaxy / Alpha Pup)
Links: L.A. performances (5/20 update).
Links: L.A. performances (5/13 update).
Record reviews: David Binney, Saturn Quartet.
Links: L.A. performances (5/6 update).
Ponderillo: The Henry Miller Memorial Toilet.
Links: L.A. performances (4/28 update).
Links: L.A. performances (4/29 update).
Icebergs from Scandinavia: Ronni Le Tekrø, Meshuggah.
Live review: Julie Christensen & Band, Rick Shea at Coffee Gallery Backstage, April 10, 2022.
Links: L.A. performances (4/15 update).
SoCal abstractionist reviews: Kira Vollman, Azar Lawrence, Trio Subliminal.
Derf Reklaw RIP. (Update for 4/2/22 memorial.)
RIP: Barbara Morrison, singer. (Update for 3/26/22 celebration of life.)
Virtual live review: Cameron Graves at the World Stage, March 18, 2022.
Live review: CuZns, The Smudges at Art Share L.A., March 12, 2022.
Dance/jazz review: Ronald K. Brown/ Evidence at Royce Hall, March 5, 2022.
Live review: Immolation, Imperial Triumphant, Mortiferum at 1720, March 1, 2022.
Reflection: Gary Brooker of Procol Harum, 1945-2022. A musician, his band and a boy.
Questions: Tony Martin, "Thorns" (Dark Star)
List: Super Bowl LVI halftime show (2022).
Virtual live review: Jeff Parker-Paul Bryan-Dan Schnelle at Sam First, February 1, 2022 (first set).
West Coast abstractionist shorts: Smudges, Steuart Liebig, Jon Raskin, Rich Halley.
Live review: Box of Noise at the Baked Potato, January 17, 2022.
Record review: The Gathering, "Healing Suite" (Preference/Village)
Deconstruction: The Beatles' "Something."
Comparative religion: The seventh albums by The Darkness (2021) and Kiss (1979).
Virtual live review: Wadada Leo Smith's 80th birthday celebration, December 18.
Live review: Mike Stern-Jeff Lorber Fusion at the Baked Potato, December 12.
Metal record reviews: Imperial Triumphant, Hypocrisy, Obscura.
Virtual live review: Cosmic Vibrations; Greg Lewis; David Murray-Vijay Iyer in Interplanetary Virtual Jazz Festival, November 27.
Record reviews: Black Label Society, "Doom Crew Inc." (eOne); Ozzy Osbourne, "No More Tears: 30th Anniversary Expanded Edition" (Epic).
Jazz & metal shorts: Henry Threadgill, Nicole Mitchell, Steph Richards, Randal Fisher, Jamael Dean, Android Trio, Big Band Death Orchestra, Jerry Cantrell, Cradle of Filth.
Cosmic overview: Ten hours of Vinny Golia vs. an earthworm and a Beverly Hills cop (2021)..
Live review: X, HorrorPops, Blasters at the Greek Theater, October 23.
Angel City Fest: Orenda Records showcase at 2220 Arts & Archives, October 9.
Angel City Fest: Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra at LACMA, October 8.
Movie review: Todd Haynes' "The Velvet Underground" (2021)
Virtual live review: Bobby Bradford Septet performs "Stealin' Home -- A Jackie Robinson Suite" at the World Stage, September 24.
Angel City Fest preview: Interview with Orenda Records chief Dan Rosenboom (2021).
Record review: Amir ElSaffar's Rivers of Sound, "The Other Shore" (Out Note)
Scripture: St. Paul, Christianity's foundational abortion.
As sparks fly upward: Kraig Grady, "Lake Aloe Festival" (Anaphoria); Lee "Scratch" Perry RIP (2021).
Short notices: Jim McAuley, Charlie Watts RIP.
Virtual live review: Charles Owens Quintet at World Stage, July 23; Jamael Dean Quintet at World Stage, July 16.
Webcast review: Bob Dylan, "Shadow Kingdom" (2021)
Virtual live review: Mastodon Captured Live at Georgia Aquarium, July 16.
Virtual live review: Don Preston Trio at the World Stage, July 2.
Metaljazz record reviews: Ymilykdis, Kilter.
Virtual live review: The Jazz Bakery presents Hubert Laws Trio in a Tribute to Chick Corea, June 22.
Abstractionist shorts: Anthony Braxton, Jon Raskin, Ben Goldberg, Thumbscrew, Julian Lage, Perry Robinson, Carlos Niño, George Sarah.
Virtual live review: Golia-Revis-White-Cline at the World Stage, May 21.
Fusionistic shorts: Leni Stern, Jeff Kollman, Dan Rosenboom, Lovano/Douglas.
Virtual live review: Cradle of Filth "Dracula Spectacular," May 12.
Virtual live review: John Beasley Quartet at World Stage, May 7.
Mothers' Day ponderation: "Cherokee."
Virtual live review: Korn "Monumental," April 24.
Abstractionist shorts: Afro Yaqui, Zane Carney, Mr Murmur, Masabumi Kikuchi, Vijay Iyer, Nik Bärtsch, The Great Kat.
Heavy record reviews: Cannibal Corpse, Cactus.
Group discussion: Black Sabbath, "Master of Reality."
Virtual live review: "Portrait of Ran Blake: Celebrating 85 Years."
Ponderation: Metalpeckers.
Virtual live shorts: Dawn Norfleet, Black Nile.
Abstractionist shorts: Roberto Miranda, Charles Lloyd, Joe Chambers, Charlie Porter, Hafez Modirzadeh, Thumbscrew, Jim McAuley & Mike Cooper.
Virtual live overview: Sun Ra Arkestra benefit for the World Stage; plus Derf Reklaw, Mark De Clive-Lowe, Conjunction 5 at the World Stage.
Ponderation: Whitesnake greatest-hits trilogy.
Virtual live review: Nels Cline and Aizuri Quartet perform Douglas J. Cuomo's "Seven Limbs" at UCLA, Feb. 12.
Abstractionist shorts: Shepp/Moran, William Parker, Maury Baker, G.E. Stinson, Tim Conley, Jon Raskin x3, Scot Ray, Phillip Greenlief.
Hard-rock shorts: Dead Daisies; Lynch & Pilson.
Virtual live reviews: Wayne Shorter, Otmaro Ruiz.
Virtual live reviews: Charles Lloyd Kindred Spirits, Quincy Jones' Qwest site.
Ponderation: The Holy Spirit.
Virtual live review: Pharoah Sanders' 80th birthday featuring Azar Lawrence at Zebulon.
Artists meet evil: David Lynch and Krzysztof Penderecki (2020).
Virtual live review: The Darkness' White Christmas, December 18 &19.
Abstractionist shorts: Ben Goldberg, Rob Mazurek, Adam Rudolph, Vinny Golia, Rich Halley/Matthew Shipp, Steuart Liebig, Satoko Fujii, Eric Reed.
Record reviews: Nels Cline, Jamael Dean.
Historilla: Themistocles' exile, 5th century B.C. (2020).
Virtual review: Obituary, playing from their studio, November something.
Ponderation: Listening to the noise metal of Imperial Triumphant on Election Day (2020).
Virtual live shorts: Hitomi Oba, Gene Coye, Christian Euman from Angel City Jazz Fest weekend 4, October 23-25.
Book review: "Confess: The Autobiography" by Rob Halford (Hachette, 2020)
Virtual live shorts: Paul Cornish; Steve Lehman & Gerald Clayton; Josef Leimberg; Tina Raymond from Angel City Jazz Fest weekend 3, October 15-18.
Virtual live shorts: Bennie Maupin & Adam Rudolph in tribute to Yusef Lateef; Jesse Sharps & the Gathering; Areni Agbabian from Angel City Jazz Fest weekend 2, October 9, 10, 11.
Virtual live shorts: Chromaticity Trio, Anthony Fung from Angel City Jazz Fest weekend 1, October 3 & 4.
Ponderillo: Marilyn Manson's "We Are Chaos"
Virtual live short: Charles Lloyd, Zakir Hussain & Julian Lage from Healdsburg Jazz Fest, September 26.
Jazz & abstract shorts: Thelonious Monk, John Beasley, Matthew Shipp, Billy Childs, Cindy Blackman, Phillip Greenlief, Scot Ray, Steuart Liebig.
List: Five things about Black Sabbath's 1970 first album (2020).
Memory: Two bats and a log, 1963.
Nonjazz shorts: Toots & the Maytals, Deep Purple, Zakk Sabbath, Diesel Machine, Kraig Grady.
Talk: Christopher Garcia upon the release of "Resonancia" by his Orquesta Indigena (2020).
Jazz shorts: Jon Hassell, Maria Schneider, Vijay Anderson, Purple Gums, Dan Rosenboom, Joshua Redman, Human Error Club.
Semicentennial analysis: "Wooden Ships"
Virtual live review: Wacken World Wide online metal fest, July 29-August 1.
RIP and memory: Peter Green (2020).
Virtual live review: Ohm at the Baked Potato, July 17.
Abstractionist shorts: Horace Tapscott, Ran Blake, Scot Ray, Thumbscrew/Braxton.
Nonjazz record reviews: Bob Dylan; Lamb of God; flapping, Flapping.
List: Metal namechecks omitted from Bob Dylan's "Rough and Rowdy Ways"
East & West Coast jazz shorts: Matthew Shipp, Leni Stern, James Carney, Steuart Liebig, Michael Vatcher, Carlos Niño, Vogel/Saxon.
Virtual live review: Roberta Piket & Billy Mintz at Soapbox Gallery, June 16.
Virtual live review: Shining at the Vemork Norsk Hydro Plant, June 6, 2020.
History: "Papa Oom Mow Mow," Horace Tapscott, and Steven Isoardi's "The Music Finds a Way" (2020)
Links: Online live performances part 2 (updated 6/5).
Links: Online live concerts.
Modern questions: How did they know? (2020)
Angel links: Dan Rosenboom, Scot Ray, Steuart Liebig, I See Hawks in L.A., L.A. Guns.
List: Ten symbolic horns.
RIP: Lewis MacAdams, 1944-2020.
Metallic record reviews: Oranssi Pazuzu, The Black Dahlia Murder.
More West Coast abstractionist shorts: Phillip Greenlief, Susan Alcorn, Ben Goldberg, G.E. Stinson, Chris Poland.
Ponderation: "Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band."
Record review: Ozzy Osbourne, "Ordinary Man" (Epic, 2020)
SoCal abstractionist shorts: Devin Sarno, Steuart Liebig, Scot Ray Quartet, Charles Lloyd, Patrick Shiroishi x3, Previte-Saft-Cline.
Memories: "Punk Massacre" at Elks Hall, March 17, 1979.
L.A. previews March 13-19: Gerald Clayton, Cosmosquad, Imperialist, Maquahuitl, Lucia Stavros, Charles Lloyd birthday, Elliott Caine, Today Is the Day, Chris Williams, Vogel/Saxon, Sepultura/Crowbar, John Corabi, L.A. Sax Union, Jeff Schwartz.
Origin: Hoping against hope.
L.A. previews March 6-12: Dragonforce, Steve Smith, Nick Mancini/Vardan Ovsepian, Jasper Dutz, Cult of Luna/Intronaut, Steve & Iqua Colson, Andrew Pask, Robby Krieger.
Live review: The Title Trackers at Molly Malone's Irish Pub, February 27.
L.A. previews February 28-March 5: Vader, Malignant Altar, Omar Sosa, Barbara Morrison, Dayna Stephens, Manala, Kiss, John Schroeder, Jeff Parker, Herbie w. the Phil.
Ponderillo: "American Masters: Miles Davis, Birth of the Cool," PBS.
L.A. previews February 21-27: Karen Briggs, Cookers, Marcus Miller, Alex Cline does Jarman, Bob Sheppard, Love/Hate, Lonnie Liston Smith, Dan Clucas, Gerald Clayton, Thomas Kotcheff, Dexter Gordon, David Binney, G&G, Title Trackers (w/ Burk on panel)
Live review: Cup (Nels Cline & Yuka C. Honda) at Zebulon, February 11.
L.A. previews February 14-20: Jesse Sharps, Danny Janklow, Elliott Caine, Spy Car, Patrice Rushen, Julie Christensen, Satoko Fujii, Ross the Boss, Richard Sears, Dwight Trible, Dio Cancer Benefit, Lisa Mezzacappa, Maury Baker.
Opera: Matthew Aucoin's "Eurydice" with libretto by Sarah Ruhl derived from her play, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, February 8.
L.A. previews February 7-13: Reptile Womb, Nick Mancini, George Clinton & Flea talk, Otmaro Ruiz, "Passion of Joan of Arc," Doug Carn, Black Nile, Nels & Yuka, Tim Berne, Wayne Peet.
Culture meld: Shakira and Jennifer Lopez in the Super Bowl LIV halftime show (2020).
L.A. previews January 31-February 6: Dan Rosenboom, Munyungo Jackson, Otto-Nelson, Hallucinator, Bennie Maupin, Ben Shepherd, Phast Phreddie, Ranelin/Pan Afrikan, Michael Vlatkovich, "Allegories of Flight," Kahil El'Zabar, Brad Dutz.
Scene & music: Johanna Went, "Passion Container" exhibit at The Box, "Hyena" album reissue (2020).
L.A. previews January 24-30: Cosmosquad, Poncho Sanchez, Bernstein-Goldings-Stewart, Johanna Went, Joshua White, Eddie Henderson, All Souls/Darsombra, Elliott Caine, Bang Tango, Alan Chan, Nick Mancini, John Tegmeyer, Martin Rev.
Abstractionist shorts: Crowhurst, "Atlantics" soundtrack, Abstruse.
L.A. previews January 17-23: L.A. Guns, Bobby West, Russell Malone, Simon Phillips, Creeping Death, Michael Landau, Code Blue, Gus G., Ljova, Elliott Caine, Zappa, Nigel Deane, David Binney, Robert Glasper, Nakata.
Live review: Dexter Story's "The Bronzeville Little Tokyo Suite" at Mr. MusicHead Gallery, January 15.
L.A. previews January 10-16: Barbara Morrison, Mestis, Ankersmit-Dresser, Alex Skolnick, Virgil Donati, Dexter Story, Daniel Rothman/Ulrich Krieger, Burr & Schwartz, Karl Denson, Simon Phillips.
Cinema preview: "Billie" (2020).
L.A. previews January 3-9: Elliott Caine, Joe LaBarbera, Nick Mancini, Epica, Edwin Livingston, Hawks, Smudges.
Restrospect: L.A. jazz 2019.
L.A. previews December 27-January 2: Faster Pussycat, Walter Smith III, Ken Field, Vardan Ovsepian, Larry Goldings, Jeff Parker, Billy Childs, Bulletboys, L.A. Guns.
Live re-review: Bennie Maupin Sextet at the Blue Whale, December 21, 2019.
L.A. previews December 20-26: Bennie Maupin, David Binney.
Scripture: The Word became flesh.
L.A. previews December 13-19: Alan Pasqua, Josh Nelson, Possessed/Intronaut/Carcass, Nick Mancini, Goh Kurosawa, Bobby Bradford wraps up Jackie Robinsion, Elliott Caine, Mike Baggetta, Eric Harland, Ben Shepherd.
Record review: Lee "Scratch" Perry, "Rainford" and "Heavy Rain" (On-U Sound, 2019)
L.A. previews December 6-12: Kim-Monder, Joe Bonamassa, Stern & Lorber, High on Fire, Jason Harnell, Ken Peplowski, Unearth/Darkest Hour, Alex Cline, Ben Rosenbloom, Cattle Decapitation.
L.A. previews November 29-December 5: Richard Grant, Ensiferum, Slayer, Nedra Wheeler, Oscar Hernandez, Elliott Caine, Ross Hammond/Eric Barber, King Diamond, Anthony Shadduck, Bob Sheppard, Joe Bonamassa, Frisell/Lage, Anesthesiacs.
Live review: Nile, Terrorizer, Dark As Death at the Whisky, November 26.
L.A. previews November 22-28: David Binney, Joshua White, Donald Dean, Jamael Dean, Anthony Wilson, Carlos Niño, Nile, Monolord, Tim Lefebvre.
Record review: Cattle Decapitation, "Death Atlas" (Metal Blade)
L.A. previews November 15-21: Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Nightfell, Joshua White, Bobby Bradford, Joe Potts farewell to Soundshoppe, Elliott Caine, Atreyu/Whitechapel, Breeze-Vinny, Brad Dutz.
L.A. previews November 8-14: Roberto Miranda, Wadada Leo Smith, Ulthar, Michael Landau, Partch, Joshua Redman, Jen Shyu, Remy Le Boeuf, Joshua White.
Metal record reviews: Nile, Gatecreeper.
L.A. previews November 1-7: Tim Lefebvre, Aaron Neville, Jacques Lesure, Scot Ray/Carey Fosse, Belphegor/Suffocation, Alan Pasqua, Andrea Centazzo, Partch preview.
Ponderation: All Hallows' Eve, All Saints' Day and "The Waste Land."
L.A. previews October 25-31: Agnostic/Prong, Gatecreeper, Scot Ray, Peter Erskine, Artyom Manukyan, Avishai Cohen, Quiet Riot, Exhumed, Jonathan Pinson, McAuley/Ray, Eyehategod, Nick Mancini, Scott Amendola, Dave McMurray, David Binney, Lizzy Borden.
L.A. previews October 18-24: Corral taps Elvis, Patrick Shiroishi, Dan Rosenboom, Munyungo Jackson, Elliott Caine, Soundshoppe, Rick Wakeman, Napalm/Waste, Peter Erskine, Larry Grenadier, Gwar.
Live review: Makaya McCraven Quintet, David Binney's Future Philosophy at the Lodge, October 13 (Angel City Jazz Fest).
Live review: Terry Riley & Gyan Riley at Zipper Hall, October 11 (Angel City Jazz Fest).
L.A. previews October 11-17: Terry Riley, Sebastian Bach, Sabaton/Hammerfall, Babymetal, UFO, Rikk Agnew, Honda/Greenlief, McCraven/Binney, SASSAS on the mountain, Dan Rosenboom, RIP Jeff Silberman.
RIP: Ginger Baker, 1939-2019.
L.A. previews October 4-10: Vijay Iyer, Jacob Mann, Angel, Bennie Maupin, Kneebody, David Binney, Kris Davis/Katisse, LAJS Awards, James Brandon Lewis/Dan Rosenboom, Ego Mondo/Aaron Parks, Immolation, Dwight Trible/Darius Jones-Joshua White, UFO, Stryper.
List: Eight things I learned from Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck at the Hollywood Bowl, September 27, 2019.
L.A. previews September 27-October 3: Kahil El'Zabar, Cosmosquad, Elliott Caine, Vicki Ray, Voivod/Revocation/Psycroptic, Soulfly, Bradford honors Jackie Robinson, Nicole Mitchell-Tomeka Reid, David Binney, Jenny Scheinmann/Anna Webber, Corea, Kneebody.
Live review: Broken Shadows at Zebulon, September 20, 2019.
L.A. previews September 20-26: Tim Berne plays Ornette, Larry Goldings, Nick Mancini, Atomic Sherpas, Trevor Anderies, Josh Nelson, David Binney, Glen Garrett, Angel City planner.
Record shorts: Horace Tapscott, Vinny Golia, Rich Halley, Scot Ray, Jim McAuley, Keiji Haino/Merzbow, Alexander Noice.
L.A. previews September 13-19: "Desolation Center" doc, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Brian Auger, Iron Maiden, Sunn O))), Mecolodiacs/Spy Car, Elliott Caine, Ziggy revisited, Steve Lehman, Grandmothers, G&G, Larry Goldings.
Live review: Deep Purple, Joyous Wolf at the Wiltern, September 4, 2019.
L.A. previews September 6-12: Artyom Manukyan, Joe LaBarbera, Pineda/White/Roitstein, Ron Carter, Bobby Bradford, Szabo/Pasqua/Goldings, Hammerfall, Sunn O))), Noice, Elliott Caine, Gary Fukushima, Black Love, Wolfbrigade.
Live review: Bennie Maupin Sextet at the Blue Whale, August 31, 2019.
L.A. previews August 30-September 5: John Daversa, Bennie Maupin, Zakk Sabbath, Bert Karl tribute, Alan Chan, Orange Goblin, Deep Purple, John Kithcart.
L.A. previews August 23-29: Cross Hart, Tom Keifer, Evergrey, Hawks, Michael Landau, Joe LaBarbera, Kris Kristofferson, Fireball Ministry, Gov't Mule, Dale Fielder, Continuum, David Binney, Chikako Iversen, Big Brave.
Live review: Anthony Braxton & Jacqueline Kerrod at the Broad, August 14.
L.A. previews August 16-22: Gilbert Castellanos, Sam Hirsh, Spy Car, Lizzy Borden, CAB, John Tegmeyer, Chris Lewis, Elliott Caine, G&G, Bobby Bradford, Ben Shepherd, Nebula, Ohm, Golia-Liebig-Hubbard.
Live review: Alex Cline's Limitless Light Ensemble remembers Joseph Jarman at Hammer Museum, August 8.
L.A. previews August 9-15: Rickey Woodard, Zinngeschrei, Pan Afrikan Ark, Elliott Caine, Soundshoppe, Chrome Waves, Cattle Decap, Oranssi Pazuzu, Anthony Braxton, Mark de Clive-Lowe, "Zappa," Joshua White, Ellen Burr, Nick Mancini.
Honda-Golia-Piper-Ramgotra, Chiho Harazaki in Hiroshima remembrance at the Blue Whale, August 6.
L.A. previews August 2-8: Billy Childs, Carey Fosse, Fish to Birds, Greg Osby, Anthony Wilson, Larry Ochs, Holy Grail, Motoko Honda, Lisa Mezzacappa, Cathy Segal-Garcia, Alex Cline's Joseph Jarman tribute.
Live Ra view: Sun Ra Arkestra directed by Marshall Allen at Zebulon, July 23.
L.A. previews July 26-August 1: Static-X/DevilDriver, David Binney, Grex, Deathfest, Danny Janklow, Adam O'Farrill, Central Ave Fest, Knotfest, SASSAS vids, Adam Levy, Julian Coryell, live soundtrack, Greg Osby, Nolan Shaheed, Elliott Caine.
Scene: Roscoe Mitchell & Brett Carson support "Soul of a Nation" art exhibit at the Broad, July 17.
L.A. previews July 19-25: Vinny Golia, Daniel Rosenboom, Anat Cohen, Swinging Groove, Jeff Kollman, Dwight Trible, Anthony Wilson, Permanent Silhouette, Thollem McDonas & Alex Cline, Elliott Caine, women in music, Sun Ra Ark.
Cinema colloquy: "Leonard and Marianne (2019)." Leonard Cohen, poet or dick?
L.A. previews July 12-18: Borasisi, Steve Smith tribute, Darek Oles, Sound & Fury Fest, Nick Mancini, Elliott Caine, Lauren Baba, Soundshoppe, Ann Magnuson & Kristian Hoffman, Roscoe Mitchell, Bobby Bradford, Thollem McDonas & Alex Cline, Dave Tranchina.
Manners: Quit telling me to look and listen.
L.A. previews July 5-11: Willie Chambers/Claudia Lennear, Zach Andrews, Bobby West, David Ornette Cherry, Audacity of Sound, Damian Marley/Third World, Decisive Instant/Xochi Cuicatl, Usnea/Chrch.
Live review: Judas Priest, Uriah Heep at Microsoft Theater, June 27.
L.A. previews June 28-July 4: Dio Returns, David Murray, Damion Romero, Bennie Maupin, Endangered Blood, Eric Alexander, Justo Almario, Misfits, Mastodon, Dwight Trible, Nubya Garcia, Burr/Clucas, Code Blue, Black Nile.
Reminissunce: "Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese."
L.A. previews June 21-27: Patrice Rushen, Poncho Sanchez, Ethio Cali, Danny Janklow, Peter Erskine, Coaxial fest, Joshua White, Richard Grant, Joe La Barbera, Kenny Garrett, Vibe Summit, Shelley Hirsch-William Roper, David Binney, Judas Priest.
Spent vacation: John Zorn and David Sanchez in New York, Pete Benson in Chicago.
L.A. previews June 14-20: Breeze Smith, Benjamin Shepherd, L.A. Guns, Belphegor, The Cult, Fabian Almazan, Arthur Verocai, Nasheet Waits, Those Darn Gnomes, Mike Watt, Hawks, David Hammons.
Celebration: Phil Ranelin's 80th birthday with Black Nile and Kabasa Drum & Dance Ensemble at Zebulon, May 26.
Gender politics: Black Label Society, The Atomic Bitchwax at El Rey Theater, May 23, 2019.
L.A. previews June 7-13: Joshua White, Virgil Donati, Jim McAuley, Justo Almario, Jenny Scheinman, Playboy Jazz Fest, Monopiece, Soundshoppe, Theories.
L.A. previews May 31-June 6: Winery Dogs, Sacred Reich, Kenny Burrell tribute, Sibarg Ensemble/G.E. Stinson, Azymuth, Fish to Birds, Hans-Joachim Rodelius, Jon Armstrong, Those Darn Gnomes, John Cage reading.
L.A. previews May 24-30: Pasqua, El Trio, Janklow, Noisem, Protocol, Monk'estra, Castellanos, LaBarbera, Loren Connors, Daversa, Caine, Ranelin/Black Nile, Randal Fisher, Inter Arma, Immortal Bird, Pilc, Koonse, Binney, Taforo.
Record review: Black Nile, "Sounds of Color" (World Galaxy)
L.A. previews May 17-23: Daniel Rosenboom, Michael Landau, Hubert Laws, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Death Angel, Pounder/Gygax, Hawks, Elliott Caine, John Beasley, John Tegmeyer, Skeletonwitch, Black Label Society.
Dialectic: L7 vs. Bach.
L.A. previews May 10-16: Vijay Iyer, Billy Childs, Yngwie Malmsteen, Soundshoppe, Castle, Lord Dying, Dan Schnelle, Jason Kahn.
L.A. previews May 3-9: Red Fang, David Binney, Wilfrido Terrazas, Joshua White, Kendrick Scott, Robin Trower, Vicki Ray, Open Gate, Randy Ingram, Ride for Ronnie, Satako Fujii, Gene Coye, Cathy Segal-Garcia.
Dream 190428: Underground.
L.A. previews April 26-May 2: Exhumed, Anthony Wilson, Elliott Caine, Mark Dresser, Oort Smog, Ixoneztli-Garcia, Bellringer, Artyom Manukyan, Michael Dessen, Blaze Bayley.
Live review: Celebrating the music of James Newton at Mr. Musichead Gallery, April 24.
L.A. previews April 19-25: L.A. Jazz Quartet, Doro, Ufomammut, Psycho Smokeout, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Marko Ciciliano & Barbara Luneberg, Elliott Caine, James Newton, Nick Mancini.
Live review: Shen Yun at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, April 13, 2018.
Ponderillo: Aretha Franklin's amazing face.
L.A. previews April 12-18: Stinson-Dessen, Erskine-Szabo, LAJQ, SoundShoppe, Michael Schenker, Horrendous, Andy Milne, Richard Sears, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Clucas-Baiza, Metal Allegiance.
Ponderation: Apologies to Motley Crue.
L.A. previews April 5-11: Bobby Bradford, Havana Cuba All-Stars, Hawks, John Beasley & Bennie Maupin, Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Christian Scott/Black Nile, John 5, Thy Antichrist, Hay Fever, Heiress/Intrcptr, David Weiss, G&G, Kenny Warren.
Live review: Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya at Moss Theater, March 30.
L.A. previews March 29-April 4: Dwight Trible, Josh Nelson, Abdullah Ibrahim, Nolan Shaheed, Cryptopsy, Sicarius, Lauren Baba, Shafiq Husayn, Dexter Story, Theo Croker, Anais Maviel.
Record review: Dwight Trible, "Mothership" (Gearbox)
L.A. previews March 22-28: Joshua White, Karen Briggs, Michael Wolff, Cosmosquad, Charles Owens, Omar Sosa, Carlos Niño & Alex Cline, Nick Mancini, Elliott Caine, Ulthar, Eclipse Quartet, Stephen Marley, Otmaro Ruiz, David Binney, Uzu Uzu, Zakir Hussain.
Live shorts: John Adams, Avishai Cohen.
Live review: Patrick Campbell-Lyons (of Nirvana U.K.), Garretson & Gorodetsky at Cafe NELA, March 3.
L.A. previews March 8-14: Billy Childs, CAB, Chris Potter, Spy Car, Tim Berne, Jeff Parker, Dan Clucas, Jerry Kalaf.
L.A. previews March 1-7: Eyehategod, Courtney Bryan, Maia, Ben Shepherd, Kazan Taiko, Joshua White, Patrick Campbell-Lyons, Eric Reed, Brad Dutz, Elliott Caine, Some Minutes.
Chronicle: Charles Lloyd at Club Los Globos, February 28, 2019.
L.A. previews February 22-28: Ralph Peterson, Anthony Wilson, Village Green Kinks redux, Red Dragon Cartel, John Daversa, David Binney, Vicki Ray, Soulfly, Jaclyn Urik, Rosetta Trio, Jean-Michel Pilc, Coldwater Trio.
Cinema review: "Lords of Chaos"
L.A. previews February 15-21: Doug Carn, Robert Jacobson, Nick Mancini, Bad Plus, Whale benefit, Alan Chan, Elliott Caine, Dwight Trible, Danny Janklow, Phillip Greenlief/G.E. Stinson, John Daversa, Vicki Ray, Cannibal Corpse/Morbid Angel.
Dream: L.A. punk 1990.
L.A. previews February 8-14: Nashville Pussy, Willie Jones III, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Wayne Horvitz & Sara Schoenbeck, Kaoru Mansour & Brad Dutz, Soundshoppe, Carlos Niño, Elliott Caine, Andre Caporaso.
Live review: Joshua White-Alex Cline Duo at World Stage, February 2.
L.A. previews February 1-7: Justo's Dexter trib, Soft Machine, Hawks, Last in Line, Stefon Harris, Eric Reed, Joshua White-Alex Cline, Bennie Maupin, Anthropic Ensemble, Josh Nelson, Van Morrison, Nick Mancini, Celebrating Bowie.
Self-Q&A: Starbreaker, "Dysphoria" (Frontiers)
L.A. previews January 25-31: Simon Phillips, Matt Wilson, Michael Landau, Banquet, CoC/Crowbar, Marco Mendoza, Event Horizon, Pamela Klein, Daniel Rosenboom, Emily Hay, Soft Machine.
L.A. previews January 18-24: Randal Fisher, Garzone-Erskine, Elliott Caine, Joshua White, Ensiferum-Arsis, Bello & Ellefson, Alex Skolnick, Ohm, Mark Dresser, Dolphy tribute, Bryerton-Golia, Brian Walsh.
Ponderillo: North Macedonia ushers its opium into the European Union.
L.A. previews January 11-17: Disturbed, Vinny Golia, Marco Mendoza, Hawks, Jesse Sharps/Jamael Dean, Black Nile, Vicki Ray, Elliott Caine, Bruce Lofgren.
L.A. previews January 4-10: Warbringer, Daniel Rosenboom, Elliott Caine, Jeff Parker, Wayne Peet, Possessed.
Record reviews: Wayne Peet, Steuart Liebig.
L.A. previews December 28-January 3: Larry Goldings, Bennie Maupin, Otmaro Ruiz, Barbara Morrison, Ozzfest, Joe Berardi.
R.I.P.: Nicolas Roeg (2018) via "The Man Who Fell to Earth."
L.A. previews December 21-27: Ministry, Steuart Liebig, Fish to Birds, John Tottenham.
Chronicle: Mike Stern Quartet plus Leni Stern at Catalina's, December 14.
L.A. previews December 14-20: Mike Stern, Merzbow, Spy Sabbath, Yngwie/Zakk, Jonathan Pinson, Molly Lewis, Anna Homler, Ministry, RIP James Jordan.
Scripture: Did Jesus think he was the Messiah?
L.A. previews December 7-13: Whitechapel, Jake Sucher, Virgin of Guadalupe Pageant, Charles Owens, Daniel Rosenboom, Fred Frith, Garretson & Gorodetsky, Noah Souza.
Live review: Jay Nair & Ross Hammond duo, The Smudges at Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, December 2.
L.A. previews November 30-December 6: Peter Erskine, Unearth, Black Nile, Albert Lee, Testament/Godflesh/beer, Ross Hammond/Jeff Gauthier, Fahad Siadat, G.E. Stinson, Scott Worthington, Michael Vlatkovich.
Live review: Charles Lloyd & Gerald Clayton Duo at Moss Theater, November 24.
L.A. previews November 23-29: Michael Session, Charles Lloyd & Gerald Clayton, Behemoth, Wednesday 13, Josh Nelson & Nick Mancini, David Binney, Teodross Avery, Lukas Ligeti, Peter Erskine.
Appreciation: Led Zeppelin's first album, 50th anniversary (2018).
L.A. previews November 16-22: Fritz Wise, Obliteration/Fish to Birds, DevilDriver, Phil Anselmo, This Will Destroy You, Hawks, Sontag Shogun, Elliott Caine, Bongzilla, Sonics, Sunn, Ethio Cali, Vinny, Hazey Jane, Eyehategod, Dessen-White.
Live impressionism: Glass Motel & the Dog Snakes in Los Angeles, November 11.
L.A. previews November 9-15: Dale Fielder, Dex trib, Poncho, Carmina Escobar, Beyond Baroque bacchanal, Radio Free Hollywood 2, Bennie Maupin, Burnt Dot, Wayne Peet, Gloria Cheng, Snow Nerds, Ohm, Nonpoint.
Record shorts: Cuong Vu, Rich Halley, Allen Ravenstine, Arsis, Obscura, TNT.
L.A. previews November 2-8: David Binney, Cosmosquad, Danzig-Damned, Nolan Shaheed, Danny Janklow, Bobby Bradford, Underground Hip-Hop, John Daversa, Soundshoppe, Suffocation-Cattle Decapitation, Goatwhore, Tim Conley on Monk.
L.A. previews October 26-November 1: Jacques Lesure, Artyom Manukyan, Sonic Crime, Eric Reed, Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Mike Keneally, Adegoke Steve Colson, Fall Through Night, Kaveh Rastegar, Charles Sharp.
Prophecy: Caravan.
L.A. previews October 19-25: Joshua White, Daniel Corral, Fish to Birds, Josh Nelson, Chuck Manning, Marco Mendoza, Marty Friedman, Willie, Anna Homler, Alan Chan, Elliott Caine, Anthony Shadduck, Ingested, Vernon Reid, Ron Miles, Brad Dutz, Cancer Bowl.
L.A. previews October 12-18: Tiger Trio, Munyungo, Iverson-Turner, Tetuzi Akiyama, Carach Angren, Mezzacappa, Benny Golson, Arsis, David Lynch, Wadada, Pelican, Soundshoppe, Steuart Liebig, Elliott Caine, Nik Bärtsch, Daniel Corral, GWAR, Matt Gordy.
Angel City Jazz Fest live review: Xenia Rubinos, Baba Orchestra at John Anson Ford Amphitheater, October 6.
L.A. previews October 5-11: Azar Lawrence, Bobby West, Mastodon, Xenia Rubinos/Baba Orchestra, Ches Smith, Benn Clatworthy, Dying Fetus, Obscura, Satan, Brandt Bjork, Ozzy Osbourne, Scot Ray.
L.A. previews September 28-October 4: Bennie Maupin, Front Line Assembly, Vicki Ray, Revocation, ROVA Orkestrova, Tribulation, Angel City Young Artists, Bobby Bradford/Satoko Fujii, Michael Vlatkovich, Scott Heustis.
Live review: Meshell Ndegeocello at the Blue Whale, September 24, 2018.
L.A. previews September 21-27: Dwight Trible, David Binney, Fish to Birds, Vijay Iyer, Michael White tribute, Hawks, Amorphis, Meshell Ndegeocello, Black Nile, Armen Nalbandian, Brian Walsh, Bobby Bradford, Vardan Ovsepian, The Oxford Coma.
Live review: James Chance & the Contortions at Zebulon, September 14, 2018.
L.A. previews September 14-20: James Chance, Great White, Small Drone, Alex Skolnick, Alfredo Rodriguez, Chuck Manning, Elliott Caine, Konk Pack, G.E. Stinson, Nicole Mitchell, Kneebody/McCaslin, Phillip Greenlief, Vince Meghrouni, Glen Garrett.
Analysis: "Tears of Rage." Half a century of parental recrimination (2018).
L.A. previews September 7-13: Spy Car/Watt, Primals, Nick Mancini, Dan Schnelle, George Sarah, Acid King, Hawks, Elliott Caine, Dan Rosenboom, Gov't Mule, Jeff Parker, Jie Ma, Gerald Clayton, Billy Childs, Chikako Iverson, James Chance, RIP Randy Weston.
Live review: L.A. Phil plays Orff & Beethoven at Hollywood Bowl, August 30.
L.A. previews August 31-September 6: Black Nile, Bennie Maupin, John Daversa, Salmon/Vlatkovich, Mushroomhead, Seun Kuti, Roscoe Mitchell, Joey Sellers.
Live review: Vinny Golia-Steuart Liebig-Sarah Belle Reid Trio, John Fumo-G.E. Stinson-Brian Christopherson Trio, Probable Sextet at Coaxial Arts, August 26.
L.A. previews August 24-30: Larry Goldings, Fish to Birds, Eric Revis, Maia, Brad Dutz, Fumo/Golia, Darek Oles, David Binney, Suit/Homler, Nietzsche Players, Heaven & Earth.
List: Five reasons why John Coltrane was still recording "Impressions" in 1963.
RIP: Aretha Franklin.
L.A. previews August 17-23: Jeff Parker, Frank Gambale, Joshua White, Chuck Manning, Armored Saint, Oliver Steinberg, Gerald Clayton, Uzu Uzu, Kaveh Rastegar, RIP Jill Janus.
L.A. previews August 10-16: David Ornette Cherry, Charlie Hunter, Cave Bastard, Brian Auger, Joshua White, Bob Sheppard, Between the Buried and Me, Alice Cooper, Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Farooq, Necrot, Chris Blondal.
Live review: Peter Brötzmann & Keiji Haino at Zebulon, August 3.
Live review: Motoko Honda's Simple Excesses at the Hammer Museum, August 2.
L.A. previews August 3-9: Fritz Wise, Supersuckers, Skeletal Remains, Peter Brötzmann, Yosvany Terry, Chuck Manning, Stan & Breeze Smith/Christopher Garcia, Beach Goth, Makaya McCraven, Evil Genius, Otep, Baba Orchestra, Rhodes & Testa, Kobi Abcede.
L.A. previews July 27-August 2: Billy Mitchell, Karen Briggs, Jesse Sharps, John Daversa, Bonedaddys/Weba, Joe Bonamassa, Motoko Honda, Balam Garcia.
RIP: Jonathan Gold, 1960-2018.
L.A. previews July 20-26: Nick Mancini, Theo Saunders, Elliott Caine, "Sweetheart of the Rodeo," Meshell Ndegeocello, Dwight Trible, Tiffany Lantello, David Binney, Moonville.
Record review: DevilDriver, "Outlaws 'til the End, Vol.1" (Napalm)
L.A. previews July 13-19: Kamau Daáood, Walter Smith III, Steph Richards, Melvins, Barbara Morrison, Mike Keneally, Opium Moon, Calixto Oviedo Mulens, Coltrane tribute, Elliott Caine, Vinny Golia, Brad Dutz.
Etymology: "Israel."
L.A. previews July 6-12: Billy McCoy, Chuck Manning, NIck Mancini, Kafka Cafe, Weedeater, Neurosis-Converge, Brad Dutz, Will Salmon.
Mythology: Independence Day and the Go-Go's at the Hollywood Bowl, July 3.
L.A. previews June 29-July 5: Michael Alvidrez, Billy Childs, Khemmis, Rickey Woodard, Tales From the Silk Road, Will Salmon, Bowl Reggae Night, Lopez Beatles, Uada, Present Quartet.
Live review: Nedra Wheeler Quintet at World Stage, June 23.
L.A. previews June 22-28: Jeff Littleton, Strikefest, Nedra Wheeler, Pharoah/Kamasi, Mecolodiacs, Vibe Summit, Levin-Preston-Bradford, Zinngeschrei, Joe Berardi, songs of Sigman, Kaoru.
News: King Tut reincarnated.
L.A. previews June 15-21: Bobby Bradford, Greenlief-Stinson, Vincent Herring, Jeff Kollman, Partch, Spy Car, Dan Weiss, Virgil Donati, Spectral Voice, Bert Karl, Joey Sellers, Paul Giallorenzo.
Spring record shorts: Burn the Priest, Marduk, I See Hawks in L.A., Leni Stern, Roberta Piket, Quoan, Vinny Golia.
L.A. previews June 8-14: Phil Ranelin, Sleep, Aborted, Roberto Miranda, Elliott Caine, Playboy Jazz Fest, LAJQ, Hawks, Eyvind Kang, SASSAS, The Skull, Hammerfall, Vinny Golia.
Live review: Nick Mancini Collective at LACMA, June 1.
L.A. previews June 1-7: Nick Mancini, Deceased, "SoundPedro," Power Trip, Monte Pittman, Chuck Manning, Xenog, Marginal Consort, Insomnium, Kataklysm, Ufomammut.
Kneeling or saluting: Personal expression must be banned from public events (2018).
L.A. previews May 25-31: John Daversa, Don Littleton, Primitive Man, Cajun Fest, Full of Hell, Elliott Caine.
L.A. previews May 18-24: Munyungo Jackson, CAB, Dwight Trible, Joe Baiza/Devin Sarno, Chuck Manning, Spy Car, Wahid, Cuban Fest, Tyr/Orphaned Land, MacAlpine-Moore, Jeff Parker.
Ponderation: Jefferson Airplane's "After Bathing at Baxter's," 50 years after (2018).
L.A. previews May 11-17: Slayer/Lamb/Behemoth/Anthrax/Testament, Charles Owens, Lynch Mob, Satyricon/Goatwhore, Billy Childs, Soulfly/Nile.
Ponderation: Morbid Angel and metal paganism (2018).
L.A. previews May 4-10: Mike Watt, Bobby Bradford, Ernie Andrews, Carnifex, Nick Hon, Dwight Trible, Ellen Burr, Ride for Ronnie, Morbid Angel, Lynch Mob.
L.A. previews April 27-May 3: Zakir/Vijay, Jeff Parker, Municipal Waste, Warbringer, King's X, Dafnis Prieto, Electric Wizard, Jie Ma, Matt Mayhall, Sons of Apollo, Tesseract.
Live review: Judas Priest, Saxon, Black Star Riders at Microsoft Theater, April 22.
L.A. previews April 20-26: Maetar, Wishbone Ash, Willie Jones III, Chuck Manning, Spot, Judas Priest, Nick Menza benefit, Alex Noice, Trevor Anderies, King's X, David Binney.
Live review: Hands On'Semble at the Blue Whale, April 13.
Philology: Kachella.
L.A. previews April 13-19 -- Hands On'semble, Freeks/Watt, Tom Keifer, Theo Saunders, Elliott Caine, Navarro & Morrison, Richard Sears, Cradle of Filth.
Ponderillo: The blues and Cecil Taylor, R.I.P. (2018).
L.A. previews April 6-12: John 5, Walter Smith III, David Sanchez, Max Kutner, Roscoe Mitchell, LAJQ, Soundshoppe, Solid Eye, Roughhousing.
Society snaps: Chuck Manning; John Curry; Zinngeschrei, March 24, 26, 28.
L.A. previews March 30-April 5: Jeff Parker, Joey DeFrancesco, Munyungo Jackson, Chuck Manning, Anthony Wilson, Vale, Three Fingered Jack, Vicki Ray, Maetar, Mann & Burtle, Michael Vlatkovich.
Live review: Christopher Garcia & Tasha Smith Godinez at Clockshop, March 24.
L.A. previews March 23-29: David Binney, Alan Tofighi, Hawks, Burning Ghosts, Christopher Garcia, Darynn Dean, Mike Watt, Usnea, Zinngeschrei, Jackfruit Condenser, Josh Nelson, Darkness, Bonded by Blood, Vicki Ray, Elliott Caine.
Comparative musicology: The Beatles' "A Day in the Life" vs. Penderecki's "Polymorphia"
L.A. previews March 16-22: Charlie Quintana RIP, Jonathan Rowden, Gygax, Knocked Loose, Elliott Caine, Daniel Corral, Lynell George, Aron Kallay, Royal Thunder.
Record review: Judas Priest, "Firepower" (Epic)
L.A. previews March 9-15: Watchers, L.A. Speedfest, Maetar, Harm's Way, Norma Jean, Atticus Reynolds.
Genealogy: Greg Burk's ancestry.
L.A. previews March 2-8: Abdullah Ibrahim, Phyllis Battle, Lynell George, G.E. Stinson/Bonnie Barnett, Rings of Saturn, Psychic Warfare, In Transit, Iced Earth.
Box review: WASP, "Re-Idolized" 2CD/DVD/Blu-Ray (Napalm)
L.A. previews February 23-March 1: Exhumed, Daniel Corral, Elliott Caine, Black Label Society, Celebrating Bowie, Miles Electric, Michael Vlatkovich.
Live review: Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Black Nile at Zebulon, February 18.
L.A. previews February 16-22: Justo, Dave King, Bradford, Nick Mancini, QOTSA, Pan Afrikan, Black History, Alan Chan, Elliott Caine, All Pigs Must Die, 1000mods, Septicflesh, David Binney, Hawks.
Record review: Black Label Society, "Grimmest Hits" (eOne)
L.A. previews February 9-15: Blue Whale fund-raiser, Larry Koonse & Larry Goldings, Matt Otto, Morton Subotnick, Elliott Caine.
Another dream: Minesweeper Technology.
L.A. previews February 2-8: Joe Bonamassa, Dan Schnelle, Simon Phillips, Barbara Morrison.
L.A. previews January 26-February 1: Goh, Steve Smith, Charles Owens, Leo Nocentelli, Michael Landau, Yngwie Malmsteen, Meshuggah, Michael Vlatkovich, Mortiferum, Joe Bonamassa.
L.A. previews January 19-25: Phil Ranelin, Marco Mendoza, Mark de Clive-Lowe plays Pharoah, Extended Organ, Elliott Caine, Ohm, Ted Taforo, Dio Disciples, Virgil Donati.
Live review: Alex Cline & Nels Cline at Moss Theater, January 13, 2018.
L.A. previews January 12-18: Chris Williams, Nels & Alex Cline, Nick Mancini, Nolan Shaheed, Elliott Caine, Dwight Trible celebrates Dr. King, Monty Alexander, Marilyn Manson, Joe Perry, Nathan Hubbard, Franklin Bruno.
L.A. previews January 5-11: Marshall Allen, Ghasem Batamuntu, Dick Wood, Cory Beers, Will Salmon/Brad Dutz, Mojave Trio, Ethan Sherman, White Wizzard, R.I.P. Roswell Rudd.
Scene: Bourbon Street, rootless in Xmastide.
L.A. previews December 22-January 5: Jesus' unbirthday, Todd Rundgren, Elliott Caine, Dave Williams & Steve Bowie, Original Misfits, happy 2018.
Live review: Mike Stern Quartet plus Leni Stern at Catalina's, December 17.
L.A. previews December 15-21: Maetar, Mike Stern, Elliott Caine, Blind Boys, Fosse & Berardi, John Tottenham, Barbara Morrison, RIP Sunny Murray.
Scene: Elliott Caine Quartet at Colombo's, December 10.
L.A. previews December 8-14: Bennie Maupin, Virgin of Guadalupe pageant, John McLaughlin, Charlie Hunter, Albert Lee, Elliott Caine, Wvrm, Ellen Burr, Darkest Hour, Mike Stern.
Ponderillo: The Virgin of Guadalupe.
L.A. previews December 1-7: Cuba in the park, Continuum, Jeremy Pelt, Linnea Sobolosky, Castle, Acre Foot, Peter Bernstein, Steve Weisberg, Elliott Caine, Whitechapel.
L.A. previews November 24-30: Periphery/Animals As Leaders, Roberto Miranda, Kim Richmond, Guns N' Roses, Hazey Jane, Anat Cohen.
Usage: Chick Hearn's "No harm, no foul."
L.A. previews November 17-23: Ulrich Krieger, Hawks, Trane doc, Mayhem/Immolation, Johnny Mandel, Satako Fujii, Nick Mancini, Vinny Golia, Bill Frisell, Brujeria, Kaveh Rastegar, Nick Photinos, GWAR/Ghoul.
Live review: Eddie Palmieri at Luckman Theater, November 11.
L.A. previews November 10-16: Jason Moran, Munyungo Jackson, Henry Franklin, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Eddie Palmieri, L. Shenkar, Jacques Lesure, Ohm, Azar Lawrence, L.A. Jazz Quartet, Sachal Jazz Ensemble, Eric Barber, Crowbar.
MetalJazz record roundup: Black Country Communion, The Darkness, Cheap Trick, The Black Dahlia Murder, Cannibal Corpse, Wadada Leo Smith, Adam Rudolph, Carlos Niño, Larry Ochs.
L.A. previews November 3-9: Maia, Poncho Sanchez, Scott Colley, Mike Keneally, Ozzfest/Knotfest, John Clayton, Vicki Ray & Scot Ray, Michael Landau, Bad Plus, Tom Keifer, Brad Dutz..
Photo: Lucky Hat.
L.A. previews October 27-November 2: Holdsworth tribute, Joe Baiza, Barbara Morrison, Michael Vlatkovich, Smithsonian rock book, Fish to Birds, Wolf Eyes, Marley's "Exodus," Chuck Johnson, Ne Obliviscaris.
Sports: "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" as Dodgers theme song (2017).
L.A. previews October 20-26: Randy Weston, Carlos Niño, John B. Williams, Josh Nelson, Elliott Caine, Nick Mancini, Steuart Liebig, Loudwire Awards, Dream Theater.
Ponderation: Marilyn Manson, "Heaven Upside Down" (Loma Vista, 2017)
L.A. previews October 13-19: Extreme Trumpets, Jesse Sharps, Brian Swartz, Cosmic Vibrations, Spy Car, Hands On'semble, Leni, Elliott Sharp, Julian Lage, Elliott Caine, Alan Ferber, G.E. Stinson, Damian Marley, Earthless, David Binney, Bruce Friedman.
Live review: Go: Organic Orchestra, Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures at REDCAT, October 7 (Angel City Jazz Fest).
Live review: Dan Weiss Metal Jazz Quintet, Burning Ghosts at Zebulon, October 5 (Angel City Jazz Fest).
L.A. previews October 6-12: Jeff Parker, Bobby Bradford, Maupin, Bowl for Dio, Atriarch, Mark Guiliana, Adam Rudolph, Buried & Me, Soulfly, Scorpions, Seun Kuti, Rosetta, Dutz, Dresser, Rodelius, Daniel Corral, Florian Weber, Cattle Decap, George Sarah.
Live review: Monk's Afro-Cuban Dream, Monk DJ Style at Ford Amphitheater, October 1.
Music-film review: "Black Sabbath: The End of the End"
L.A. previews September 29-October 5: Ohm, Jamieson-Kim, Volto, Billy Childs, L7, Dee Dee Bridgewater/DJ Logic, Dark Tranquillity, Burning Ghosts.
Live review: Lez Zeppelin at El Rey, September 28, 2007.
L.A. previews September 22-28: Fuasi, Childs, Wailers, Destroy You, Joshua White, Caine, Ziegler, SoundSpark, Vinny, Gov't Mule, Goldings, DevilDriver, Necrot, Michael Sweet, Josh Nelson, Sab flick.
Ponderation: John Phillips' "Pussycat" and the triumph of '70s sleaze.
L.A. previews September 15-21: Brötzmann, Fuasi, CAB, Justo, Rickey, Epica, Sacred Reich, Avishai, Ron Carter, Barron, Doro, Snake Oil, Bagg, Caine, Goatwhore, Berio, Messiaen, Binney, Trane trib, Orphaned Land.
Record review: Goatwhore, "Vengeful Ascension" (Metal Blade)
L.A. previews September 8-14: Mdou Moctar, Lalo Schifrin, Brian Auger, Alan Chan Orchestra, Barbara Morrison, Carl Stone, Not in the House.
Live ponderation: Double Naught Spy Car at Taix, September 2, 2017.
L.A. previews September 1-7: Bennie Maupin, Spy Car, John Daversa, Bottesini Project/Joshua White, George Sarah, Michael Vincent Waller, Decapitated, Accept, Ulrich Krieger, Elliott Caine.
Live review: Ethio Cali, SK Kakraba Band at Zebulon, August 25.
Record review: Double Naught Spy Car & Friends, "Moof" (11 Foot Pole, 2017)
L.A. previews August 25-31: Ethio-Cali, Dwight Trible, Richard Sears, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Marty Friedman, Darek Oles, Jeff Parker, Russell Malone, George Sarah, RIP John Abercrombie.
L.A. previews August 18-24: Mike Keneally, Marduk, David Binney, Chick Corea, Elliott Caine.
Live review: Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, Edgar Winter at the Greek Theater, August 13.
Etymology: Bigot.
L.A. previews August 11-17: Dan Schnelle, Harold Mabern, Joshua White, Black Dahlia Murder, Purp-Coop-Winter, Hawks, Vibe Summit, SASSAS Blast, Tewes-Ray-Frankel, Alan Broadbent, Tom Peters, Steuart Liebig, Mike Keneally.
Ponderation: L.A. punk progenitors X to be celebrated at Dodger Stadium.
L.A. previews August 4-10: Goh, Conrad Trio, Nails, Slayer/Lamb of God, Deena Odelle Hyatt, Benn Clatworthy, Elliott Caine, Alex Noice, Michael Vlatkovich, Buddy Collette tribute, Roberto Miranda, Richard Sears.
List: Thelonious Monk's "Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960" and other stuff that actually happened in 1959.
L.A. previews July 28-August 3: Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, "Mothership Landing," Elliott Caine, Metallica, Trickiness, Nick Mancini, Unsane, Mark Dresser.
Ponderation: "My Favorite Things" at the 50th anniversary of John Coltrane's passing.
L.A. previews July 21-27: Lynch Mob, Bob Sheppard, Makoto Taiko, Barbara Morrison, Lett/Mancini/Dutz, Ethio Cali, George Sarah.
New records with a '60s aura: Charles Lloyd, Jamie Saft, Patrick Campbell-Lyons.
L.A. previews July 14-20: Billy Childs, Elliott Caine, Sean Sonderegger, Ella & Diz tribute, David Binney, Lewis MacAdams.
L.A. previews July 7-13: Ohm, Vardan Ovsepian, Sound Underground, Munyungo Jackson, Joshua White, Dragonforce, Lord Dying, Kamau Daáood, Elliott Caine.
Live review: Burning Ghosts, Atomic Ape at the Blue Whale, July 1.
L.A. previews June 30-July 6: David Binney, Justo Almario, Roberto Miranda, Billy Childs, Burning Ghosts, G&G, Iron Maiden, Michael Session, Brad Dutz, Vinny Golia, Christopher Garcia, RIP Geri Allen.
Record review: Burning Ghosts, "Reclamation" (Tzadik)
L.A. previews June 23-29: Grex, Partch, Walter Smith III, Buster Williams, Ray plays Messiaen, George Bohanon, Elliott Caine, Wednesday 13, Fujii-Maki, Brightwork, Fit for an Autopsy, Acre Foot.
L.A. previews June 16-22: Nick Mancini, Ambrose Akinmusire, Morbid Angel/Suffocation, Babymetal/Hellyeah, Michael Landau, Zakk Sabbath, Encore Sax, Elliott Caine, Ziggy Marley, Vinnie Colaiuta, Korn.
Record links: Suffocation, Larry Coryell, Ambrose Akinmusire.
L.A. previews June 9-15: Father Amde-Dwight Trible, Vinny Golia, Monty Alexander, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Ojai Fest, Dunkelpek, Non Credo/G&G, Albert Lee, Playboy Fest, LAJQ, Josh Nelson, Destruction, "Young Caesar."
L.A. previews June 2-8: Yngwie Malmsteen, Eyehategod, Scot Ray, Roy Hargrove, G.E. Stinson, Extreme Cream, Chris Potter, Graves at Sea, Samothrace, Ojai Fest.
Live review: Leni Stern African Trio with Adam Levy at Blue Guitar, May 25.
L.A. previews May 6-June 1: Billy Childs, Steuart Liebig, Tetherball, Danzig's Blackest, Wailers, Barrows, Timur, Meatbats, Roy Hargrove.
Record review: Danzig, "Black Laden Crown" (Nuclear Blast)
L.A. previews May 19-25: Benn Clatworthy, Chucho Valdes, Microfest, Shining, Dan Schnelle, Orkestar Mézé, Nick Mancini, Robin Trower, Living Colour, Leni Stern.
Live review: PJ Harvey at the Greek Theater, May 12.
L.A. previews May 12-18: Similar Fashion, Peter Erskine, Microfest, Barrows, All Hail the Yeti, Partch.
Ponderation: Duke Ellington's transcendence.
L.A. previews May 5-11: Haakon Graf, Dayren Santamaria, Daniel Corral, Bonnie Barnett, Ride for Ronnie, Gerald Clayton, Mia Doi Todd.
L.A. previews April 28-May 4: Syd Straw, Goldentjeer, Royal Thunder, Beekman, Gloria Cheng, Soulfly.
Record reviews: Deep Purple, Procol Harum, Gnothi Grey.
L.A. previews April 21-27: Cosmosquad, Microfest, Ghost Bath, Afro-Cuban All Stars, Anthrax, Elliott Caine, Julian Lage, Asphyx, Kandinsky Effect, Superjoint, Rachelle Ferrell, RIP Allan Holdsworth.
Live review: Charles Lloyd & the Marvels with Lucinda Williams at Royce Hall, April 14.
L.A. previews April 14-20: Charles Lloyd, MARS Fest, Jonathan Pinson, Russell Malone, Marco Benevento, Elliott Caine, Bonnie Barnett, Juan De Marcos, RIP Arthur Blythe.
Scene: Afro-Cubanism in Cuba.
L.A. previews March 31-April 13: Oles plays Trane, Nails, Fish to Birds, Allan Holdsworth, Sarah Cahill, Mark Lowenstein presents, Nels Cline, Joe Lovano, Otmaro Ruiz, Power Trip, Gozu, Elliott Caine.
L.A. previews March 24-30: Kendrick Scott, Kenny Aronoff, Coryell tribute, Azar Lawrence, Dumpstaphunk, Oathbreaker, New Language.
Record review: Alex Cline's Flower Garland Orchestra, "Oceans of Vows" (Cryptogramophone)
L.A. previews March 17-23: John 5, Zucchero, Joey DeFrancesco, Joshua White, Madeleine Peyroux & Rickie Lee Jones, Josh Nelson, Elliott Caine, Havok, Otep, Rozamov.
L.A. previews March 10-16: Adam Birnbaum/Jason Moran, Burning Ghosts, Brian Auger, Darkest Hour, Microfest, Endangered Blood, Soundshoppe, Hay & Liebig, Satoko Fujii, Michael Pisaro, Ethio-Cali, UFO/Saxon.
Celebration: Improviganza for 20 years of Sunday Evening Concerts at Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, March 5.
Live review: Nick Mancini Septet at the Blue Whale, March 4.
L.A. previews March 3-9: Ralph Towner, Cosmosquad, Nick Mancini, Brian Walsh, Alex Cline's Improviganza, Jamire Williams, The Necks, Whitechapel/Cattle Decapitation/Goatwhore, Paul Bryan.
Record review: Cosmosquad, "The Morbid Tango" (Junkman)
Scene: Opening for "BlackMusic BlackWork" exhibit at the California Jazz and Blues Museum, February 23.
L.A. previews February 24-March 2: Nile Project, Elliott Caine, Arts Crawl South Pasadena, Tigran Hamasyan, Experience Hendrix, R.I.P. Larry Coryell & Alphonse Mouzon.
Record review: Immolation, "Atonement" (Nuclear Blast)
L.A. previews February 17-23: Marduk, Billy Harper, Mark de Clive-Lowe, He Whose Ox Is Gored, Paul Bryan/Brian Walsh, Elliott Caine, Goh, Robin Lorentz, Gillian Margot.
Ponderation: Metallica with Lady Gaga at the Grammy Awards (2017).
L.A. previews February 10-16: Peter Erskine/Patrice Rushen/Joey Alexander, L.A. Jazz Quartet, Kneebody, Alex Skolnick, Theo Bleckmann, Andrea Centazzo, Arthur Brown, Robert Jacobson.
Record review: Black Star Riders, "Heavy Fire" (Nuclear Blast)
Greatest hits: 10 years of MetalJazz.com. Ornette Coleman, Dimmu Borgir, Disney vs. devil, Moses' foreskin and more.
L.A. previews February 3-9: Bennie Maupin, Volto, Steve Lehman/Georgia Anne Muldrow, Spite of Darkness, Necrot, Carl Stone, Hawks, Lordi, DevilDriver/Death Angel/Winds of Plague/Agonist.
Wake: for Don Waller, 1951-2016, at the Short Stop, January 29.
L.A. previews January 27-February 2: Sleep, Josh Nelson, Nicole Mitchell workshop, Daniel Rosenboom, Vicki Ray, Chris Speed.
Ponderation: Groove-hard drummers of the Midlands.
L.A. previews January 20-26: Billy Childs, Mark Guiliana, Willie Jones, Marco Mendoza, Elliott Caine, Tony MacAlpine, "Goats Head Soup."
L.A. previews January 13-19: Spy Car/Lawndale/Sherpas, Cosmosquad, Jeff Parker, Bradford-Modirzadeh, John Daversa, Elliott Caine, Virgil Donati, Ohm, Marty Friedman, Hay-Liebig, Paul Gilbert.
Selections: Nat Hentoff's liner notes (2017).
L.A. previews January 6-12: Pharoah Sanders, Jon Landau, Nick Mancini, David Binney, Custer Sims Meier, Soundspark, Soundshoppe, Gavin Templeton, Robert Jacobson.
Record reviews: Testament, Burial, Exhausted Prayer.
L.A. previews December 30-January 5: Mark De Clive-Lowe, Elliott Caine, Rika Ohara fundraiser, Faster Pussycat, Harold Mabern.
A dream: Fine Dining.
L.A. previews December 16-24: Joe Bonamassa, Michael Stern, Spy Car, Neurosis, Josh Johnson, Elliott Caine, Terry Riley's "In C."
Fiction: The Rolling Stones, "Blue and Lonesome" (Polydor)
L.A. previews December 9-15: In Flames/Hellyeah, Harold Land Jr., Hawks, Intronaut, John Daversa, Soundshoppe, Animals as Leaders, Warbringer.
Filmic ponderation: The Arrival of angels.
L.A. previews December 2-8: Ron Carter, Basie propagators, Donald Dean, Kenny Burrell, Mark Trayle remembered, Carolyn Chen, Renee Baker/Michael Vlatkovich, SASSAS listening party, Castle.
Medical report: Metallica, "Hardwired . . . To Self-Destruct" (Blackened)
L.A. previews November 25-December 1: Charles Owens, Jamael Dean, Dokken, Michael Landau, Munyungo Jackson, Hazey Jane, Hawkwind, Ohm, Matt Gordy plays Stravinsky, Ron Carter, Steve Lockwood, Helmet, Nick Mancini.
L.A. previews November 18-24: Eyvind Kang, Omar Sosa, Larry Koonse, Epica, Volto, L.A. Jazz Society Awards, Elliott Caine, Vinny Golia, Red Fang, L7, Nonpoint, RIP Don Waller.
R.I.P.: Leonard Cohen (2016).
L.A. previews November 11-17: Epica/Fleshgod/Agonist, Leimert Park doc, Kamasi Washington, Gene Coye, Soundshoppe, Stinson-Sarno, Vicki Ray, Vektor, Kris Kristofferson, Tombs.
Live review: Kamasi Washington, Ron McCurdy Quartet at Disney Hall, November 6, 2016.
L.A. previews November 4-10: Dio cancer bowling, Napalm/Black Dahlia, Zime, Poncho Sanchez, Azar Lawrence, Kamasi Washington, Jon Armstrong, Peter Kuhn/Ben Rosenbloom, Theo Saunders, Mike Kenneally, Ocean, Matt Slocum.
L.A. previews October 28-November 3: The Gathering, Cosmosquad, Rez Abbasi, Death Angel, Dope, Dr. Caligari, Daniel Corral, Ulcerate.
L.A. previews October 21-27: St. Vitus/The Skull, Gavin Templeton, World Stage fund-raiser, Alphonse Mouzon, Jim Snidero, Wee Trio, Stefon Harris, Ban-Maneri, Alan Ferber.
Live review: Rudresh Mahanthappa's Bird Calls, Joshua White's Codes at LACC's Clausen Hall, October 15, 2016.
L.A. previews October 14-20: Extreme basses, Bennie Maupin, Volto, True Widow, Rudresh/Codes, Jeff Parker, Maetar, El Trio, Thumbscrew, Burning Ghosts, Tom Chasteen, Elliott Caine, Pierce the Veil, Brujeria, Roberta Piket, Meshuggah/High on Fire.
Live review: Craig Taborn & Kris Davis, Julian Lage at Zipper Hall, October 8 (Angel City Jazz Fest).
L.A. previews October 7-13: Binney/Lehman, Tony MacAlpine, Marcus Miller, Taborn/Lage, Samuel Blaser/David Gilmore, Flute Summit, Soundshoppe, Eyehategod, Skeletonwitch, Billy Childs, Ohm, "Exploring Negro Spirituals."
Live review: Pharoah Sanders, Gurrisonic Orchestra, Ornette Coleman's "Skies of America" at John Anson Ford Amphitheater, October 2, 2016.
L.A. previews September 30-October 6: L.A./Chicago Project, Justo Almario, Ben Wendel, Vinny Golia, Azar Lawrence, Pharoah Sanders plus Ornette Coleman's "Skies of America," Blind Guardian, Alice in Chains, Amendola-Blades, Buried and Me, ZZ Top, Gojira.
Feature: Ornette Coleman's "Skies of America" redawned (2016).
Live review: Geoffrey Keezer & Joe Locke at the Blue Whale, September 23.
L.A. previews September 23-29: Peter Erskine, Phil Ranelin, Keezer-Locke, Alponse Mouzon, Elliott Caine, Black Sabbath, Slipknot, Richard Sears, Mr. Big, Marc Ribot, Elliott Caine, Angel City Fest storm warning.
Live ponderation: Black Sabbath, Rival Sons at Hollywood Bowl, September 19.
L.A. previews September 16-22: Theo Saunders, Nicole Mitchell, Dave Stryker, Albert Lee, Donny McCaslin, Joey DeFrancesco, Eric Reed, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Kenneth Anger, Adam Levy, Kraftwerk, Sabbath, Kamasi, John Schneider, Strigalev, Marduk, Ovsepian.
L.A. previews September 9-15: Azar Lawrence, ELO, Elliott Caine, Lynch Mob, L.A. Jazz Quartet, Alan Pasqua, Soundshoppe, Hawks, Pat Metheny, Noisem.
L.A. previews September 2-8: Codes, Bobby Bradford, Azar Lawrence, Glenn Hughes, Gilbert Castellanos, Burning Ghosts, Cobalt/Mantar, Elliott Caine.
L.A. previews August 26-September 1: Kenny Burrell, Dwight Trible, Alphonse Mouzon, Elliott Caine, Brad Dutz, Continuum, 1969 Charles Lloyd doc, Soundshoppe, Atomic Bitchwax, L.A. Jazz Collective, Mars Red Sky, John Beasley, B.B. King tribute.
L.A. previews August 19-25: Guns N' Roses, Paquito D'Rivera, Ernie Watts, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Chick Corea, Kumamoto jazz benefit, Michael Landau, Castle, Elliott Caine, Herbie Hancock, Artyom Manukyan, Ethio-Cali.
L.A. previews August 12-18: Nick Mancini, Cannibal Corpse-Nile-Suffocation-Krisiun, Periphery, King Sunny Ade, Slipknot-Manson, Josh Nelson, Dana Reason, Chick Corea, Jane Bunnett, Guns N' Roses.
Things I sorta noticed: Jeff Beck & Buddy Guy at the Hollywood Bowl, August 10.
L.A. previews August 5-11: Sock Belt, Richard Sears, Nolan Shaheed, Dave Cipriani, Acre Foot, John Daversa, Anthony Wilson, Khemmis, Joey Sellers, Jeff Beck, Michael Vlatkovich, Aruán Ortíz.
Ponderation: Why I'm afraid of Richard Thompson.
L.A. previews July 29-August 4: G&G, Atriarch, Walter Smith III, Joshua White, Elliott Caine, Jeff Parker.
L.A. previews July 22-28: Oscar Hernandez, Bunny Wailer, Nails, Inter Arma, Cosmosquad, Azar Lawrence, Dwight Trible, Carcass/Crowbar, Melvins, Power Trip.
Live review: Leni Stern & Adam Levy at the Baked Potato, July 21, 2016.
L.A. previews July 15-21: Ryan Cross, Ghost Bath, Roy Hargrove, Josh Nelson, Dragged Into Sunlight, Wondem Band, Elliott Caine, Alex Cline, Leni Stern & Adam Levy, The Acacia Strain.
L.A. previews July 8-14: Billy Childs, Kenny Aronoff, Mark Gash, Michael Session, Jamael Dean, Monty Alexander, Rivers of Nihil, Zinggeschrei, Roy Hargrove.
Snapshots: East Coast street musicians.
L.A. previews July 1-7: Hay/Homler, Title Trackers, Destroyer of Light, Steven Tyler, Blistered.
Tourism: The John Coltrane house in Philadelphia.
L.A. previews June 24-30: BulletBoys, Act of Defiance, Azar Lawrence, Burning Spear, Alan Chan, Microfest.
L.A. previews June 17-23: Maytals, Laraaji, Hawks, Bennie Maupin, Billy Childs, Alphonse Mouzon, Elliott Caine, Immortal Bird, Claudia Quintet, Venom Inc.
Abstractionist record shorts: Nels Cline, Nathan Hubbard, Restroy, Carla Bley, Open Graves, Hu Vibrational, Leni Stern.
L.A. previews June 10-16: Marco Mendoza, Mabern/Pharoah, Ojai Fest, Elliott Caine, Playboy Fest, Joeless Shoe, Brilliant Strings, Kenny Burrell, Vinny Golia, Winds of Plague, Ides of Gemini, Bob Dylan, Cosmosquad.
L.A. previews June 3-9: The Obsessed, Baroness, Armored Saint/Metal Church, Mecolodiacs, Soundspark, Bernie Sanders, Andrea Centazzo/Nathan Hubbard, Vibe Summit, Double Naught Spy Car, Hillary Clinton, Eyehategod.
L.A. previews May 27-June 2: Joe Lynn Turner, Rachelle Ferrell, Otep, Balkan I Otvŭd, Joshua White, Alphonse Mouzon, John Daversa, Anvil, Voivod.
RIP: Megadeth/Ohm drummer Nick Menza, 1964-2016.
L.A. previews May 20-26: Soulfly, Joe Walsh/Bad Co., Bonham Zep, Supersuckers, Amon Amarth, Ohm, Poncho, Elliott Caine, DevilDriver, Heavy Rock Icons, Dresser-Ochs, Satoko Fujii, Pentagram, Ralph Humphrey, Gavin Templeton, Tim Skold.
Live ponderation: Eric Reed at LACMA, May 5.
L.A. previews May 13-19: Keneally-Bendian-Dunn, Microfest, Justo Almario does Mingus, Dying Fetus/Acacia Strain, Small Drone, SASSAS Overlook, Syd Straw, Elliott Caine, Ride for Ronnie concert, Nicole Mitchell, Gerald Clayton.
L.A. previews May 6-12: Eric Reed, Munyungo Jackson, John Daversa, Sunn O))), Hawks, Bill Charlap, Burning Ghosts, Napalm Death/Melvins, Fear Factory/Soilwork, Microfest, Black Dahlia Murder/Fallujah, Lacuna Coil, Barbara Morrison, Hughes & Zander.
List: More ways Volkswagen commercials castrate men.
L.A. previews April 29-May 5: Keith Jarrett, Rob Waller/Spy Car, Malibu Guitar Fest, Anthony Wilson, Tigran Hamasyan, Logan Hone, Tortoise, Avishai Cohen, Billy Cobham, Ill Niño.
L.A. previews April 22-28: Carlos Niño, Ohm, John Daversa, Stryper, Big Star Third, Iggy Pop, Prince.
Live review: Fanny Ara Flamenco Ensemble at Blue Whale, April 16.
L.A. previews April 15-21: Vijay & Wadada, Dokken, Ratt, Kenny Barron, Mexcla Music, Elliott Caine, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Carlos Niño, Peter Bernstein, Prong.
Live review: The Darkness, RavenEye at Belasco Theater, April 12.
L.A. previews April 8-14: Rob Zombie, Tom Keifer, Elliott Caine, Vai/Wylde/Malmsteen/Abasi, The Darkness, Anoushka Shankar, Bombastic Meatbats.
RIP: Merle Haggard, 1937-2016.
Live review: Go: Organic Orchestra, Hu Vibrational at Electric Lodge, April 2.
L.A. previews April 1-7: Witchaven, Marco Benevento, Go: Organic Orchestra, Kenny Burrell, Michael Landau, Acre Foot/Non Credo, Phil Ranelin, Daniel Corral, LAFMS, Tom Keifer, All Hail the Yeti.
L.A. previews March 25-31: UFO, Cory Henry, Azar Lawrence, Microfest, Satan, Jesus, Josh Nelson, Hawks.
L.A. previews March 18-24: Mark de Clive-Lowe, Geoff Keezer, Alphonse Mouzon, Oscar Hernandez, Between the Buried and Me, Elliott Caine, Hollywood Blues Destroyers, The Necks, Bill Laurence, Brian Auger, Vardan Ovsepian, UFO, Black Tusk.
L.A. previews March 11-17: Leonice Shinneman benefit, Elliott Caine, Uli Jon Roth, Carl Stone, Soundshoppe, Esperanza Spalding, Intronaut, Magma, Ulrich Krieger, Mark de Clive-Lowe.
Record review: Esperanza Spalding, "Emily's D+Evolution" (Concord)
L.A. previews March 4-10: Microfest, Hawks, Donald Dean, Dio Cancer benefit, Noura Mint Seymali, Scott Worthington, Dwight Trible/Phillip Greenlief, Helloween, Cannibal Corpse, Eclipse Quartet.
Ponderation: The usefulness of metal's holy wars.
L.A. previews February 26-March 3: Derf Reklaw, Regina Carter, Azar Lawrence, Bobby Bradford, Megadeth, Nick Mancini, King's X.
L.A. previews Feb. 19-25: Maetar, Alphonse Mouzon, Justo Almario, Elliott Caine, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Decapitated, Vicki Ray, Kneebody-Dedalus.
L.A. previews Feb. 12-18: Lamb of God/Anthrax, Iommi/Wylde fantasy, Elliott Caine, Gary Peacock, Creative Strings, Larry Koonse, Cold Blue night, Cradle of Filth, Dave Douglas.
L.A. previews Feb. 5-11: Hay-Liebig, Garretson & Gorodetsky, Alex Cline, Henry Butler, Black Sabbath, Supersuckers.
Bible passage of the month: How to choose a king.
L.A. previews January 29-February 4: Nick Mancini, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Justo Almario, Elliott Caine, Hirax, Richard Sears, Nile, Warbringer, Kaveh Rastegar, RIP Paul Kantner.
List: Top ways Volkswagen's "Beth" commercial castrates men (2016).
L.A. previews January 22-28: Volto, Spy Car, CAB, Alphonse Mouzon, Lori Freedman, Meters Experience, Michael Landau, From Autumn to Ashes, Cathlene Pineda, Artyom Manukyan.
List: Four reasons David Bowie's "Blackstar" and Charles Lloyd's "I Long To See You" are frequently bought together on Amazon.
L.A. previews January 15-21: Munyungo Jackson, Van Morrison, Simon Phillips, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Ohm, Title Trackers, Rick Shea/Hawks, Hazey Jane, Elliott Caine, Stu Hamm with Alex Skolnick, Tracii Guns.
Personal timeline: David Bowie (2016).
L.A. previews January 8-14: Poncho Sanchez, Metal Allegiance, Dead Cross, Chris Morris reads Los Lobos.
L.A. previews January 1-7: L.A. Guns, Stephen Pearcy, Bang Tango, Trio919+.
Scene: Music in Oaxaca.
L.A. previews December 25-31: Azar Lawrence, Motley Crue, Joe Bonamassa, Rachelle Ferrell.
Music: Unforced jollity.
L.A. previews December 18-24: Steve Coleman, Volto, Elliott Caine, Kenny Burrell, Maetar.
Quick observation: Mike Stern Band at Catalina's, December 13.
L.A. previews December 11-17: Lords of Altamont, Mike Stern, Tony MacAlpine benefit, Elliott Caine, Graveyard, The Gathering documentary Kickstarter.
Ponderation: Why music disappoints me.
L.A. previews December 4-10: Black Dahlia Murder, Booker T. Jones, Steve Gadd, Thy Art Is Murder, Bristle/Bonnie Barnett, Billy Gibbons, The Faceless, Kamasi Washington.
L.A. previews November 27-December 3: Dwight Trible, Azar Lawrence, Between the Buried and Me/Intronaut/Enslaved, PiL, Steve Coleman.
Record review: Pope Francis, "Wake Up!" (Believe Digital, 2015)
L.A. previews November 20-26: Volto, L.A. Jazz Quartet, Randy Gloss, Arto Tuncboyaciyan.
Live review: Scott Amendola Band at Largo at the Coronet Theater, November 9.
L.A. previews November 13-19: Josh Nelson, Hate Eternal, Elliott Caine, Corrosion of Conformity, Brian Auger, Richard Sears.
Live review: The Gathering at the Mayme Clayton Museum, November 8.
L.A. previews November 6-12: King Diamond, Darkest Hour, Winery Dogs, Grindcore Fest, Fall of Troy/Kylesa, Bass Fest, Kendrick Scott, LAJS Awards, SASSAS, Jesse Sharps, Childs/Mehldau, Amendola/Cline, Eclipse, Nick Mancini.
Opera review: Being there at "Hopscotch"
L.A. previews October 30-November 5: Fear Factory, G&G, Danzig, John Daversa, John Schott/Throttle & Drift, Danava, Tetuzi Akiyama, Dave Davies, Dir En Grey, John 5/Doyle, Zinngeschrei, King Diamond.
Record review: WASP's "Golgotha" -- Blackie Lawless, re-reborn (2015).
L.A. previews October 23-29: Dawn Norfleet, Volto, Marco Mendoza, Dave Binney, Alan Broadbent, Knotfest, Opeth, Kadavar/The Shrine, Charles Curtis, Joey Sellers, Artyom Manukyan, Kenny Burrell, Spy Car/Tee-Tot.
Live review: Charles Lloyd Quartet at Zipper Hall, October 18, 2015.
L.A. previews October 16-22: Jodie Landau, Myra Melford, Kandinsky Effect, Acid King, Charles Lloyd, Elliott Caine, Bradford-Golia, Kenny Burrell, Palmieri-Valdez, Trujillo/Jaco, Spy Car/Acre Foot.
Live review: Alex Cline's Flower Garland Orchestra at Valley Performing Arts Center (Angel City Jazz Fest), October 11.
L.A. previews October 9-15: Josh Johnson/Jon Armstrong, Monk'estra, FoLAR Fandango, Warbringer/Philm/Ohm, G&G, Elliott Caine, Alex Cline, Greg Osby, Hawks, Jacob Szekely, Abigail Williams, Spy Car.
Live review: Jen Shyu & Jade Tongue, Motoko Honda & Vanessa Vo at Barnsdall Gallery Theater (Angel City Jazz Fest), October 3.
L.A. previews October 2-8: Yosvany Terry, Van Halen, Scorpions, Motoko Honda/Vanessa Vo, Jeff Parker, Xenog/Baiza/G&G, Anthony Shadduck, Geoffrey Keezer, Nick Mancini, Spy Car/Aplanalp/Noice, Phil Woods R.I.P.
Live review: Mark Dresser Quintet, Lisa Mezzacappa's Glorious Ravage at REDCAT (Angel City Jazz Fest), September 28.
L.A. previews September 25-October 1: Atwood-Ferguson, Dan Rosenboom, Azar, DakhaBrakha/Huun-Huur-Tu, Lynch Mob, Mezzacappa/Dresser, Eluveitie, Watts Fest, Mezcla, Yoshi Wada, Marleys, AC/DC, Soulfly, Marty Friedman, Ohm, Toxic Holocaust, Maneri/MTKJ.
Record and movie ponderation: Keith Richards, "Crosseyed Heart" (Mindless/Republic) and "Under the Influence" documentary (2015).
L.A. previews September 18-24: Sleepless with Dublab, Atreyu/Unearth, Psychic TV, Elliott Caine, The Skull.
Live review: Kenny Burrell & L.A. Jazz Orchestra Unlimited at LACMA, September 4.
L.A. previews September 11-17: Vivian Campbell, Lorca Hart, Teenage Time Killers, Noctuary, King Parrot, Social Distortion, Daniel Corral, Soundshoppe, Brad Dutz, Wynton Marsalis/Chick Corea, Goatsnake, Ben Wendel, Susan Allen RIP, Angel City Fest alert.
L.A. previews September 4-10: Ohm, Kenny Burrell, Wallace Roney, Azar Lawrence, Elliott Caine, Volto, SASSAS soundSpark, John Daversa, Dwight Trible does Thomas Merton, Nick Mancini.
L.A. previews August 28-September 3: Albert Lee, Bennie Maupin, George Kahn-Azar Lawrence, Bonamassa plays the Kings, Leni Stern, Tiner-Baggetta, Kenny Burrell, Alex Noice.
Record reviews: Scott Amendola and Thollem McDonas (both with Nels Cline).
L.A. previews August 21-27: Spy Car, Michael Landau, Terry Bozzio, Elliott Caine, Leon Russell, Arch Enemy/Cattle Decapitation, Josh Nelson.
Live review: Reggae Night featuring Ziggy Marley, Stephen Marley, Inner Circle, Skatalites at Hollywood Bowl, August 15.
L.A. previews July 31-August 20: Three weeks including High on Fire, Motoko Honda, Nick Mancini, Mezcla Music, Vlatkovich/Hay, International Swingers, Buddy Guy, Ziggy Marley, Vinny Golia, lots more.
Ponderation: Kamasi Washington at Grand Performances, July 25, 2015.
L.A. previews July 24-30: Sherinian-Aldrich/ballet, Joe Bonamassa, Kamasi Washington, L.A. Jazz Society fundraiser, G&G, Adolescents/Weirdos, Central Avenue Jazz Fest, Grand Mothers, Damned doc, Anthrax, King Jammy, Bassekou Kouyate.
L.A. previews July 17-23: SASSAS weekend, Willie Nelson, Jeff Kollman, Kaveh Rastegar, Joe Bonamassa.
L.A. previews July 10-16: Jon Armstrong, Danzig, Holy Grail, Albert Lee, Chrome, Michael Session, Elliott Caine, Andrew Lessman, John Beasley, Carmine & Vinny Appice.
Culture clash: Fireworks vs. music at Los Angeles Coliseum, July 4.
L.A. previews July 3-9: CAB, Dwight Trible, John Corabi, Richard Wood/Eric Barber, Artyom Manukyan, Ohm benefit, Marilyn Manson.
Record review: Trashbeat, Chrome, Tripp Kulture, The Shades, "Bubbling Up From Underground: The State of the Art-Rock Pt 1 (Rock & Roll, Art-Rock, Dance-Punk, Post-Alternative)" (Major Records)
L.A. previews June 26-July 2: Mike Watt/Radwaste, Slayer, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Elliott Caine, Lord Byron opera, Antonio Sanchez, Xenog/G&G, Otep, John Mayall.
Snapshots: Warped Tour at Ventura Fairgrounds, June 21.
Live review: Partch at REDCAT, June 19.
L.A. previews June 19-25: Charlie Hunter, Mike Keneally, Nick Mancini, Partch, Bobby Bradford/Dwight Trible, Slumgum, Hellbat/Sylvia Juncosa, Ill Niño.
L.A. previews June 12-18: Satriani/Vai/Animals as Leaders, Robin Trower, Dafnis Prieto, Steven Wilson, Trotsky Icepick, Goatwhore, SASSAS Soundshoppe, Robert Glasper, Artyom Manukyan, Eliane Elias.
Eulogy: Ornette Coleman, 1930-2015 (with comments).
L.A. previews June 5-11: Anthony Wilson, Lycus, Crowbar-Lord Dying, Munyungo Jackson, Alex Noice, Perry Robinson, Vibe Summit, Hugh Cornwell, Kenny Burrell, Whitesnake, ResBox returns, Tootie Heath, Alfredo Rodriguez, Elliott Caine, Atomic Sherpas.
Ponderation: The Wrecking Crew vs. pop stars playing their own damned instruments (2015).
L.A. previews May 29-June 4: Hay Fever-Daniel Rosenboom, Tony MacAlpine, Sylvia Juncosa, Kenny Burrell, Wolfgang von Schweinitz, Azar Lawrence, Bombastic Meatbats, Saxon-Armored Saint, Ufomammut-Usnea, Vardan Ovsepian.
L.A. previews May 22-28: Richard Wood celebrates Mark Trayle, Alan Pasqua, Small Drone, Kamasi Washington, Nyaz, SASSAS bootleg art, Tony MacAlpine.
Kamasi Washington, "The Epic" (Brainfeeder, 2015)
L.A. previews May 15-21: Dio tribute weekend, Michael Landau, Atomic Sherpas/Meco Cardovas, Jane Bunnet, Motoko Honda-Emily Hay-Biggie Vinkeloe, David Torn.
L.A. previews May 8-14: G&G, Don Preston, Tim Young, Vijay Iyer, Avishai Cohen, Sepultura, Anaal Nathrakh/Incite, Sly & Robbie, Spy Car.
Live review: John Zorn Triple Threat at Royce Hall, May 2, 2015.
L.A. previews May 1-7: Tadić-Manring-Garcia, Nightwish, Inter Arma, Schenker & Dokken, John Zorn, SoPas Fest, Devin Sarno, Andrea Centazzo, Cavalera Conspiracy, Ensiferum/Korpiklaani, Daniel Rosenboom.
Live review: Syd Straw at McCabe's, April 11.
L.A. previews April 24-30: Spy Car, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Billy Cobham, Al Di Meola, Marco Mendoza, New Town celebration, Azar Lawrence, Adam Levy, Nick Mancini, Mastodon, Tracii Guns.
Media: The value of the last word.
L.A. previews April 17-23: Albert Lee, Jacob Szekely, Rafael Moreira, Barbara Morrison, Sebastian Bach, Kneebody, Artyom Manukyan, Black Slate, Nick Mancini.
Live review: Leni Stern & Emily Elbert at Room 5 Lounge, April 10.
L.A. previews April 10-16: Leni Stern, Kljuco-Tadic, Joshua White, Crowhurst, Syd Straw, L.A. Bassoons, Jeff Parker, Maetar, Geoff Keezer.
Record shorts: Scorpions-related releases by Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker, UFO, Scorpions.
L.A. previews April 3-9: Michael Schenker, The Shrine, Brian Auger, John Abercrombie, Witham-Stinson-Wisdom, Malaby-Rainey-Helias, Ohm, Nick Mancini.
L.A. previews March 27-April 2: Chris Potter, Tomasz Stanko, Azar Lawrence, Dwight Trible, Xenog/G&G/Christine Wertheim, Title Trackers, Led Zep film, Testament, Michael Sweet/Mike Tramp.
Homeless art: Underpass.
Homeless art: "Priority Mail"
Poem: Red Gum
L.A. previews March 20-26: Nick Mancini, Dokken, Mike Keneally, Lustmord, Pig Destroyer, Carl Stone, Terry Reid, Allegaeon, Bobby Bradford/Vinny Golia.
Live review: The Title Trackers at the Pig 'n Whistle, March 14.
L.A. previews March 13-19: Tin Hat, Kendrick Scott, "The Golem," Wand, Title Trackers, John Daversa, Spy Car/Four Eyed Four, Anvil, Doro, Kandinsky Effect.
Film review: "Aerosmith Rocks Donington 2014" at AMC Burbank 16, February 27.
L.A. previews March 6-12: Jean-Michel Pilc, Marco Benevento, Jeff Kollman, Enslaved, Robert Hurst, Roy Hargrove, Eclipse Quartet, Donny McCaslin, Nedra Wheeler, Joey Sellers, Mutilation Rites, Kendrick Scott.
Live language: Go: Organic Orchestra, Wildflowers Duo at Electric Lodge, February 27.
L.A. previews February 27-March 5: Azar Lawrence, Slumgum, Spy Car, Organic Orchestra, Stanley Clarke, Elliott Caine, Michael Vlatkovich, Peter Erskine, Rock Against M.S., Brad Dutz, Bill Frisell.
Record review: Black Star Riders, "The Killer Instinct" (Nuclear Blast)
L.A. previews February 20-26: Machine Head, Josh Nelson, G&G, Kyle memorial, Napalm Death, Adam Levy, John Daversa, Nick Mancini, Eclipse Quartet, David Binney, Aerosmith film.
L.A. previews February 13-19: Otep, Jon Landau, Hawks, Christopher Garcia, Billy Childs, Sparks, Phillip Greenlief, Anthony Wilson, Call of the Void.
Record review: Marilyn Manson, "The Pale Emperor" (Loma Vista)
L.A. previews February 6-12: Bonnie Barnett hum, Joeless Shoe, Nicole Mitchell, John 5, Hazey Jane, Cosmosquad.
L.A. previews January 30-February 5: Karma To Burn, 45 Grave, Rosenboom/Pineda/Templeton/Noice/Rowden/Mull, Azar Lawrence, Elliott Caine, Acre Foot, Scott Amendola-Nels Cline.
R.I.P.: Kyle C. Kyle, drummer and friend (2015).
L.A. previews January 23-29 -- Uli Jon Roth, Ben Wendel, Spy Car, Hellbat, Nick Mancini, Gavin Templeton, Kai Kurosawa, Atomic Sherpas, Jon Landau, Electric Miles.
Personal timeline: Kim Fowley.
L.A. previews January 16-22: James Williamson/Cheetah Chrome, Lost Tribes, Kenny Aronoff, Josh Smith, Ohm, Mike Keneally, Dave Binney, Larry Koonse, Isamu McGregor-Bennie Maupin, Nick Mancini, Ben Wendel, Dwight Trible, Periphery, Fear Factory.
List: Top 8 reasons Katy Perry is performing with Lenny Kravitz at Super Bowl XLIX.
L.A. previews January 9-15: Ignacio Berroa, Clifford Brown Project, Azar Lawrence, Elliott Caine, Flesh Eaters, SASSAS Soundshoppe.
L.A. previews January 2-8: Apophenia, Cattle Decapitation.
L.A. previews December 26-January 1: Death Angel, Ben Wendel, Kwanzaa in Leimert with Dwight & Kamasi, Jazz Funk Fest, Michael Landau, Joe Bonamassa, Barbara Morrison.
Etymology: Fulsome in the extreme.
L.A. previews December 19-25: Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Dan Schnelle-Josh Nelson, Tannenburn, Jay Christ.
Tourism: The Watts Towers.
L.A. previews December 12-18: Sunnie Paxson, Larry Goldings, Charlie Hunter-Scott Amendola, Cyrus Chestnut-James Carter, Billy Childs, Elliott Caine, John Daversa, Nick Rosen, Steve Coleman, Intronaut.
Live review: Vijay Iyer at Royce Hall, December 5.
L.A. previews December 5-11: Vijay Iyer, Pallbearer, Brad Mehldau/The Bad Plus, Golden Striker Trio, Down/Orange Goblin, Brian Walsh, Spot signing, Miroslav Tadic celebration, Kenny Barron-Dave Holland, Nathan Hubbard, Ethio-Cali, Opeth/In Flames.
Notebook: Spot at Café NELA, November 30, 2014.
L.A. previews November 28-December 4: Dwight Trible, Azar Lawrence, Spot.
Ponderation: Bob Dylan & The Band, "The Basement Tapes Complete" (Columbia/Legacy)
L.A. previews November 21-27: Marc Ribot, Brian Auger, Kenny Burrell, Jake E. Lee's Red Dragon Cartel, Dwight Trible, Nick Mancini, Joey Sellers.
Record review: Exhausted Prayer, "Ruined."
L.A. previews November 14-20: Slayer/Suicidal/Exodus, Death/Obituary, CAB, Pharoah Sanders, Azar Lawrence, Elliott Caine, Dub Club, Pitom/Plotz, Alex Noice, Exhausted Prayer, Bhob Rainey.
Record review: Machine Head, "Bloodstone & Diamonds" (Nuclear Blast)
L.A. previews November 7-13: 36 Crazyfists/Incite, Bobby Bradford-William Roper, Richard Sears, Soundshoppe, Weirdos/Avengers/Alleycats, Judas Priest, Sabaton, Arch Enemy.
L.A. previews October 31-November 6: King Diamond, Iceage, Gavin Templeton, Cassia Streb, Bobby Bradford, Peter Kuhn, Eyehategod, Rebirth Brass Band, GWAR/Decapitated.
Review and interview: Electric Wizard, ancient and present (2004 & 2014).
L.A. previews October 24-30: Stefon Harris, Satan, Knotfest (Danzig, Black Label, Napalm Death et al.), Jazz Funk Fest, Azar Lawrence, Terry Bozzio, Benny Maupin, Andy Milne, Nick Mancini, Ras Michael, Vardan Ovsepian, RIP Jimmy Scott.
L.A. previews October 17-23: Greg Osby, Jacky Terrasson, Crow Nuts, Anthony Wilson, Body Count/Nothing, Raven, Suffocation/Kataklysm, Kim Richmond.
DVD review: Ozzy Osbourne, "Memoirs of a Madman" (Epic/Legacy)
L.A. previews October 10-16: Mecolodiacs, Maceo Parker, Acknowledgement, Hands On'Semble, Elliott Caine, Empty Cage, Gus G., Philm, Dug Pinnick's Grinder Blues.
Live review: Angel City Jazz Festival featuring Arthur Blythe tribute at Barnsdall Park, September 28, 2014.
L.A. previews October 3-9: Pyrrhon, Crowbar, G.E. Stinson, Brilliant Strings, SASSAS peaks, Joshua White.
Live review: Anthony Braxton Trio, Wadada Leo Smith Silver Orchestra at Zipper Hall, September 27, 2014 (with Vinny Golia's 2004 comments on Braxton).
L.A. previews September 26-October 2: Toshiko Akiyoshi, Gov’t Mule, Anthony Braxton/Wadada, CAB, Hawks, Voco, Angel City Barnsdall blowout, Sonata Arctica, Andy Milne, Hellion/Bitch, Eluveitie.
L.A. previews September 19-25: Angel City Jazz Fest, Roberto Miranda, Webb All-Stars, Samhain, AxS Fest, Young Sun Nah & Ulf Wakenius / Trible & Beasley, Allison Miller, Joey Sellers, Golia/Bradford/Adams, Skeletonwitch, Terry Reid, Matana Roberts.
R.I.P.: Gerald Wilson, 1918-2014.
L.A. previews September 12-18: Accept, Dan Hicks, Barbara Morrison, Leimert Village fest, Soundshoppe, Angel City Jazz Fest final warning.
L.A. previews September 5-11: Ernie Andrews, Elliott Caine, kids play Oliveros, Trevor Anderies/John Fumo, Peter Epstein, Prong, Mike Watt, Ornette doc/Mecolodiacs.
Live review: Billy Higgins tribute at the Ford Amphitheater, August 24.
L.A. previews August 29-September 4: Beat Music, Bob Sheppard, Elliott Caine, Bill Saxton-Azar Lawrence, Bombastic Meatbats, Alex Noice, Doyle, Scott Amendola.
L.A. previews August 22-28: Phil Ranelin, Michael Landau, L.A. Jazz Collective, World Stage 25th anniversary, Jeff Parker, G.E. Stinson, Lee "Scratch" Perry, CoC, Beat Music.
L.A. previews August 15-21: Chick Corea, Manring-Garcia-Ma, Billy Childs, Nick Mancini, Motoko Honda, High on Fire, Usnea, Ben Wendel, Tom Harrell, Goatette.
Ponderation: Pope Kumbaya wages war on the Latin Mass (2014).
L.A. previews August 8-14: Kamasi Washington, Elliott Caine, Steve Swallow, Azar Lawrence, Jasper Dutz, Jon Hassell, Billy Childs, Chick Corea, Phast & Bulbous, James Brown tribute, Damian Erskine, SK Kakraba-Dwight Trible.
Poem: "Unsaved."
L.A. previews August 1-7: Garretson & Gorodetsky, Nick Mancini, John Daversa, Tony MacAlpine, Morbid Saint, Letum Ascensus, Ambrose Akinmusire, Alex Jenkins, Scale the Summit, Israel Vibration, Deep Purple.
Live review: Jimmy Cliff, Shaggy, Don Carlos & the Dub Vision Band at Hollywood Bowl, July 20, 2014.
L.A. previews July 25-31: Carl Burnett, Municipal Waste, Ron Carter, Anna Homler, Central Avenue Jazz Fest, Ross Hammond-Dwight Trible-Nicole Mitchell, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Aerosmith-Slash, Spy Car-Trotsky Icepick, Route 66 virtual fest.
L.A. previews July 18-24: Henry Franklin, Bombastic Meatbats, Morbid Angel, Wolves in the Throne Room, Jimmy Cliff, Jacob Szekely, Motley Crue-Alice Cooper, Mecolodiacs-Spy Car, Ron Carter.
R.I.P.: Charlie Haden, 1937-2014.
L.A. previews July 11-17: Helmet, Tootie Heath, Albert Lee, Azar Lawrence, Virgil Donati, Elliott Caine, Mark Trayle, Soundshoppe, Kenny Burrell, Joey Sellers, Josey Wales, Kamasi Washington.
Mini-history: "Black Night," Deep Purple's soccer chant.
L.A. previews July 4-10: Rickey Woodard, Jon Armstrong, Korn, Andrea Centazzo, Kiss, Septicflesh, Alan Pasqua plays Silver, Adam Ratner plays Haden, Double Naught Spy Car.
Philosophy: Why I don't stand for the national anthem (2014).
L.A. previews June 27-July 3: Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Double Naught Spy Car, Charles Curtis, Daniel Rosenboom/Sean J. O'Connell, Yngwie Malmsteen/Bumblefoot.
Poem: "Warrior"
L.A. previews June 20-26: Billy Hart, Atomic Sherpas/Mecolodiacs, Watt & Spot, Dwight Trible, Vibe Summit, Sly & Robbie, Grandmothers, Kaveh Rastegar.
L.A. previews June 13-19: Ernie Watts, Taylor Eigsti, Pelican, Unearth, John Tottenham, Billy Childs, Playboy Jazz Fest, SASSAS conspiracy, Kenny Burrell, Thumbscrew, Adrian Sherwood, Billy Hart.
L.A. previews June 6-12: Meshuggah, My Ruin, Partch, Black Label Society, Nashville Pussy, Bombastic Meatbats, Jenkins-Hammond-Golia, Alan Broadbent, Taylor Eigsti.
Mythology: "Maleficent," a very metal movie (2014).
L.A. previews May 30-June 5: CAB, Azar Lawrence, Gianni Mimmo/Michael Vlatkovich, I See Hawks in L.A.
Reviews of Ozzy guitarists Part 2: Joe Holmes, Jake E. Lee, Gus G.
L.A. previews May 23-29: Azar Lawrence, Kenny Burrell, Elliott Caine, John Daversa, Cathy Segal-Garcia, Glenn Hughes' California Breed.
Live review: Skid Row, Black Star Riders, Stonebreed at the Canyon Club, May 15.
L.A. previews May 16-22: Stephen Marley, Miles Evans, Quarteto Nuevo/Cathleen Pineda, Ray-Kallay microtonal piano, Small Drone, DevilDriver, Otep.
Live review: Leni Stern African Trio & friends at the Baked Potato, May 7.
L.A. previews May 9-15: Elliott Caine, Kadavar, Paganfest, St. Vitus, Niney the Observer, Black Star Riders.
Live review: Black Sabbath, Reignwolf at Hollywood Bowl, April 26, 2014.
L.A. previews May 2-8: Mastodon, Iced Earth/Sabaton, Michael Landau-Wayne Krantz, Bonnie Barnett/Gongfarmer, Hawks, Nile, Leni Stern, Nels Cline.
L.A. previews April 25-May 1: Bombastic Meatbats, Mark Trayle, I See Hawks in L.A., Elliott Caine, Black Sabbath, Vardan Ovsepian, Alice Cooper documentary, Ulcerate.
Live review: "Playing for Jim Hall" at the Blue Note, NYC, April 20.
Reviews of Ozzy guitarists Part 1: Black Label Society, "Catacombs of the Black Vatican" (E One).
L.A. previews April 18-24: Chris Speed, Ravi Coltrane, Acre Foot, Cosmosquad, Bandalabra, Revolver Golden Gods, Chick Corea-Bela Fleck, Dillinger Escape Plan.
L.A. previews April 11-17: Tesseract/Intronaut, Motorhead, Tony MacAlpine, Todd Sickafoose, Shackle/Young-Day.
L.A. previews April 4-10: Mecolodiacs, Rachelle Ferrell, Sun Ra docs, Behemoth-Goatwhore, Holy Grail-Gypsyhawk, Kill Devil Hill, Soundspark, Ruth Price honored, Horace Tapscott tribute, Anthony Wilson, Ned Rothenberg, Vinny Golia Large Ensemble.
L.A. previews March 28-April 3: Dwight Trible, Marco Benevento, Timur, Simon Phillips, Kristian Hoffman does CBGB, L.A. Jazz Quartet, Elliott Caine, Krisiun, Tatsuya Nakatani-G.E. Stinson-Oguri, Willie Nelson, Zucchero.
Live review: Kraftwerk at Disney Hall, March 21.
Live review: Garretson & Gorodetsky, "What Must the Hummingbird See?" at Automata, March 23.
L.A. previews March 21-27: Supersuckers, Hawks, G&G, Keneally-Bendian, Elliott Caine, John Daversa, The Absence, Ohm, Rock Against M.S., Guy Mendilow, Timur.
L.A. previews March 14-20: Nathan Hubbard, Michael Landau, Gerald Clayton-Larry Goldings, Dio tribute, Daniel Rosenboom, Roger Neumann-Larry Koonse.
Record review: Behemoth, "The Satanist" (Metal Blade)
L.A. previews March 7-13: Anthony Wilson, Cattle Decapitation, Niacin, Scale the Summit, Possessed, Hazey Jane/Michael Landau.
L.A. previews February 28-March 6: Alan Ferber, Eleni Mandell, Steve Lukather, Children of Bodom, Hands On'semble, Gilbert Isbin, Tigran Martikyan, Skinny Puppy, Christian Mistress.
Conversation: The Spring Quartet (Jack DeJohnette, Joe Lovano, Esperanza Spalding & Leo Genovese) at Royce Hall, February 22.
L.A. previews February 21-27: Azar Lawrence, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Hawks, Brian Auger, Jack DeJohnette, Dark Tranquillity, Dreaming Dead, Elliott Caine, Creative Underground, Dwight Trible, Ohm, Wailing Souls, Alan Ferber.
L.A. previews February 14-20: David Liebman, Lord Dying, Lynch Mob, Jeff Kollman, Amon Amarth/Enslaved/Skeletonwitch, Hawks play Seeger, Metal Church, Jeff Parker, Elliott Caine, McGillicuddy-Ovsepian-Erskine, Buster Williams Quartet.
Event: Launch party for "Black SoCal" Venice Biennale art exhibition at Fais Do-Do, February 9.
L.A. previews February 7-13: Jazz in Schools, Quarteto Nuevo, Joe Bonamassa, Michael Schenker, David Liebman.
Combination: "The Grapes of Wrath" and Kris Kristofferson at the Cinerama Dome, January 31.
L.A. previews January 31-February 6: Kris Kristofferson & "Grapes of Wrath," Dokken, Baked Potato Birthday Stars, Billy Childs, Ross Hammond, Stanley Clarke, Murali Coryell, Spy Car, Nick Rosen, Alex Cline, Mark Dresser-Han Bennink, Ralph Alessi, Cage.
L.A. previews January 24-30: Lenny White, Joshua White, Creative Underground, Toxic Holocaust/Exhumed, Kaoru, Dave Binney, Virgil Donati, Weedeater, Stanley Clarke.
RIP: Yusef Lateef, 1920-2013.
L.A. previews January 17-23: Josh Nelson, Brad Dutz, Open Gate Ensemble, Kenny Aronoff, Fear Factory, Czerwinski-Koonse-Oles, Ohm, Lenny White, Bombastic Meatbats, Uli Jon Roth/Bumblefoot.
L.A. previews January 10-16: Bl'ast, John Daversa, Baiza birthday, I See Hawks in L.A., Eyehategod/Cattle Decapitation, Johnny Rivers-Jimmy Webb.
L.A. previews January 3-9: women in jazz, Kaoru/G.E. Stinson, Albert Lee, Lita Ford.
L.A. previews December 27-January 2: Kenneth Whalum III, Phast's 60th, L.A. Jazz Collective, Les McCann, Kix.
L.A. previews December 20-26: Holy Grail, L.A. Guns, Josh Nelson-Lorca Hart, Joe Baiza art, Ornette cover band, the true meaning of xmas.
List: Albums I liked in 2013.
Review: Charlie Haden's CalArts Liberation Music Orchestra at REDCAT, December 10, 2013.
Scene: Nate Morgan memorial at New Life Community Christian Center, December 7.
L.A. previews December 6-12: Charlie Hunter & Scott Amendola, Mike Keneally, Michael Landau, Nate Morgan memorial, Joey Sellers, Kenny Burrell, Charlie Haden, Kandinsky Quartet, Merle Haggard, High on Fire, Jake E. Lee.
L.A. previews November 29-December 5: Morbid Angel, Rattlehead, Dependent Origin, ASG, Richard Sears, RIP Chico Hamilton.
L.A. previews November 22-28: Randy Weston-Billy Harper, Anthony Wilson, Jon Armstrong, Kenny Burrell, Dir En Grey, G&G/Bonnie Barnett, Angel City on TV, Monster Magnet/Royal Thunder, In This Moment, Nate Morgan RIP.
Live review: Charles Lloyd and Friends at Royce Hall, November 15.
L.A. previews November 15-21: Charles Lloyd, Kenny Aronoff, Joe Baiza, Anthony Wilson.
Audio redux: 2013 and 2012 Angel City Jazz Festival symposiums.
L.A. previews November 8-14: Lamb of God/Testament, Brian Haas & Scott Amendola, Jeff Kollman, Les McCann, Otep, bass blowout, Soundshoppe, Morton Subotnick, Tom McNalley/Michael Vlatkovich, Mad Professor, Charles Lloyd pre-alert.
L.A. previews November 1-7: Kneebody, Dwight Trible/World Stage benefit, Erin Barnes, Ross Hammond-Alex Cline/Terrence McManus, Kenny Burrell, Ozzy & Geezer, Terakraft, McManus/Concrete Bedlam, Soulfly.
Personal timeline: Lou Reed (2013).
L.A. previews October 25-31: Go: Organic Orchestra, Watain, Clairy Browne, L.A. Jazz Society Awards, Geri Allen-Terri Lyne Carrington-Esperanza Spalding, G&G/Clucas/Iris, Slayer, Megadeth, Leni Stern, Kill Devil Hill, Gov't Mule, Lucian Ban.
L.A. previews October 18-24: GWAR, Supersuckers, Otmaro Ruiz, Slumgum, Death Angel, S.F. Jazz Collective, Hawks, Deicide, Brian Wilson/Jeff Beck, Nick Mancini, Mark Dresser, Periphery.
Live ponderations: Claudia Quintet/Jim Black Trio/jazz technology panel at REDCAT October 11; "Einstein on the Beach" at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, October 13.
L.A. previews October 11-17: Claudia Quintet/Black-Lefebvre-Speed/Burk moderates, Helmet, Freddie Hubbard tribute, Eurojazz Fest, Motoko, Dreaming Dead, Dafnis Prieto, Kylesa, Gavin Templeton, Mancini, DevilDriver, Dying Fetus, Rock Against MS, Brad Dutz.
Live review: Greg Osby, Yosvany Terry, Kneebody, Richard Sears at Angel City Jazz Fest, Ford Amphitheater, October 6.
L.A. previews October 4-10: Nicole Mitchell, Josh White, Saxon, Kim Fowley, Christian McBride, Dave Holland/John Scofield, Les McCann, Katatonia-Intronaut, Greg Osby, Arctopus, Motoko Honda, Nick Mancini, Phil Ranelin, Julie Christensen, Mintz-Piket.
Live scenes: Brookledge, "Prometheus Bound," subliminal beeps.
L.A. previews September 27-October 3: Dwight Trible, Between the Buried and Me, Phil Ranelin, Jarrett-DeJohnette-Peacock, Carcass, Michael Landau, Vader, Gerald Wilson, Anthony Wilson, Soundspark for kids, Gene Hoglan, Nick Mancini, Winery Dogs.
L.A. previews September 20-26: Alan Pasqua, Billy Childs, Uri Caine, Jodie Landau/Fumosonic/Brundlefly, Dean Chamberlain-David Ricketts, Alex Noice/Gurri Sonic, Gypsyhawk/Scorpion Child.
L.A. previews September 13-19: Iron Maiden/Anthrax/Testament, Michael Session, Brian Auger, Daniel Rosenboom, Repulsion/Sadistic Intent, Kenny Werner, Jeff Kollman, Angel City Jazz Fest countdown.
L.A. previews September 6-12: Wayne Kramer/Billy Bragg, Roy Hargrove, Miroslav Tadic, Kenny Burrell, Dvořák/Prokofiev.
Live review: Danzig, Doyle, Scar the Martyr, Cherie Currie, Huntress at Gibson Amphitheater, August 30, 2013.
L.A. previews August 30-September 5: Danzig/Doyle, Elliott Caine, Joe Satriani/Steve Morse, CalArts Gamelan, Azar Lawrence, Black Sabbath, Roy Hargrove.
RIP: Larry Karush, 1946-2013.
L.A. previews August 23-29 -- Cross Hart Jazz Experience, Small Drone, Nick Mancini, Azar Lawrence, Julie Christensen "Dark Side," Wintersun/Arsis, Prokofiev/Shostakovich, Black Sabbath, Wayne Shorter, Dwight Trible, Cuong Vu, Fjellestad-Stinson/Sarno.
L.A. previews August 16-22: Roy Z, Queens of the Stone Age, Dilloway & Lescalleet, Vinny Golia, Kenny Burrell/Monk'estra, Double Naught Spy Car, I See Hawks in L.A., Buddy Guy.
Scene: Fourth annual Craft Beer Crawl, downtown L.A., August 11, 2013.
L.A. previews August 9-15: Bobby Bradford, Willie Nelson, The Obsessed, I See Hawks in L.A., Stefon Harris, Slumgum, Pasqua-Oles-Erskine, Elliott Caine, Soundshoppe, The Defiled, Ras Michael.
L.A. previews August 2-8: Bob Sheppard, Mecolodiacs, Dwight Trible, Alan Pasqua & Larry Koonse, Reseda rocks, Dylan Ryan/Berardi-Vollman-Liebig, Metal Church, Chimaira, Slumgum/Daniel Rosenboom.
Linguistic rant: The perversion of "trope" (2013).
L.A. previews July 26-August 1: Holy Grail, Geoff Keezer, Ohm, Volto, Josh Nelson, Charles Gaines-Wadada Leo Smith, Wrack/Vinny Golia, G&G, Stanton Moore-Marco Benevento.
Live review: Gregg Bendian's 50th birthday at the Baked Potato, July 18.
L.A. previews July 19-25: Dillinger/Animals As Leaders/Cattle Decapitation, Hazey Jane, I See Hawks in L.A., "Rite of Spring," Stanton Moore.
L.A. previews July 12-18: David Ornette Cherry, Daniel Rosenboom, Charlie Hunter & Scott Amendola, Barbara Morrison, Kenny Burrell, Six Feet Under, Mitch Marcus Quintet, Gregg Bendian.
L.A. previews July 5-11 -- Larry Nash, Ron Carter, Intronaut/Scale the Summit/Castle, Homeless One Metal Fest, Decisive Instant/Steuart Liebig, David N. Meyer Bee Gees bio pub, Allison Miller, Weedeater/ASG.
Undead review: Reggae Night at Hollywood Bowl, June 30.
L.A. previews June 28-July 4: Volto, Rob Zombie/Mastodon/Machine Head, Mictlantecuhtli, David Kikoski, Damian Marley Reggae Night, Scrote does Bacharach, Kim Richmond does Kenton.
Fresh classic heavies: Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Black Star Riders, Megadeth; plus metal oral history.
L.A. previews June 21-27: Jazz Leaders, G&G, Kendrick Scott, Ohm, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Fogel-Potts-Vlatkovich, Clayton-Akinmusire, Cornell Campbell, Tom McNalley, Nick Mancini, Rosie Flores, Bonded by Blood.
L.A. previews June 14-20: Mouzon's Fullonthropy, Billy Childs, Anthony Wilson's Curators, Ratt, Brian Auger, Bennie Maupin, Homler/Payne/Vollman, Microfest piano, Playboy Jazz Fest, Melechesh, Tiny Resistors, Jeff Kollman.
Interview: Thin Lizzy guitarist Scott Gorham, now of Black Star Riders.
Live review: Partch at REDCAT, June 8.
Live review: Alice Cooper, Marilyn Manson, Picture Me Broken at the Gibson Amphitheater, June 6.
L.A. previews June 7-13: The Kandinsky Effect, Allan Holdsworth, Partch, Fear Factory, Vibe Summit, Soundshoppe, Anthony Wilson's Curators.
L.A. previews May 31-June 6: Nick Mancini, Horace Andy, Ludovico Einaudi, Kim Richmond, Nathan Hubbard/Will Salmon, Tigran Martikyan, Scott Jeppesen, Alice Cooper/Marilyn Manson.
L.A. previews May 24-30: Azar Lawrence, Opeth, Christian Scott, Anthony Wilson, Volto, John Daversa, Warbringer, Joe Baiza/G&G, Katatonia, Ohm, RIP Ray Manzarek.
Guest blurb: John Lehr on Ozzy Osbourne at "An Evening With Women," May 18.
L.A. previews May 17-23: Krisiun/Arsis, Michael Landau, Julie Christensen, SASSAS fundraiser, Larry Goldings, Jeff Hanneman memorial, The Obsessed.
L.A. previews & postview May 10-16: Yngwie Malmsteen, Azar Lawrence, Alan Ferber, The Moby Dicks, Thrasho de Mayo, Mother's Day Hoopla, Jeff Parker, Motorhead, Holy Grail, Phil Ranelin, RIP Andy Johns.
L.A. previews & postviews May 3-9: Childs, Stuart & Pisaro, Helmet, Maetar, Mehldau/Bad Plus, Atwood-Ferguson, Eclipse, Dutz/Walsh, Mural, Jason Moran, Larry Goldings, Kamasi, RIP Jeff Hanneman & George Jones, Leni Stern mini-review, Kevin Chown surgery.
Conversation: Coffee with Leni Stern.
Live review: Scrote and friends pay tribute to David Bowie's Berlin period at the Blue Whale, April 23.
L.A. Times op-ed: Burk on loud commercials (2013).
L.A. previews April 19-25: Otep, Max Markowitz/Lewis Keller, Julie Christensen, Jimmy Cobb, John Clayton, the music of David Bowie's Berlin period, David Ellefsen.
L.A. previews April 12-18: Corea & Clarke, Lizzy Borden, Chuck Schuldiner tribute, Microfest guitar, Cal Arts Large Ensemble, Dwight Trible-Billy Childs, Suffocation, Syd Straw mini live review.
L.A. previews April 5-11: Syd Straw, I See Hawks in L.A., Brian Auger, Jon Armstrong, Maidens of Metal Fest, Soilwork/Jeff Loomis, G.E. Stinson-Alex Cline/Gongfarmer Duo, Arohi Ensemble, Corea & Clarke, Phil Ranelin, Microfest.
Live review: Panzerballett returns to the Baked Potato, April 2.
L.A. previews March 29-April 4: Dwight Trible, Kim Richmond, Azar Lawrence, Van Dyke Parks/Tom McDermott, Rez Abbasi, Adrenaline Mob, Panzerballett, Gypsyhawk.
L.A. previews March 22-28: Crucified Barbara, Volto, Justo Almario, Christopher Garcia, Ohm, Rock Against MS, Anthrax/Exodus/High on Fire/Municipal Waste, Bonded by Blood, Toots & the Maytals.
Live shorts: Ambrose Akinmusire; Jodie Landau & friends.
L.A. previews March 15-21: Happy 75th to Charles Lloyd; Ambrose Akinmusire; Clutch/Orange Goblin.
Live review: Rachelle Ferrell at Catalina's, March 9.
L.A. previews March 8-14: Billy Childs, Rachelle Ferrell, Cosmosquad, Marduk, KMFDM, Quarteto Nuevo/Industrial Jazz Group, Skerik's Bandalabra, John Bischoff/Antimatter, RIP Alvin Lee.
Live review: Hafez Modirzadeh Quartet, Phillip Greenlief Duo at Eagle Rock Cultural Center, March 3.
L.A. previews March 1-7: I See Hawks in L.A., Wadada Leo Smith, Age ov the Gods metal fest, Meshuggah/Animals As Leaders/Intronaut, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Lou Harrison doc, Helen Money, Hafez Modirzadeh, Brendon Small's Galaktikon, Rachelle Ferrell.
Live shorts: Sexmob; Doro; Cage & Stockhausen.
L.A. previews Feb. 22-28: Doro, Firewind, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Rangda, Stockhausen-Cage, Ulrich Krieger, Leni Stern, Van Dyke Parks, Brujeria, Chris Potter, "History of Jazz in Los Angeles."
L.A. previews Feb. 15-21: Charles Lloyd doc, Azar Lawrence/Phil Ranelin, Phillip Greenlief, Soulfly, Graveyard, Sexmob, Tomahawk, Monk'estra, Marilyn Manson, Richard Sears, Wadada coinbox.
Film review: "Charles Lloyd: Arrows Into Infinity"
L.A. previews Feb. 8-14: Enslaved/Royal Thunder, 3 Brave Souls, Daniel Rosenboom, Charles Lloyd film, Jennifer Terran, SASSAS fundraiser, Allen Toussaint/Dirty Dozen, Dead Meadow.
Record review: Jennifer Terran, "Born From the Womb of Silence" (Grizelda)
L.A. previews Feb. 1-7: Nashville Pussy, Azar Lawrence, Testament, Nick Mancini, Elliott Caine, Will Salmon-Dwight Trible, Tigran Hamasyan; RIP Butch Morris.
L.A. previews January 25-31: Uli Jon Roth, Meters Experience, Volto, Gojira, Spy Car, Azar Lawrence, Stanley Clarke, Mark Trayle, Allan Holdsworth, Tony Harnell, Anadi, Garretsongs, Julie Christensen, Fro, Meatbats, John Beasley, Marco Benevento.
Live review: Tony Harnell & Bumblefoot at the Joint, January 23.
L.A. previews January 18-24: Femi Kuti, Azar Lawrence, Meredith Monk, Continuum, Lady Gaga, Ohm, Anthony Shadduck, Tony Harnell, John Beasley, Stanley Clarke.
L.A. previews January 11-17: Asesino/Cephalic Carnage, Azar Lawrence, Uri Caine, Julie Christensen in Motion, ACE Jazz Collective, Nicole Mitchell, Brad & Jasper Dutz, Down, squelching loud commercials.
Republication: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, 1995.
L.A. previews January 4-10: Neurosis, Jeff Kollman, Azar Lawrence, Children, Michael Vlatkovich/Apophenia, Tigran Martikyan, Saccharine Trust, Castle, David Binney, John Beasley, Gerald Wilson.
Life lessons: guitarist Tom McNalley.
L.A. previews December 28-January 3: Sadistic Intent, Volto, Keneally-Musallam, Ovsepian-Binney New Year's Eve, Melvins-Redd Kross New Year's Eve.
L.A. previews December 21-27: Supersuckers, Hirax, Clayton-Wendel, Jazz Funk Fest, Silent Stars, Josh Nelson.
Xmas history: Little town(s) of Bethlehem.
L.A. previews December 14-20: The Curators, Carl Randall benefit, Mayan metal countdown, Josh Nelson, High on Fire, Arsis, Caleb Quaye.
L.A. previews December 7-13: Ndgeocello-Ulmer-Reid, Lonely Avenue, Cattle Decapitation, Roy Hargrove, Ornette doc, John Cale, Huntress, Phil Ranelin, squelching loud commercials.
Live review: Aerosmith, Cheap Trick at Staples Center, December 3.
L.A. previews November 30-December 6: Marcus Roberts, Armored Saint, Lutoslawski No. 1, Azar Lawrence, Kneebody, Weba & Ralph, Ross Hammond/Perpetual Motian, Aerosmith/Cheap Trick, Roy Hargrove, Josh Nelson, Ras Michael.
L.A. previews November 23-29: Black Flag tribute, Azar Lawrence, Shostakovich 10th, Barbara Morrison, Ulrich Krieger, Dethklok-Machine Head, Marcus Roberts, Michael Dessen, Marcus Shelby, UFO, Alice Cooper, Eluveitie, Kneebody.
Live review: Harris Eisenstadt's Golden State at the Blue Whale, November 15.
L.A. previews November 16-23: Anna Homler, Ralph Penland, Epica, Azar Lawrence, Brian Auger, "Prog Angeles," Proverb Trio, Andy & the Rattlesnakes, Ohm.
L.A. previews November 9-15: The Clayton Bros, Hugely Tiny Fest, Azar Lawrence, Hawks, SCREAM Fest, "Wozzeck," Municipal Waste/Napalm Death, Harris Eisenstadt.
Post-live review: Bonnie Barnett, Terranova reads Dottie at REDCAT, October 3.
L.A. previews November 2-8: Theremin/Eric Ross, Groundation, Kenny Burrell, Jane Bunnett/Candido, Dan Clucas, GWAR/Devildriver, Hawks, VOTE, Chris Speed, Azar Lawrence.
L.A. previews October 26-November 1: Dylan/Knopfler, jazz opera, Ron Carter, Eclipse Quartet, Krisiun/Melechesh, Black Tusk, PiL, Skeletonwitch, Tim Young-Peter Adams, Lamb of God.
L.A. previews October 19-25: Faust, Death Angel, Kim Richmond, Delfeayo Marsalis, Volto, LAJS/Wayne Shorter, Elliott Caine, Otmaro Ruiz, The Darkness, Melvins Lite, Robert Glasper, Eclipse Quartet.
Guest observation: Vijay Iyer with Steve Coleman at Royce Hall, October 14.
Live review: Myra Melford & Snowy Egret, Marilyn Crispell at REDCAT, October 12.
L.A. previews October 12-18: Myra Melford/Marilyn Crispell, Otmaro Ruiz, Oz Noy, Spy Car, Bill Frisell, Vijay Iyer/Steve Coleman, Earthworm, Silverlake Conservatory benefit, Dale Fielder, Plotz-Tadic, Free Dominguez, Delfeayo Marsalis, RIP John Tchicai.
Live review: Archie Shepp et al., Anthony Wilson at Angel City Jazz Festival, October 6 & 7.
L.A. previews October 5-11: Michael Schenker, Phil Ranelin, Luckman Jazz Orchestra, Anthony Wilson-Larry Goldings-Jim Keltner (with Burk moderating a panel), Ben Wendel, Maetar, Shepp/Akinmusire/Dresser/Erskine, Dwight Trible, Wayne Krantz, St. Vitus.
Live review: The L.A. Philharmonic rocking Stravinsky, Stucky and Ravel at Disney Hall, September 28, 2012.
L.A. previews September 28-October 4: Hawks, Daniel Rosenboom, Kim Richmond, Miles Davis House, Vardan Ovsepian, Virgil Donati, Suffocation/French, Watts Towers Jazz Fest, Bonnie Barnett, Slash, Angel City Jazz Fest alert.
L.A. previews September 21-27: Kandinsky Effect, Garretson & Gorodetsky, Larry Goldings, David Binney, Kreator/Accept, Nick Mancini, Gavin Templeton, Obituary.
L.A. previews September 14-20: Vinny Golia, Kamasi Washington, Ohm, Christian Scott, Angel City Young Artists, Volto, SASSAS art benefit, Small Drone, "Maidens of Metal," Gov't Mule, Nick Mancini, Wahid, Ross Hammond, Angel City Jazz Fest peek.
Review: Dodgers vs. Cardinals at Dodger Stadium, September 13, 2012.
L.A. previews September 7-13: Anthony & Gerald Wilson, Michael Feinberg, Michael Dessen, John Cage, Hawks, Devin Townsend, Billy Childs, Dwight Trible, Julie Christensen, Abyssinians, JShoe, George Sarah, Korpiklaani, Nick Mancini, Christian Scott.
L.A. previews August 31-September 6: Bozzio-Acuña, Barbara Morrison, Black Music & Arts Fest, The Other Three/Slumgum, B.B. King, Nick Mancini, Sandro Albert, Garretson & Gorodetsky, John Cage Fest.
Live shorts: Jeff Gauthier Goatette, Gerald Wilson Orchestra.
L.A. previews August 24-30: Christian McBride, Motoko Honda, SASSAS tape-music blowout, SASSAS jam, Josh Nelson, Herbie & Wayne, Vardan Ovsepian.
Record review: The Darkness, "Hot Cakes" (Wind-Up)
L.A. previews August 17-23: Marilyn Manson at Sunset Strip Fest, Terence Blanchard, Goatette, Open Gate's "Philoctetes," Joe Bonamassa, Gerald Wilson, Elliott Caine, Bombastic Meatbats, Pinchers, Esperanza Spalding, Richard Sears, Christian McBride.
Live review: Rock 'n' Blues Fest featuring Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter, Rick Derringer and Kim Simmonds at the Grove of Anaheim, August 4, 2012.
L.A. previews August 10-16: Jim McAuley, Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars, Power of the Riff Fest, Yes/Procol Harum, Terence Blanchard, Great White/Faster Pussycat.
L.A. previews August 3-9: Nick Mancini, Slocum-Oles-Nelson, Ravi Coltrane, Dwight Trible, Lee-Ovsepian, Ohm, McMullen/Pask, Ernie Watts, Aerosmith/Cheap Trick, Buddy Guy, Ellington revisited, Wino.
What the Bible really says about marriage.
L.A. previews July 27-August 2: Cosmosquad, Bonded by Blood, "Sonic Surprise," Gavin Templeton, Central Avenue Jazz Fest, Celebration of Dottie Grossman, Josh Nelson, Cinderella/Sebastian Bach, Ravi Coltrane.
Bag o' live reviews: Reggae Fest, ACE Jazz Collective, Leni Stern, July 15-21.
L.A. previews July 20-26: Celebration of Gil Scott-Heron, Josh Nelson, Cannibal Corpse/Between the Buried and Me, Leni Stern, SASSAS listening party, Brain Dead, Severed Savior, Prince Jazzbo.
A brief appreciation: Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord, 1941-2012.
L.A. previews July 13-19: Infamy, Slumgum, NewTown jam, Phil Ranelin, Dreaming Dead, Maytals, The Lions, Al Green, ACE Jazz Collective.
L.A. previews July 6-12: Nick Mancini, Albert Lee, Polarity Taskmasters, Clucas/Schenck, Ray Charles Tribute, Charles Owens, Malice/Heretic, Edwin Livingston.
LA Times review: A Celebration of Miles Davis at the Hollywood Bowl, June 27.
L.A. previews June 29-July 5: Cosmosquad, Maetar, Kenny Burrell, Quarteto Nuevo, Myrmyr, My Ruin, Slayer, Nathan Hubbard, Ohm.
L.A. previews June 22-28: Scorpions, The Cult, Dori Caymmi, Six Feet Under, SASSAS jam, Josh Nelson, Vinny Golia, Miles Davis tribute, Prince Allah.
LA Times interview: Tosin Abasi of Animals As Leaders, 2012.
L.A. previews June 15-21: L.A. Jazz Quartet, Billy Childs, Animals As Leaders, Weba & Ralph, Elliott Caine, Marduk, Vinny Golia/Daniel Rosenboom, Dub Club, Ministry.
L.A. previews June 8-14: Rika Ohara visuals, Van Halen, Chickenfoot, SASSAS fundraiser, Municipal Waste, Brian Walsh/Gavin Templeton, Slake readings, Harry Partch.
L.A. previews June 1-7: Van Halen, Alphonse Mouzon, Beach Boys, Peter Case, Mezz Mezrow resurrected, Warbringer, Thollem McDonas/Chobraty, Julie Christensen, Slumgum, Kyle aid.
L.A. previews May 18-31: Henry Franklin, Khaira Arby, DeJohnette-Corea-Clarke, Luckman Orchestra plays Bird, Sabaton/Ana Kefr, Vardan Ovsepian, SASSAS listening party, Bushman/Youssoupha Sidibe.
L.A. previews May 11-17: Billy Childs, Kenny Garrett, Julie Christensen, Philm, Ben Perowsky, DeJohnette-Corea-Clarke, Maetar, Rammstein.
Dorothea Grossman, 1937-2012.
LA Times review: Meshuggah, Baroness, Decapitated at House of Blues, May 5.
Live review: Motoko Honda's Sound Escape Project at Aratani/Japan America Theater, May 3.
L.A. previews May 4-10: Slake beer, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Dexter Story, Brian Auger, Daniel Rosenboom, Hands On'semble, Meshuggah-Decapitated, Cattle Decapitation, Ted Nugent, Garth Powell, Jeff Gauthier, Dragonforce, Kenny Garrett, RIP Jackie Kelso.
L.A. previews April 27-May 3: Kenny Burrell, Esperanza Spalding, Joeless Shoe, George Sarah, Dub Club, Motoko Honda/Mia Doi Todd, CAB.
Scene: Gathering for Nate Morgan at KRST Unity Center, April 22.
L.A. previews April 20-26: Slakedown, Seun Kuti, Anoushka Shankar, Nate Morgan benefit, Marcus Belgrave, Anthony Wilson, Ohm, Behemoth, Opeth-Mastodon, Rez Abbasi, Hawks.
Live review: Charles Lloyd & Maria Farantouri at Lobero Theater, Santa Barbara, April 18.
L.A. previews April 13-19: Brian Auger, Cessation of Life, Melvins, Regina Carter, CalArts Brass, Julie Christensen, Ancient Grooves, Joe Bonamassa, Paganfest, Twilight Circus, Charles Lloyd, Dogphotoman Kindled.
L.A. previews April 6-12: DevilDriver, Josh Nelson, Lacuna Coil, Golden Gods exhibit and awards, Crowbar/Prong, Brian Auger.
L.A. previews March 30-April 5: Cosmosquad, Chano Dominguez, 99 Percent Slake, Daniel Rosenboom/Ellen Burr, I See Hawks in L.A., Anthony Wilson, Dahlia/Nile/Skeletonwitch.
Live review: Morton Subotnick with California EAR Unit at REDCAT, March 24, 2012.
L.A. previews March 23-29: Michael Schenker, Billy Childs, Richard Sears, Phast Phreddie & Don Waller, Rachelle Ferrell, Morton Subotnick, Michael Landau, Andy MacIntosh, Gary Panter/Byron Coley/Slake, Dwight Trible, Ken Parker, Slumgum, Jesse Palter.
Live review: "Spectral Scriabin" at the Broad Stage, March 17.
L.A. previews March 16-22: Dottie Grossman, Kneebody, Spectral Scriabin, Lemmy's HeadCat, Ancient Grooves, Intronaut, Deicide, Prong, Bombastic Meatbats, Onslaught, Rachelle Ferrell.
LA Times review: Billy Childs, Kronos Quartet, Bill Frisell at Disney Hall, March 11.
L.A. previews March 9-15: Scott Amendola Trio, Kira Vollman, Luckman Jazz Orchestra, Bonnie Barnett/Dick Wood, Billy Childs/Kronos Quartet/Bill Frisell, Sasquatch, Ohm, Willie Nelson, Mingus Dynasty, Kneebody.
Live review: Ben Goldberg's Orphic Machine at the Blue Whale, March 5.
Live scene: Monday Evening Concerts 15th-anniversary gangbang at Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, March 4.
L.A. previews March 2-8: Josh Nelson, Eric Reed, Matt Piper, Sadistic Intent, Erin Aubry Kaplan, Sunday Evening Concerts 15th anniversary, Perkis-Clucas-Pincock, Polarity Taskmasters, Red Holloway RIP.
Live scene: Tim Berne's Snakeoil at the Blue Whale, February 25.
L.A. previews February 24-March 1: I See Hawks in L.A., Megadeth/Motorhead, Volto, Dave Binney, Stanley Clarke, Tim Berne, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Michael Schenker, SASSAS noise, Abby Travis, Claudia Quintet, Anna Homler.
Record review: Tim Berne, "Snakeoil" (ECM)
L.A. previews February 17-23: Leni Stern, Wackerman-Holdsworth, Machine Head, LAFMS gallery blast, Phil Ranelin, Symphony X, Tracy G, The Darkness, Elliott Caine, Ben Perowsky, Rhythm Chowder Quartet, Johnny Osbourne, Goatwhore, Stanley Clarke.
L.A. previews February 10-16: Pete Christlieb, Thomas Ankersmit, Ravi Coltrane, LAFMS, Meatbats, Tombs, Behold! The Monolith, Fred Frith, Leni Stern, Ohm, John Cage fest, Chucho Valdes, Wackerman-Holdsworth.
Review: Trio M at Musicians Institute, February 3.
L.A. previews February 3-9: Trio M, Beasley-Trible, Hawks, Slake confessional, Ben Wendel, Dottie Grossman, Gongfarmer, Julie Christensen, In Flames/Trivium, Anthony Shadduck, Ulrich Krieger.
Review: SASSAS's "Welcome Inn Time Machine" music installation at the Welcome Inn, January 29.
L.A. previews January 27- February 2: Chuck Manning, Roy Hargrove, Graveyard, Ana Kefr, Gauthier-Honda-Dessen, Simplexity, LAFMS blowout, SASSAS motel occupation, Slumgum/Trible, Ghost.
L.A. previews January 20-26: Moris Tepper, Uli Jon Roth, Allan Holdsworth, Ohm/Frank Catalano, Roy Hargrove, Double Naught Spy Car.
Performance: Barry Markowitz at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, January 15.
L.A. previews January 13-19: Albert Lee, Mike Keneally, Louie Lista tribute, Small Drone Orchestra, Dwight Trible, Elliott Caine, Han Bennink, CAB, Zakk Wylde Roast, John Tottenham, Double Naught Spy Car.
L.A. previews January 6-12: Alan Ferber, Mike Watt, Warbringer, Vinny Golia/Emily Hay, Matt Otto, Jean-Michel Pilc, Justo Almario, Double Naught Spy Car, the Wormrot debacle.
Scene: Billy Childs Quartet and Rocco Somazzi birthday at the Blue Whale, New Year's Eve 2011.
L.A. previews December 30-January 5: Billy Childs, Mecolodiacs/Atomic Sherpas, Mau Maus/Gears, Anthony B., RIP Sam Rivers.
LA Times review: Timothy Young.
LA Times review: Timothy Young at Little Temple, December 27.
L.A. previews December 23-29: Dir En Grey, Bob Sheppard Quartet, Timothy Young.
Fall jazzishness roundup: Charles Lloyd-Maria Farantouri, Keith Jarrett, Jeff Gauthier, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Dwight Trible, Adam Rudolph, Nils Petter Molvaer, Paul Kikuchi.
Live review: Jason Moran at the Hammer Museum, December 15, 2011.
L.A. previews December 16-22: Larry Koonse, Larry Goldings, Elliott Caine, Rastafarians, Guns Not Roses.
Fall heaviness roundup: Black Country Communion, Deep Purple, Barry Richards vaults, Hypocrisy, Megadeth, Machine Head, My Ruin.
Guest reminiscence: Hubert Sumlin, 1931-2011.
L.A. previews December 9-15: Kenny Werner, Eric Reed, Sothis, Norma Jean, Erik Deutsch, Mentors, Slake reading.
LA Times review: Daniel Rosenboom, Slumgum at Royal/T, December 7.
A belated RIP: Stan Moore, friend and drummer.
L.A. previews December 1-8: Richard Sears, Marco Benevento, I See Hawks in L.A., Jeff Kollman, Volto, Ross Hammond/Devin Hoff, Kneebody, Korn, Puscifer, Daniel Rosenboom/Slumgum, Korpiklaani, My Ruin download, Slake party.
L.A. previews November 25-December 1: Billy Childs, Dorothea Grossman, Between the Buried and Me/Animals As Leaders, Mayhem/Keep of Kalessin.
L.A. previews November 18-24: Mike Keneally neoclassical, My Ruin, Kyuss Lives!, Ancient Grooves, Susan Allen, Elliott Caine, Obscura, Cynic.
Scene: Occupy Wall Street and Tim Berne's Los Totopos, NYC, 11/12/11 and 11/11/11.
Metaljazz record reviews: Animals As Leaders, Blotted Science, Derek Sherinian, Bruce Arnold.
L.A. previews November 11-17: Larry Karush, Carl Stone, High on Fire, GWAR, Kingsizemaybe, Empty Cage Quartet, Ohm, Ras Michael/Dub Trio, Mancini-Ovsepian.
L.A. previews November 4-10: Terry Bozzio, Hawks, Sothis, Ana Kefr, SCREAM Fest, Don Preston, Bruce Friedman/Steuart Liebig, Dave Shulman art, Vortex immersion, Gram Parsons' Birthday, Nick Mancini, Mike Garson, Hector Tobar, Attika 7.
Live review: Wadada Leo Smith's "Ten Freedom Summers" at REDCAT, October 28-30, 2011.
L.A. previews October 28-November 3: Wadada Leo Smith, Halloween Holocaust, George Sarah, Yngwie Malmsteen, Volto, Javon Jackson, Black Love, Tim Young, Jeff Gauthier, The Damned, Danzig Legacy, Edwardo, Mastodon, Cavaleras, Chickenfoot.
LA Times feature: Wadada Leo Smith's "Ten Freedom Summers" (2011)
L.A. previews October 21-27: Larry Karush, Mike Keneally, Elliott Caine, Stravinsky piano, Beyond Gesamtkunstwerk, Testament, Judas Priest, Vibrators, Dwight Trible, Keith Jarrett, Sweet, Arsis, CAB, Brad Dutz/Slumgum.
L.A. previews October 14-20: Ralph Carney/Moris Tepper, Kneebody, James Carter, Alex Cline/William Roper, Mojave Trio, Dottie Grossman, Dogs/Gears, Alex Cline/William Roper, Ohm, John Scofield, Opeth, Brian Walsh/Kris Tiner, Maetar.
Live review: Merle Haggard & Kris Kristofferson at the Greek Theater, October 7, 2011.
L.A. previews October 6-13: Merle Haggard/Kris Kristofferson, Gerryck King memorial, Decapitated, Endangered Blood, Liebig trios, Mad Professor/Twilight Circus, Matt Slocum, James Carter.
Live reviews: Precious moments from Angel City Jazz Fest 2011, Sept. 24-Oct. 2.
L.A. previews September 30-October 6: Edmar Castaneda/Nick Mancini, Esperanza Spalding, Angel City Fest outdoor blowout with Rudresh Mahanthappa, Roscoe Mitchell/Alex Cline, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Saviours, Warbringer, Slumgum, Jacob Fred, Sabaton.
L.A. previews September 23-29: Larry Karush, Sonny Rollins, Morbid Angel, Joey DeFrancesco, Burkina Electric, Luckman Jazz Orchestra, John Schneider, Pasqua-Koonse, UFO, Watts Towers Jazz Fest, Todd Sickafoose, Arch Enemy, Saxon, Robert Glasper.
LA Times feature: Charles Owens, 2011.
Bruce Kalberg RIP.
L.A. previews September 16-22: Cattle Decapitation, Phil Ranelin, Josh Nelson, Dwight Trible, Grave, Return to Forever IV, Steve Coleman, Devin Sarno, The Necks.
L.A. previews September 9-15: Miles Evans, Vreid, Greg Burk interviewed, Quarteto Nuevo, Donny McCaslin, Kittie, Brian Blade, Young Artist Competition, The Agonist.
Live review: Panzerballett at the Baked Potato, September 6.
L.A. previews September 2-8: Michael Session, Hawks, Michael Landau, Charlie Haden, Richie Kohan/Jodie Landau, Nektar, Lords of Outland/Charles Sharp, Hank Williams' birthday, Panzerballett, Plotz!, Dresser-Shyu, Doozy.
L.A. previews August 26-September 1: Slake party, Helmet, L.A. Jazz Quartet, I See Hawks in L.A., Ozzy doc, Michael Wolff, Brad Dutz/Slumgum, Charlie Haden's Quartet West.
Jazzish shorts: Records by Leni Stern, Art Pepper, Lee Konitz, Matthew Shipp, Wadada Leo Smith, Sunny Murray, Mike Keneally, Ochion Jewell, David Strother.
L.A. previews August 19-25: Hawks, Cross-Hart, David Binney, Matt Marucci, Crue, Matt Slocum, Elliott Caine, Han-Earl Park, Alan Ferber, A Giraffe, Buena Vista, Eleni Mandell, Ozzy doc, Poncho Sanchez, Andrew Lessman, 00 Soul.
L.A. previews August 12-18: Pete Christlieb, Joe LaBarbera, Thollem McDonas, Empty Cage Quartet, Woodford & Trible, Uriah Heep.
L.A. previews August 5-11: Leni Stern, Ben Wendel-John Escreet, Pask-Peet-Liebig-Cline, Theo Saunders, Cephalic Carnage, KMFDM, Marcia Griffiths, Nick Mancini.
L.A. previews July 29-August 4: Charles Owens, Central Avenue Jazz Fest, Ziggy Marley/Ras Michael, Tom Recchion, Leni Stern, Mark Farner/Dave Mason/Gary Wright/Rick Derringer/Felix Cavaliere.
Live review: Kim Fowley hosts Slumgum; Ted Byrnes & Han-Earl Park; Stinson-Fjellestad-Ma at ResBox, July 21, 2011.
L.A. previews July 22-28: Dahlia/Six Feet, John Beasley, Jimmy Scott, Kenny Burrell, Bombastic Meatbats, Volto, Liturgy, Slake reading, Stanton Moore, Ben Wendel, World Ambient Symphony.
Live review: Bunny Brunel-Allan Holdsworth Extravaganza at the Baked Potato, July 14.
L.A. previews July 15-21: Allan Holdsworth, Phil Ranelin, Ohm, Elliott Caine, Todd Rundgren, Big Youth/Khaira Arby, G.E. Stinson/Kim Fowley, Katisse, Conducting From the Grave, Pineda-Schenck.
L.A. previews July 8-14: John Doe & Jill Sobule, Exene Cervenka/Los Illegals, Armored Saint, Dethklok/Machine Head/Testament, Animals As Leaders/Intronaut, Hawks, Brian Auger, Tinariwen, Raymond/Pineda/Johnson, Heroes of Black Jazz, Allan Holdsworth.
DVD review: Deep Purple, "Phoenix Rising" (Eagle Vision)
L.A. previews July 1-7: Richard Sears, Red Sparowes, Dwight Trible, Will Salmon/Quarteto Nuevo, Otep, Double Naught Spy Car.
Live scene: Vibe Summit XVIII honoring Nick Mancini at the Remo Recreational Music Center, June 28.
Live review: Deep Purple with orchestra at the Greek Theater, June 24.
Live review: Nick Rosen & We Love L.A. at the Blue Whale, June 22.
L.A. previews June 24-30: Deep Purple with orchestra, Children of Bodom, Tim Lefebvre, David Ornette Cherry, SASSAS Blast, Vibe Summit, Kaiborg, Sleep, Satoko Fujii, bass trio, Eric Reed.
L.A. previews June 17-23: Mark Taylor-Jessica Johns, Hiromi, Slake reading, Volto, Josh Nelson, Eyptian religion, Hate Eternal, Nick Rosen-Joey Dosik, $2 Shows chamber moderne, Horace Andy, Eclipse Quartet.
Live review: Black Country Communion at the Grove of Anaheim, June 10.
L.A. previews June 10-16: Charles Owens, Ohmphrey, Black Country Communion, Fear Factory, Harry Partch, Miroslav Tadic, Alain Johannes, Playboy Jazz, Gerald Wilson, Decisive Instant, Possessed, Motley Crue, Dottie, Trible, Crepuscule, Slumgum, Hiromi.
Record review: Ozzy Osbourne, "Blizzard of Ozz" & "Diary of a Madman" remasters (Epic/Legacy, 2011)
L.A. previews June 3-9: John Beasley, Mike Keneally, The Bad Plus, Ranelin plays Dolphy, Larry Karush, Kaoru/Dutz, Quarteto Nuevo, Didier Petit, Aura Noir, Orange Goblin, Dia de los Muertos, Elliott Sharp, Kristian Hoffman.
Live review: Michael Formanek Quartet at the Blue Whale, June 1.
L.A. previews May 27-June 2: L.A. Jazz Collective Fest, Dwight Trible, Fuasi, Cosmosquad, Poncho Sanchez, I See Hawks in L.A., Sister Nancy, Elliott Caine, Svara, Michael Formanek, Richard Cheese, Cinderella, The Bad Plus.
Record review: Kraig Grady, "Our Rainy Season" / "Nuilagi" (Either/OAR)
L.A. previews May 20-26: Rammstein, Jon Mayer, Nick Mancini, Richard Sears, Luckman Clifford Brown Tribute, Terry Bozzio, Mecolodiacs, Colin Vallon, Destruction, Larry Nash, Steve Lugerner, Eric Gales, Nicholas Payton, LAJC Fest.
Live review: Ankla, Dia de los Muertos, Soulbleed at the Whisky, May 17.
Live review: ROVA Saxophone Quartet at the Blue Whale, May 14.
L.A. previews May 13-19: Shweta Jhaveri, Stanley Clarke, ROVA Saxophone Quartet, Tin Hat, Billy Childs, Belphegor streaming, Daniel Rosenboom, Kneebody, Ankla/Dia de los Muertos, Chord Four.
Jazz shorts: Adam Rudolph, Danny Frankel, Ambrose Akinmusire, Roberta Piket, Matthew Shipp, Stuart Dempster, Endangered Blood, Polarity Taskmasters, Harris Eisenstadt, Daniel Rosenboom, Richard Sears, Slumgum.
L.A. previews May 6-12: Black Label Society, Roy Hargrove, "Inquisitive Musicians," Virgil Donati, Pasqua-Oles-Erskine, CalArts percussion, Gutbucket, Symphony X, Loudness, Slumgum, Stanley Clarke.
Live review: Michael White Quintet, Missincinnati at Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, May 1.
Live review: Patrick Campbell-Lyons at Stories, April 29.
L.A. previews April 29-May 5: Patrick Campbell-Lyons, King Devil Hill, Gregg Bendian, Dave Binney, Billy Higgins Tribute, Michael White, Sid Griffin, Daniel Rosenboom, Michael Dessen.
L.A. previews April 22-28: Otmaro Ruiz, Jazz Crossings, Miles Evans, Soundshoppe, Amon Amarth, Boorbaar/Vinny Golia/Daniel Corral/Jodie Landau, Nick Mancini, Gregg Bendian, Cavalera Conspiracy.
Record review: Graveyard, "Hisingen Blues" (Nuclear Blast)
L.A. previews April 15-21: Proverb Trio, Michael Wolff-Mark Isham, Elliott Caine, Rod & Stevie, Cage, Resbox w/ Angelica Sanchez & Alex Cline.
LA Times op-ed: Catholics make nice to Jews.
L.A. previews April 8-14: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Rachelle Ferrell, Richard Sears, Slake event, Joseph Hammer/Judicanti Responsura/Kraig Grady comps, EAR Unit, Elliott Caine, QOTSA, Brad Mehldau, Matt Mayhall.
L.A. previews April 1-7: Dwight Trible, Metal flix, My Ruin, Bill Frisell, Anthony Wilson, Elliott Caine, Marty Nation benefit, Sid Griffin, Bonnie Barnett, Helmet/Kylesa, Junko Onishi, Kenny Burrell, Patrick Campbell-Lyons, Rachelle Ferrell.
Record review: Whitesnake, "Forevermore" (Frontiers/EMI)
L.A. previews March 25-31: Onibaba, Nick Mancini, Terry Bozzio, Neil Strauss, Black Spring, Christian McBride, Leni Stern, Jim Hall, Sylvia Juncosa, Patrick Campbell-Lyons, "Akhnaten," Bombastic Meatbats, Rotting Christ/Melechesh, Wahid, Metal Film Fest.
L.A. previews March 18-24: Slake reading, Pharoah Sanders, Quarteto Nuevo, Volto, Charlie Hunter, Motoko Honda, Mancini-Ruiz, SASSAS eleganza, Onibaba, Ohm, Burns-Piper-Anderson, Terry Bozzio, Christian McBride.
L.A. previews March 11-17: Motorhead, Scale the Summit, Simon Stokes/Blood on the Saddle, Luckman does Dex, Anthony Wilson, Zoroaster/Danava, ResBox.
L.A. previews March 4-10: Murder Construct, Vinny Golia, Mike Watt, Corea & Burton, Open Gate, Organic Orchestra, Tom McNalley, Gerald Wilson, John Hollenbeck, Slakey Gras, Belphegor, Kataklysm, Khaira Arby, Nick Rosen, George Sarah, Doozy.
L.A. previews February 25-March 3: Phil Ranelin, Joey DeFrancesco, Slake at Skylight, Wadada Leo Smith, David Ornette Cherry, Watson-Grubbs, Jazz & the Orchestra, Phast & Don, Metta Quintet, Brad Dutz, Gerald Clayton, Industrial Jazz Group.
L.A. previews February 25-March 3: Phil Ranelin, Joey DeFrancesco, Metta Quintet, Slake at Skylight, Wadada Leo Smith, David Ornette Cherry, Watson-Grubbs, Jazz & the Orchestra, Phast & Don, Brad Dutz, Gerald Clayton, Industrial Jazz Group.
Scene: Slake reading at Stories Bookstore, February 19.
L.A. previews February 18-24: Maetar, Red Quartet/Borodin Quartet, Slake reading with Greg Burk, Jazz and the Orchestra, Fifi Larue, Pan Afrikan Arkestra, Fred Katz, Rick, Elliott Caine, Ben Wendel, Death Angel, Meditations, Keiko Matsui.
Live review: Larry Karush solo & quartet at the Blue Whale, February 11 & 12.
L.A. previews February 11-17: Larry Karush, Volto, Miss Pamela, Susan James, Pablo Motta, Al Di Meola.
L.A. previews February 4-10: Ethnic Heritage, Miguel Atwood, George Sarah, Kristian Hoffman, George Herms, Kenny Garrett, Randy Weston, Nels Cline, Wino, Phillip Greenlief, Mark Dresser, Cradle of Filth, Ensiferum, Mancini-Ruiz, Plotz!, Daniel Rosenboom.
Live review: Iannis Xenakis: Now and Tomorrow at REDCAT, January 29.
Live review: Daniel Rosenboom Septet at the Blue Whale, January 27.
L.A. previews January 28-February 3: Don Preston, Iannis Xenakis, Social Distortion, Daniel Rosenboom, Elliott Caine, Anna Homler, Ozzy Osbourne, jazz in schools, Vinny Golia, George Herms, Kenny Garrett.
L.A. previews January 21-27: Moris Tepper, Lynch Mob, Kenny Burrell, Brad Mehldau, Slake party, Daniel Rosenboom, Social Distortion.
Live review: Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra at LACMA, January 17.
L.A. previews January 14-20: Sepultura, Michael Landau, Wino, Tigran Hamasyan, Patrick Cornelius, Elliott Caine, Pan Afrikan Arkestra, Zion Train, Polarity Taskmasters, Rudder, Reptet, Don Preston, Kenny Burrell.
L.A. previews January 7-13: Max Zooi, Cosmosquad, Volto, Stanley Clarke, John Beasley, Dwight Trible, Bombastic Meatbats, Ohm, Daniel Rosenboom, Harnell-Koonse, Eclipse Quartet, Beefheart symposium.
Dogphotoman: A music story
L.A. previews December 31-January 6: Gene Taylor, Cosmologic/McAuley, Slumgum/Moyindau, Paul DiAnno.
Favorite records of 2010.
Review: Patrick Campbell-Lyons, "The 13 Dalis" (GRA)
L.A. previews December 17-23: Halford, Spy Car/Mecolodiacs/Backbiter, Rosie Flores.
Metal shorts roundup: Halford, Iron Maiden, Heaven & Hell, King's X, Yngwie Malmsteen, The Crinn, Kylesa, Melechesh.
L.A. previews December 10-16: Phil Ranelin, Allison Miller, The Bad Plus, Onserud-Siwula, Mike Stern, Blue Whale fest, McGarry-Ganz, Arsis, Mondo Generator/Angus Khan, Quartetto Fantastico, Nick Rosen.
Jazz/instrumental shorts roundup: Marc Ribot, Henry Threadgill, Wadada & Blackwell, Ches Smith, Headless Household, Keneally & Minnemann, Trio of Oz, Miles Davis.
L.A. previews December 3-9: Charlie Hunter, Volto, Rich Halley-Bobby Bradford, Alice Coltrane tribute, Marco Benevento, jazz documentary, Epica/The Agonist, Jeff Gauthier, The Bad Plus, Mike Stern.
L.A. metal reviews: Intronaut, Exhausted Prayer.
L.A. previews November 26-December 2: Soulfly, Dimmu Borgir/Enslaved, John McLaughlin & the 4th Dimension, Raga Bop Trio, The Abyssinians.
Review: Randy Weston autobiography and record (2010).
L.A. previews November 19-25: Black Label Society/Children of Bodom, Watain/Goatwhore, Michael White, Larry Karush, Danzig/Marduk, Joel Forrester & Phillip Johnston.
Live review: Procol Harum at the Orpheum Theater, November 14.
L.A. previews November 12-18: Masters of Reality, Brian Blade, Larry Karush, Quarteto Nuevo, Ann Summa's punk pix, Procol Harum, Steve Lockwood, Nile, Dia de los Muertos.
Record review: Scanner with the Post Modern Jazz Quartet, "Blink of an Eye" (Thirsty Ear)
L.A. previews November 5-11: Helmet/Intronaut, Gov't Mule, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Wendy Dio animal benefit, Dwight Trible, Ross Hammond/Steuart Liebig, Iannis Xenakis, Massive Attack/Thievery Corp., Thelonious Dub's "Dark Side of the Moon."
Live review: Ornette Coleman at Royce Hall, November 3, 2010.
Live review: Kristian Hoffman, Timur Bekbosunov at M Bar, November 2.
L.A. previews October 29-November 4: Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Elliott Caine, Dottie & Michael, Suffocation, Cattle Decapitation, Kristian Hoffman, Empty Cage Quartet, Wayne Horvitz, Ornette Coleman, Halfmonk, Doozy.
Nik Bärtsch's Ronin, "Llyria" (ECM)
L.A. previews October 22-28: Avishai Cohen, Denley & Myrh, Sothis, Billy Cobham, Metropol All-Stars, Scott Amendola, Miles Evans, Triptykon, Larry Goldings.
Heavy record reviews: Black Country Communion, Dimmu Borgir.
L.A. previews October 15-21: Stanley Clarke, Peter Erskine, DHC, Asian Fest, Roberta Piket, Chucho Valdes, Billy Higgins Bday, Dubquake, Onibaba, Slumgum, Accept, Hugh Cornwell, Ravi Shankar, Billy Cobham, ResBox, Nick Mancini, Slayer/Megadeth.
DVD review: "Ladies & Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones" (Eagle Vision, 2010)
West Coast jazz shorts: Motoko Honda, Leni Stern, Rich Halley, Beth Schenck.
LA Times live review: Esperanza Spalding at Broad Stage, October 7.
L.A. previews October 8-14: Classical India Fest, Motoko Honda, John Abercrombie, Leni Stern, Beefheart flix, Jimmy Scott, Poncho Sanchez, Alice in Chains/Mastodon, Anthony Wilson, Vader/Immolation, Devin Townsend, Missincinnati, Stanley Clarke.
Review: Angel City Jazz Festival, October 2-4.
L.A. previews October 1-7: Angel City Jazz Fest with Henry Grimes, Ravi Coltrane, Myra Melford, Nels Cline; other picks for McCoy Tyner, Joeless Shoe, Missincinnati, Alan Pasqua, soundShoppe, Jon Landau, Kim Richmond, Josh Nelson, Esperanza Spalding.
Pop record review: Kristian Hoffman, "Fop" (Kayo Stereophonic)
LA Times live review: Charles Lloyd Quartet at Nate Holden Performing Arts Center, September 25.
L.A. previews September 24-30: Willie Nelson, Phil Ranelin, Babatunde Lea, Dave Liebman, Charles Lloyd, X Japan, Lynch Mob, Watts Drum & Jazz Fests (with Randy Weston), Nevermore, McCoy Tyner, Alice Cooper/Rob Zombie, Alfredo Rodriguez, Angel City Fest.
Buddy Collette, 1921-2010.
Axis Trio, "Anthem" (Accretions)
L.A. previews September 17-23: Hendrix bio reading, Fireball Ministry, Vince Guaraldi documentary, Dwight Trible, AND plan ahead for Angel City Jazz Fest Oct. 2-9.
Charles Lloyd Quartet, "Mirror" (ECM)
L.A. previews September 10-16: Les McCann, Don Preston tribute, Missincinnati, Ann Summa punk photo book, Listen Hear/Emily Hay, Fully Fullwood, Mike Keneally, The Melvins, DevilDriver/Kataklysm/Kittie, Plotz!
Spacious reviews: Nils Petter Molvaer, Mercury Falls.
L.A. previews September 3-9: Kamasi Washington, Mau-Maus, Detroit Jazz Fest on the Web, DHC, Jesse Gilbert-Motoko Honda, James Ellroy, Julie Christensen.
Interview: Chis Holmes, former guitarist of W.A.S.P., currently of W.A.S. and Ghettoblaster (2010).
Live review: SASSAS presents Stuart Fox and the Vinny Golia Sax Quartet playing the music of Wadada Leo Smith at Kings Road Park Pavilion, August 28.
L.A. previews August 27-September 2: Volto, Boris/Red Sparowes, Wadada Leo Smith, Dottie/Homler, Slayer/Megadeth/Testament, Thelonious Dub, "Bitches Brew" panel.
Record reviews: Burning Spear, 10 Ft. Ganja Plant, Thelonious Dub.
L.A. previews August 20-26: Bobby Bradford, Lenny White, John Heard, Al Green, OHM, DHC, Scratch Perry, Phil Ranelin, Otmaro Ruiz, UXA, Vibration Institute, Nicole Mitchell.
Review and addenda: Ozzfest 2010 at San Manuel Amphitheater, August 14.
Review: Leni Stern, "Sa Belle Belle Ba" (LSR)
L.A. previews August 13-19: Nick Mancini, Bassekou Kouyate, Arohi Ensemble, DHC, Bennie Maupin, Ozzfest, Garage a Trois, Charles Owens, Elliott Caine, Vijay Iyer, Levon Helm, Otep, Larry Nash, Neville Bros., ResBox, Industrial Jazz, Michael Schenker.
Record reviews: Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society.
L.A. previews August 6-12: Dwight Trible/Indus Valley Civilization, Henry Franklin, Darek Oles, Hawks, Kenny Burrell, "The Passion of Joan of Arc," Corrosion of Conformity/Goatsnake, Sarno-Bruno, Black Label Society, Bennie Maupin, QOTSA, Maetar.
Live reviews NYC & L.A.: Marcus Roberts, Tony Harnell, Scorpions/Cinderella.
Extreme reviews, Italy and Brazil: Outopsya, Éder Bergozza-Marcos De Ros.
L.A. previews July 30-August 5: Scorpions, The Acacia Strain, Virgil Donati, Liebig-Clucas-Cook, Vince Guaraldi film, Kenny Burrell, Bill Cunliffe.
History: The full story of Henry Grimes' return, by Steven Isoardi.
L.A. previews July 23-29: Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Rich West, Dwight Trible, Mercury Falls, KWP Trio, Central Avenue Fest, Jimmy Cliff, Thelonious Dub, Alex Cline, Kittie, Count Basie Orchestra, Dub Club 10th, Aerosmith.
L.A. record reviews: Brian Walsh, Nick Rosen.
L.A. previews July 16-22: Etran Finatawa, Bonnie Barnett Group, Nick Mancini-Celia Chavez, Decapitated/Red Chord/Cephalic Carnage, Trio Non Grata, McPullish, Cynic/Intronaut, Slake mag launch party.
Reviews: Jason Moran, Aruan Ortiz.
L.A. previews July 9-15: Bombastic Cosmobats, The Wailers, Korn/Rob Zombie/Lamb of God, Steve Wilson, Smegma Fest, Miles Evans, Missincinnati,.
DVD reviews: Rolling Stones, Doors, Black Sabbath.
L.A. previews July 2-8: Michael White, Alan Pasqua, Nick Mancini, Dottie Grossman, Brigadier Jerry, Fear Factory.
Review: Danzig, All Shall Perish at Club Nokia, June 26.
Bible quotation of the month: fire, sea and blood.
L.A. previews June 25-July 1: Dreams of Damnation, Dean Chamberlain, Danzig, Byrnes-DeSano, Andy Milne & Dapp Theory, Dottie/Hay, St. Vitus.
Record reviews: Danzig, Lamb of God.
Review: FPR Trio, Anna Homler Quartet at ResBox, June 17.
L.A. previews June 18-24: Otmaro Ruiz, Cosmosquad, Scale the Summit, Elliott Caine, Ernie Watts, Cassandra Wilson, Metallica/Slayer/Megadeth live cinema broadcast, Zoroaster.
Record reviews: Azar Lawrence, Art Pepper, Jason Ajemian.
L.A. previews June 11-17: L.A. Jazz Quartet, Exodus, Playboy Jazz Fest, Dub Club, FPR Trio/Anna Homler.
Record reviews: Geri Allen, Steve Coleman.
Review: Feedback Wave Riders at Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, June 6.
L.A. previews June 4-10: Hawks, Glenn Danzig, Exhausted Prayer, Feedback Wave Riders, Leszek Mozdzer, Pestilence, go out and vote, Billy Childs.
Scene: Death-Metal Afternoon at the Saban Theater, May 22.
Review: Eclipse Quartet at Royal-T, May 20.
L.A. previews May 28-June 3: Armored Saint, Don Waller & hep DJs, Regina Carter, Dio memorial, Dark Tranquillity, Junior Cat, Partch, Abigail Williams/Lightning Swords of Death, NoMag photos.
Interview: Ronnie James Dio, 1996.
L.A. previews May 21-27: Aaron Parks, Baked Potato Fest, Death Metal Afternoon, I See Hawks in L.A., SASSAS Blast, Goatwhore, BlastPhemy, Randy Ingram, Nick Mancini.
Ronnie James Dio, 1942-2010: A Fan Remembers, by Dave VH.
Review: Akira Rabelais, "Caduceus" (Samadhisound)
Trio Non Grata at Universal Bar & Grill, May 12.
L.A. previews May 14-20: Crowing Hens, Trible-Beasley, Elliott Caine, Kingsizemaybe, California Metalfest, Sonny Rollins, Eclipse Quartet, ResBox, Nick Mancini, Nashville Pussy.
DVD review: Chickenfoot, "Get Your Buzz On: Live!" (DC3)
L.A. previews May 7-13: I See Hawks in L.A., CalArts world percussion, Evil Dead, Red Sparowes, Vijay Iyer, Julie Christensen, Johnny Osbourne, Trio Non Grata, Carl Stone, Hypocrisy, Nick Mancini, David Fiuczynski.
Reviews: Mike Reed, Steve Colson, John Tchicai.
L.A. previews April 30-May 6: Nick Mancini, Michael Landau, Gérard Grisey tribute, Los Angeles Piano Unit, South Pasadena Eclectic Music Fest, Charles Sharp, Philm, Cannibal Corpse, Stanton Moore.
High on Fire, Priestess, Black Cobra, Bison BC at El Rey, April 23.
L.A. previews April 23-29: High on Fire/Priestess, Alan Pasqua, CAB, Benny Golson, George Sarah, Sonata Arctica, Finntroll/Swallow the Sun, Jennifer Reeves-Skúli Sverrisson, Thelonious Dub.
Reviews: Adam Rudolph with Yusef Lateef and Ralph Jones; Amir ElSaffar & Hafez Modirzadeh.
L.A. previews April 16-22: Red Holloway, Jason Goldman, Cosmosquad, Music of Cannonball and Nate Adderley, Afro-Peruvian Sextet, Vader, Metal Machine Music, Michael Rose, William Roper, CAB.
Reviews: Nels Cline, Empty Cage Quartet.
L.A. previews April 9-15: Lian/Chirgilchin, Terry Reid, Moris Tepper, Trio Non Grata, Save the Hollywood Sign, Maetar, shape-singing, Dottie & Michael, Light This City, Babylon lectures, Bill Frisell, Mad Professor, Death Angel/Arsis, Blast Phemy, ResBox.
Metal review: Immortal at Avalon, April 2.
Jazz DVD reviews: John Coltrane, Andrew Hill, Gonzalo Rubalcaba et al.
Review: Antonio Sanchez Quartet at Musicians Institute, March 27.
L.A. previews April 2-8: Immortal, Michiko Hirayama, I See Hawks in L.A., Kenny Werner, Walter Smith III, Wadada Leo Smith, Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, Wayne Horvitz, Exhausted Prayer, Tomasz Stanko, Mancini-Ruiz, Jen Shyu, Amon Amarth, Golden Gods Awards.
Interview: Wadada Leo Smith (2010).
L.A. previews March 26-April 1: Gibson-Beauchamp-Honda, Cattle Decapitation, Hammerfall, Antonio Sanchez, Evangelista, Tom McNalley, Megadeth/Testament, John 5, Thelonious Dub, Patrick Campbell-Lyons.
Review: Scorpions, "Sting in the Tail" (Universal)
L.A. previews March 19-25: Suidakra, Rachelle Ferrell, Stinson & Sarno, SASSAS "Sound," Mike Watt, Elliott Caine, Kreator, Trio Non Grata.
RIP: Alex Chilton, 1950-2010.
Interview: Fifi Larue, The Gothic Killer Clown of Rock & Roll, by Jason Houston.
L.A. previews March 12-18: Jucifer, Michael Monroe, Mike Keneally, Matt Slocum, George Sarah, Philm, The Possessed, Larry Coryell, Mark Isham, Reptet, Don Preston, Torsten Müller, Julie Christensen, Rachelle Ferrell.
Heavy reviews: Immolation, Priestess.
L.A. previews March 5-11: CEAIT Fest, Honda-Berardi-Liebig, Ohm, Satriani, Dahlia, Roy Z, Missincinnati, Michael Vlatkovich, Dave Lombardo, Earthworm Ensemble, Elliott Caine, Ras Michael, Josh Nelson, Lee Ranaldo, Bombastic Meatbats, Hiromi, Matt Slocum.
Live review: WASP, Scarred, Prowler, PsychicMafia at Galaxy Theater.
Review: Cindy Blackman, "Another Lifetime" (4Q)
L.A. previews February 26-28: WASP, Cosmosquad, Al DiMeola, Johnny Cash's birthday, Spot, Vinny Golia, Volto, Punk Rock BBQ, Mark Isham, CEAIT Fest/Carla Bozulich.
Book review: "I Am Ozzy" (Grand Central)
Review: Johnny Cash, "American VI: Ain't No Grave" (American)
L.A. previews February 19-25: Intronaut/Ancestors, CAB, Don Preston-Andrea Centazzo, The Gathering, Egypt lecture, Bombastic Meatbats, Andy Milne & Benoît Delbecq, Cheap Trick.
Live review: Go: Organic Orchestra at the Electric Lodge, February 13.
Scene: Charles Lloyd films at the Pan African Film Festival, February 14 & 15.
L.A. previews February 12-18: Go: Organic Orchestra, Chicago Underground Duo, DevilDriver/Suffocation, I See Hawks in L.A., Alice in Chains, Mau Maus, Charles Lloyd films, Rickie Lee Jones, Thollem McDonas, Epica.
Gnarl-metal reviews: Meshuggah, Arsis.
L.A. previews February 5-13: Modern piano, Anvil, Richard Bruland, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Dave Lombardo & Philm, Crepuscule Trio, Motoko Honda/Ken Rosser, Karnak lecture, Arch Enemy/Exodus/Arsis, Doomriders/Skeletonwitch, Go:Organic Orchestra.
Piano improv reviews: Matthew Shipp, the other Greg Burk, Jon Rappoport.
L.A. previews January 29-February 4: I See Hawks in L.A., Michael Landau, Luckman does Monk, Nile/Immolation/Krisiun, Kneebody.
Dronewave reviews: Nels Cline + G.E. Stinson, Dempster-Heasley-Rieman.
Briefly: Charles Lloyd ailing after gig at Robert Berman Gallery, January 19.
L.A. previews January 22-28: Kenny Burrell, I See Hawks in L.A., Ted Nugent, Thelonious Dub, Korpiklaani/White Wizzard, St. Vitus/Saviours.
Olde-garde avant reviews: Wadada Leo Smith, Bradford-Heasley-Rosser.
Israel at Yuletide: Four musical miniatures.
L.A. previews January 15-21: NAMM Afterhours, Steve Morse, Behemoth, Cynic, Cosmologic, DHC, Charles Lloyd/John Colao, Simplexity/Myriapod, Spy Car, Kenny Burrell.
L.A. previews January 8-14: Hawks, Exodus doc, Robben Ford-Michael Landau, Mike Keneally, artist Richard Bruland, Marcus Shelby, Ohm, Bombastic Meatbats, Volto, Willi Williams.
L.A. proto-punk: Imperial Dogs and Motels, 1974 and 1976.
L.A. preview January 3: Cosmologic/McAuley-Pask.
Guitar shorts: Leni Stern, Mike Keneally, The Inbetweens.
L.A. previews December 18-24: Mike Stern, Danzig, Nick Mancini, Brotulid, Bombastic Meatbats.
Metal shorts: WASP, Children of Bodom, Warmen.
L.A. previews December 11-17: CAB, Nick Mancini, Eyehategod, Mike Watt, Evangelista, I See Hawks in L.A., Bombastic Meatbats, Cattle Decapitation, SASSAS benefit, Mike Stern.
Live review: Spot at Liquid Kitty, December 6.
Live review: “A Night of the Beats” featuring Charles Lloyd, Michael McClure, Christian McBride et al. at Disney Hall, December 8.
L.A. previews December 4-10: Spot, Weba Garretson, I See Hawks in L.A., Missincinatti, Crepuscule Trio, Marduk, Fireball Ministry, Volto, Lisa Mezzacappa, Charles Lloyd, Villa Aurora benefit, Johnny Clarke, Redline Park artists.
Live review: Piano Spheres, “California Keyboard” program at Disney Hall, November 29.
DVD review: “Masters of American Music” jazz series (Medici Arts)
L.A. previews November 27-December 3: Trivium/Cannibal Corpse, Vader/Augury, Dokken/Lynch Mob, Piano Spheres, Thelonious Dub, Spot, Nick Mancini, Baroness, Black Dahlia Murder.
Interview: Patrick Loisel of Augury.
Book review: “Show Biz From the Back Row: Playing With the Stars,” by Bill Peterson (Xlibris)
L.A. previews November 20-26: Mastodon/Dethklok/Converge/High on Fire, Dir En Grey, Quarteto Nuevo, Mike Watt, Eluveitie/Belphegor, ACME Gallery reception, Kiss, Project Cloverleaf.
Remembrance by Kerry Colonna: Brendan Mullen's Occult Influences.
Metal reviews: Belphegor, Nile.
L.A. previews November 13-19: Don Preston, Brendan Mullen memorial, Seconda Prattica, Brian Walsh/Tracy Caldwell, GWAR/Job for a Cowboy/The Red Chord, Charlie Haden, Helen Money, Ensiferum/Hypocrisy, Mastodon/Dethklok, Municipal Waste, Steve Roden.
Metallic reviews: Dethklok, The Gates of Slumber, Ancestors.
L.A. previews November 6-12: Onibaba, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Arthur Jarvinen, Reptet, Warrior, In This Moment, Ralph Alessi, Dead Meadow/Imaad Wasif.
Instro shorts: Henry Threadgill, Joe Martin, Eyal Maoz.
L.A. previews October 30-November 5: Asian American Jazz Fest, Eldar, Silverlake Conservatory Halloweenabaloo, Rob Zombie, Ross Hammond, Moonspell, Exhausted Prayer, Steve Lehman.
Record review: Slayer, “World Painted Blood” (Columbia)
Live review: UFO, Frontrunner, Scarred at the Key Club, October 27.
L.A. previews October 23-29: Phil Ranelin, Larry Karush, Thelonious Dub, L.A. Guns, Lian/Tuvans, Michael Vlatkovich, UFO, Alice Cooper, Claudia Quintet, William Galison, Eldar, Slipknot.
Live review: Charles Sharp Quartet at Cycleway Coffee, Oct. 14.
Record review: Thelonious Dub.
Brendan Mullen, 1949-2009.
L.A. previews October 16-22: KMFDM, Mike Watt, Lacuna Coil, Matt Slocum, Vinny Golia, Dottie Grossman, Scott Yanow, Deicide, Kiss Expo, Charles Sharp.
Viral record review: DJ Spooky, “The Secret Song” (Thirsty Ear)
L.A. previews October 9-15: Motorhead/Nashville Pussy, KPFK benefit, Frank Gambale, Allan Holdsworth, punk readings, Joey Sellers, Bob Dylan, Charles Sharp, Bonnie Barnett/Dottie Grossman.
Heavy record review: Alice in Chains, “Black Gives Way to Blue” (Virgin)
L.A. previews October 2-8: Brad Dutz, Daniel Rosenboom, Plotz!, Marianne Faithfull, Mentones, Stratovarius, Stanley Clarke, Frank Gambale, Satyricon.
L.A. extremist record reviews: Vinny Golia, The Mentones.
L.A. previews September 25-October 1: Quarteto Nuevo, Fumosonic, Elliott Caine, Larry Karush, Garth Powell/Bonnie Barnett/Richard Wood, Edguy, Soulfly/Prong/Cattle Decapitation, Kylesa/Saviours, Alice in Chains, Nick Mancini, "Trilogy," Imperial Dogs DVD.
Abstractionist record reviews: James Carney, Ben Neill.
L.A. previews September 18-24: Tom Recchion, Nick Mancini, “Partikel” series, Doro, Dean Chamberlain, Richie Hass benefit, Living Colour.
Live review: Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Eartha Austria Trio at Catalina’s, September 9.
L.A. previews September 11-17: Chuck Manning, SASSAS fest, Ozzy Osbourne, Nels & G.E., Jim McAuley.
Postview: Angel City Jazz Festival at John Anson Ford Theater, September 6-7.
L.A. previews September 4-10: Michael Session, Dottie & Michael, Angel City Jazz Festival, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Twilight Circus Dub Sound System, Krisiun, Saviours, Ohm.
Record review: Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, “One Day in Brooklyn” (Kinnara)
L.A. previews August 28-September 3: Pharoah Sanders, Nick Mancini, Virgil Donati, Mike Keneally, Chuck Dukowski, George Lynch, The Mars Volta, Corea-Clarke-White, Divine Heresy.
L.A. previews August 21-127: Jeff Kollman Band, Centazzo/Hay-Honda, Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, Pharoah Sanders, Maetar, Terence Blanchard.
Catherine Burk family history
The Small Book of Red Earth
L.A. previews August 14-20: Buster Williams-Patrice Rushen-Cindy Blackman-Bennie Maupin, ResBox.
L.A. previews July 24-30: The Bad Plus, Central Avenue Jazz Fest, Angus Khan, The Agonist, DHC, Carole Kim.
L.A. previews August 7-13: Honda-Liebig-Berardi, World Stage Jazz Fest, Plotz!, Heaven & Hell, Phast Phreddie/Don Waller, Buddy Guy/Dr. John/James Cotton.
L.A. preview August 2: Crepuscule Trio/Jason Robinson.
Rock reviews: Suffocation, Angus Khan.
Kosmopolitan Kronikle: visit to Territory BBQ & Vinyl, plus “Return of the Rub-a-Dub Style” documentary screening.
L.A. previews July 17-23: Justo Almario, Gram Parsons book reading, Thelonious Dub, Kenny Burrell Jazz Bakery benefit, live music to silent film, Angus Khan, Lacuna Coil.
Record reviews: UFO, The Project Pale.
L.A. previews July 10-16: Phil Ranelin, Marl Young memorial, Motoko Honda, Manson-Slayer, Intronaut, Pro-Pain, Goatwhore, dub film, Not in the House, Skeletonwitch.
Spacy record reviews: Ioannis Anastassakis, Astra.
Link: The Kalberg-Haskell disaster.
L.A. previews July 3-9: Pentagram-Nachtmystium-Intronaut, Larry Nash, Steve Smith, Grossman/Vlatkovich, Ancestors-Radio Moscow, Bonnie Barnett, Voco, Thelonious Dub, Volto.
Record reviews: Stratovarius, Circle.
Commentary: Manny Ramirez.
L.A. previews June 26-July 2: L.A. Jazz Collective, music machines, Aretha, Kenny Burrell, Elliott Caine, Emily Hay, Statius, Etta James, Thelonious Dub, DHC, Tim Garland, Necrophagist-Suffocation, Steve Smith, Sky Saxon.
Jazz record reviews: Joe Lovano, E.J. Strickland.
DVD review: “Procol Harum in Concert with the Danish National Concert Orchestra and Choir” (Eagle Rock)
L.A. previews June 19-25: Christian McBride, Emily Hay, Larry Karush, PJ Harvey, Wanda Coleman-Cynthia Kraman, The Sixth Chamber, Mundell Lowe, Isis, The Heptones, Vinny Golia, Jen Shyu, Kenny Burrell.
Record review and feature/interview: Isis (2009).
Record review: Marilyn Manson, “The High End of Low” (Interscope)
L.A. previews June 12-18: James Newton, LBB, Matt Otto, Elliott Caine, Bonnie Barnett hum, George Lynch, Christian McBride, Homler/Hay.
West Coast artiste record reviews: Tea, Unknown Instructors, Acoustic Guitar Trio, Henry Kaiser, Upsilon Acrux.
L.A. previews June 5-11: King’s X, Nick Mancini, Don Preston, Drake/Catron, Sothis, Michael Schenker, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Testament-Unearth.
Live review: Partch at REDCAT, May 29.
Interview: Alex Skolnick of Testament (2009).
L.A. previews May 29-June 4: Cosmosquad, Harry Partch, Scott Colley, Freddie Hubbard tribute, Ben Wendel, Elliott Caine, Michael Landau, Jazz Bakery’s last night, Mayhem/Marduk/Cephalic/Decap, Upsilon Acrux.
Beastly reviews: Prong, Ministry, Children, Zoroaster.
L.A. previews May 22-28: Spy Car, Billy Childs, I See Hawks, Gojira, Empty Cage, Charnett Moffett, Morbid Angel, Michelle Meldrum benefit, Judicanti Responsura, Thelonious Dub, Scott Colley, Robin Trower.
Jazz reviews: Charles Mingus, Charles Tolliver, Charnett Moffett.
L.A. previews May 15-21: Volto, “Kind of Blue” tribute, Opeth-Enslaved, Scarnella, Paganfest, Thelonious Dub, Nick Mancini, Kim Fowley, Julie Christensen, Phil Ranelin, Santiago Latorre/ResBox, Billy Childs.
Record reviews: Return to Forever, John McLaughlin-Chick Corea Five Peace Band, Miles Okazaki, Jeff Albert.
Bible quotation of the week: medicine for the bad seed.
L.A. previews May 8-14: Rachelle Ferrell, Larry Karush, Hawks/Spy Car/Don Preston, Craft Beer Fest, Murderfest, Richard Meltzer, The Meditations, Otmaro Ruiz, OhmPhrey.
Live review: Black Label Society at the Wiltern, May 2.
Live review: Oakwood Jazz Program recital at Oakwood Middle & High School, April 29.
L.A. previews May 1-7: Mingus Tribute, Joe Baiza, Ryan McGillicuddy, Black Label Society, Exodus/Kreator/Belphegor, Golden Gods, Don Preston, I See Hawks in L.A., Small Drone, Roberto Miranda, Dot Org, Napalm Death, Amir El’Saffar, Rachelle Ferrell.
Modderin improv reviews: Rudder, Sex Mob.
Metal reviews: Heaven & Hell, Black Label Society.
L.A. previews April 24-30: Eric Alexander, Greg Ginn, Hans Fjellestad film, Grande-Mothers, Double Naught Spy Car, Horace Tapscott Tribute, New Music Monday, Exhausted Prayer, Bombastic Meatbats, Nick Mancini.
Scene: Nate Morgan Benefit at Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill, April 19.
Music film review: “Iron Maiden: Flight 666”
Record review: Ian Gillan, “One Eye to Morocco” (Eagle)
L.A. previews April 17-23: Kylesa/Intronaut, Alphonse Mouzon, Maetar, Mastodon, Nate Morgan benefit, “Metropolis,” Onibaba, Kenny Edwards/Julie Christensen, Iron Maiden film, Brigadier Jerry-Scientist, Eric Alexander.
Record reviews: Mastodon, Kylesa, Hammerfall.
L.A. previews April 10-16: Steve Coleman, Leonard Cohen, Cosmosquad, Dwight Trible, Chris Potter, Steel Panther, Nick Mancini, Vinny Golia, ResBox, Volto.
Record reviews: KMFDM, Skold vs. KMFDM.
Live review: Glenn Hughes, Faded Spades at the Whisky, April 4.
L.A. previews April 3-9: Lamb of God, The Haunted, Omar Sosa, Glenn Hughes, Industrial Jazz Group, Don Preston, Free Moral Agents, Matt Otto, Nathan Hubbard, Hawks, Golden Gods, Goatwhore, Steve Coleman, RIP Reg Isidore.
Record reviews: The Agonist, Ysanne Spevack/Philip Clemo.
Live review: Myra Melford’s Be Bread, Alex Cline’s Continuation Quintet at REDCAT, March 27.
L.A. previews March 27-April 2: Cryptonights w/Nels/Alex/Jeff/Myra, Ron Carter, National Sunday Law, California Metalfest, Acacia Strain, Motoko Honda, Onibaba, Ben Wendel, Clive Chin, Bill Frisell, Maetar, Omar Sosa, Divine Heresy.
Heavy instro reviews: Derek Sherinian, Aphelion, Zombi, National Sunday Law.
Live non-review: Syd Straw, The Honorable DHC, Cydney Robinson at Cinema Bar, March 22.
L.A. previews March 20-26: Luckman Coltrane Tribute, Will Bernard-Bill Medeski, Mike Keneally, Syd Straw/Dean Chamberlain, Destruction/Krisiun, Nick Mancini.
Record reviews: Rhino, Vanilla Fudge.
Observation: AIG, the scapegoat.
L.A. previews March 13-19: S.F. Jazz Collective, CAB, ICU, Joe-Less-Shoe, WImP retrospective, Boyle-Cowal, Uri Caine, Soriah, World Ambient Symphony, Corea-McLaughlin, Michael Schenker.
Reviews: Matthew Shipp, Donald Bailey, Wayne Shorter, Michael Wolff.
Live review: Nick Mancini, Adrianne Duncan at Whitefire Theater, March 5.
L.A. previews March 6-12: The Bad Plus +1, Pharoah Sanders, Hay-Dutz, Elliott Caine, Armored Saint, Elliott Sharp, Slipknot/Trivium/Coheed, Darkane, I See Hawks in L.A., Jessica Catron, Ohm, Syd Straw, Tyr.
Interview: Peter Wildoer of Darkane.
Reviews: Thin Lizzy, Nashville Pussy, “Such Hawks Such Hounds.”
L.A. previews Feb. 27-March 5: Kenny Barron, Slumgum, "Kind of Blue" tribute, Gusto, Tootie-Kamasi, Brad Dutz, Aga Zaryan, Bombastic Meatbats, Nick Mancini, BigElf, Pharoah Sanders.
Record review: Lamb of God, “Wrath” (Epic)
Live review: Carl Stone & Z’ev, Vinny Golia & Tatsuya Nakatani at ResBox, Feb. 19.
L.A. previews Feb. 20-26: Werner Herzog, Michael Landau, Deicide/Vital Remains, The Honorable DHC, Dutz/Golia-Bradford.
Record review: Van Morrison, “Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl” (Listen to the Lion)
DVD review: Werner Herzog’s “Encounters at the End of the World” (Discovery Films)
L.A. previews Feb. 13-19: Terry Reid, Jon Hassell, Manu-Rau, Thelonious Dub, Pan African Film & Arts Fest, Sparks, Leimert Park film, Carl Stone & Z’ev, Eleni Mandell.
Record reviews: Alex Cline, Nels Cline.
Live review: Phil Ranelin Quartet at Café Metropol, Feb. 7.
Live review: The Master Musicians of Jajouka at Royce Hall, Feb. 6.
L.A. previews Feb. 6-12: Master Musicians of Jajouka, Eclipse Quartet, Marina Rosenfeld, Phil Ranelin, experimental films, Kodo, Cradle of Filth-Satyricon, Marco Benevento-Jacob Fred.
Live review: Meshuggah, Cynic, The Faceless at House of Blues Sunset, Feb. 3.
Record review: The Master Musicians of Jajouka with Bachir Attar, “Live Volume 1” (Jajouka Records)
L.A. previews Jan. 30-Feb. 5: Eleni Mandell, Bud Shank, Elliott Caine, DHC, Joe Baiza, Voco, Marty Friedman, Mulatu Astatke, Greenlief/Vlatkovich, 00 Spy Car, Meshuggah/Cynic, Wayne Horvitz, Jacky Terrasson, Al DiMeola.
Review: “The Ultimate Peter Tosh Experience” (Shanachie 2DVD/1CD)
Record reviews: Ravi Coltrane, Michael Vlatkovich.
L.A. previews Jan. 23-29: Luckman Jazz Orchestra, Cattle Decapitation, Non Credo, Jean Michel Pilc, Rotting Christ, Brian Wilson, Bud Shank.
Observation: Aretha Franklin at the inauguration (2009).
Live review: Brotulid, Rosser, Berardi, Oguri, Steinberg, Bynum at ResBox, January 15.
L.A. previews Jan. 16-22: Eleni Mandell, Kenny Garrett, The Honorable DHC, Harry Scorzo, Blue Note 7.
Record reviews: Saxon, Six Feet Under, Behemoth.
L.A. previews Jan. 9-15: Bombastic Meatbats, Kenny Garrett, Brotulid, 3 Inches of Blood, Tribe After Tribe.
Ron Asheton, 1948-2009.
Record review: Jim McAuley, “The Ultimate Frog” (Drip Audio)
Freddie Hubbard, 1938-2008.
Record review and preview: Eleni Mandell, “Artificial Fire” (Zedtone)
Parable: The Bible made him do it.
L.A. previews Dec. 26-Jan. 1: Nate Morgan benefit, Ratt, Thelonious Dub, Joe Baiza, Mike Watt, Sleepr Wave, World Ambient Symphony.
L.A. previews Dec. 19-25 -- Dwight Trible, Anthony Ortega, Kingsizemaybe, Thelonious Dub, Josh Cristo.
World/religion record reviews: Tribe After Tribe, Christafari, Avishai Cohen the trumpeter.
Eyeball: “Musick and Colour” exhibit at Art & Mayhem.
L.A. previews Dec. 12-18: Virgil Donati, The Honorable DHC, Dottie Grossman, Testament, Musick and Colour, Thelonious Dub, Sothis, Ankla, Metallica.
Top metal/jazz albums of 2008.
Bulletin: A dissertation on L.A. experimental music.
L.A. previews Dec. 5-11: Gauthier-Witham-Liebig-Mhalek, Volto, John Beasley, ICU, Larry Karush, AC/DC, Thelonious Dub, George McMullen/Jim McAuley, Exodus, High on Fire, World Ambient Symphony, Ohm.
Interview: Chris Poland of Ohm.
Short reviews: My Ruin, Jeff Beck, ZZ Top, Metalocalypse, pre-Zep, Tony Malaby, Steven Bernstein.
L.A. previews Nov. 28-Dec. 4: Soulfly, Elliott Caine, Nick Mancini, Dir En Grey, Mecolodiacs, Agent Steel/Dreams of Damnation, Brujeria/Mushroomhead, Ill Niño/Otep, DHC, Joe Frank, Hooked on Lemon Drops, John Beasley, Meat Beat Manifesto/Dub Gabriel.
Record review: Axl Rose, "Chinese Democracy" (2008)
Don Heckman and Casey Dolan are alive.
L.A. previews Nov. 21-27: Aretha Franklin, Pharoah Sanders, Kneebody & Theo Beckmann do Charles Ives, Charles Owens, In Flames/Gojira, Kingsizemaybe, Sothis, Double Naught Spy Car, GWAR.
Live review: The Gathering at the Jazz Bakery, November 16.
Memory: Miriam Makeba, 1932-2008.
Rock reviews: Gojira, Starbreaker, Johnny Winter.
L.A. previews Nov. 14-20: Sonny Fortune, Motley Crue, The Gathering, Lordi/Lizzy, Kenneth Anger, Allan Holdsworth, Pharoah Sanders.
Obit: Mitch Mitchell, 1947-2008.
Record reviews: The Gathering, Mahmoud Ahmed, Miles Davis.
L.A. previews Nov. 7-13: Van Morrison, Brotulid, Michael Landau, Nels & Devin, Willem Breuker, Larry Karush, Phast Phreddie, Sonny Fortune, Satriani/Mountain, Edwards-Doe.
Live review: Danzig, Dimmu Borgir, Moonspell, Winds of Plague, Skeletonwitch at Gibson Amphitheater, November 5, 2008.
Movie review: "Repo! The Genetic Opera" (Lionsgate)
Live review: Dan Morris Memorial at Eagle Rock Cultural Center, November 2.
L.A. previews Oct. 31-Nov. 6: MacAlpine/Donati/Brunel/Ruiz, Mike Keneally, Dan Morris Tribute, Marcin Wasilewski, Danzig/Dimmu Borgir.
Interview: Silenoz of Dimmu Borgir (2008).
Record reviews: Intronaut, Queen + Paul Rodgers, Art Pepper, Nate Scoble.
Live review: James Carney Quartet at REDCAT, October 22.
L.A. previews Oct. 24-30: Larry Goldings, Skip Heller, Saviours, Stockhausen memorial, Kamelot, Tony MacAlpine, Polar Goldie Cats, Thelonious Dub, Rikki Madrigal.
Record reviews: AC/DC, Tony Harnell, Glenn Hughes, Metal Xmas.
Interview: guitarist Tony MacAlpine on Devil's Slingshot.
L.A. previews Oct. 17-23: Dean Chamberlain, Sothis, Nick Mancini, Thelonious Dub, Aaron Parks, Larry Goldings, James Carney, Bombastic Meatbats, Mentones.
Interview: pianist James Carney.
Conversational review: Frank Zappa, “One Shot Deal” (Zappa Records)
DVD reviews: Sonny Rollins; Rahsaan Roland Kirk; “The Beach Boys and the Satan”; Static X
L.A. previews Oct. 10-16: Matt Slocum, SunnO))), Bakerton Group, Virgil Donati, Yngwie Malmsteen, Eluveitie, Sourvein, Friesen-Kropinski, Amorphis/Samael, Unearth/Acacia Strain.
Live review: Amon Amarth, Ensiferum, Belphegor, The Absence at Avalon.
L.A. previews Oct. 3-9: Goatette, Cosmosquad, Gutpuppet, Kenny Burrell, Fifi Larue, Eagle Rock Music Fest, ICU, Stinson/Tee-Tot, Helloween, Opeth/High on Fire, Nachtmystium, Leviathan Brothers, Hooked on Lemon Drops.
Commemoration: Black Sabbath's "Born Again," 25th anniversary (2008).
L.A. previews Sept. 26-Oct. 2: Hare’s Breath Ensemble, Steve Lockwood, Silverlake Conservatory benefit, Joe Baiza's Congress, Maetar, Harold Land Jr., Michael Landau, The Honorable DHC, Dimmu Borgir vid preview, RickyRicky, Belphegor, Kenny Burrell.
Live review: Wadada Leo Smith’s Golden Quintet, Lian Ensemble at REDCAT, September 30.
Rock record reviews: BigElf, The Showdown, The Rotted, Meshuggah.
L.A. previews Sept. 19-25: Wadada’s Creative Music Fest, Kuhn-Swallow-Foster, Children of Bodom, Eddie Harris tribute, Rudder, Exquisite Corpse, Soundwalk, Thelonious Dub, Etran Finatawa, Nick Mancini.
Record review: Metallica, "Death Magnetic" (Warner Bros., 2008)
Live review: Emily Hay-Brad Dutz-Motoko Honda Trio at Café Metropol, September 13.
Report: Bruce Kalberg freed after Peter Haskell killing.
L.A. previews Sept. 12-18: Greg Osby, Honda-Hay-Dutz, The Wee Trio, Thelonious Dub, Kuhn-Swallow-Foster, ResBox, Carcass/Suffocation.
Bruce Kalberg arrested in killing.
Record review: My Ruin, “Throat Full of Heart” (Rovena CD/DVD)
Roundup: Lamb of God, Alex Ehrsam, SMV, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Totem, Avishai Cohen, Carla Bley, Seven That Spells.
L.A. previews September 5-11: The Bad Plus, Thelonious Dub, Nels Cline/Jeremy Drake, Simon Stokes, The Honorable DHC, Witchcraft/Warlocks, Leviathan Brothers, Todd Sickafoose, Greg Osby, Wee Trio, Mentones.
Live diary: Angel City Jazz Fest at Barnsdall Art Park, September 1.
Live review: Judas Priest, Heaven & Hell, Motorhead, Testament at Glen Helen Pavilion, August 30, 2008.
L.A. previews August 29-September 4: Judas Priest, Heaven & Hell, Thelonious Dub, The Deadbeats, Brad Dutz, ANGEL CITY JAZZ FEST, The Bad Plus, Otep, Dottie & Michael.
Record reviews: Krisiun, Blackmore’s Night
Live review: Thelonious Dub at Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill, August 25.
L.A. previews August 22-28: Kenny Burrell, Café Tacuba, Red Holloway, Faster Pussycat, Thelonious Dub, Rob Halford, King’s X, Leviathan Brothers, Arsis, Mitch Marcus.
Best of MetalJazz: the not-metal, the not-jazz, and fun with religion.
L.A. previews August 15-21: My Ruin, Skeletonwitch, Yosvany Terry, Carl Stone, Sothis, Jozef van Wissem, Saccharine Trust, Kim Fowley, Thelonious Dub, Dave Carpenter tribute, Norma Jean, Leticia Castaneda, Kenny Burrell, John Doe.
Best of MetalJazz: the “jazz”
L.A. previews August 8-14: Jaipur Kawa Brass Band, I See Hawks in L.A., Watch Me Burn, World Stage Jazz Fest, Dwight Trible, Yosvany Terry, Evangelista.
Best of MetalJazz: the metal.
L.A. previews August 1-7: Sourvein, Motley Crue, Scorpions, Dottie Grossman, Larry Karush, Seconda Prattica/Quarteto Nuevo, Cavalera Conspiracy.
Record reviews: Motley Crue, Edgar Winter, Mike Keneally, Derrick Gardner.
Johnny Griffin, 1928-1988
L.A. previews July 25-31: Larry Coryell, Nick Mancini, Jennifer Terran, Deathcult, Scars on Broadway, Anat Cohen, Tappa Zukie, Justin Morell, Ankla.
Record review: Augustus Pablo box, 2008.
Record review: Black Sabbath, “The Rules of Hell” (Rhino box)
Guest record reviews: Neuraxis, Equilibrium.
L.A. postviews and previews July 18-24: Gerald Wiggins, Richard Cromelin, Ben Wendel, Black Elk, Steuart Liebig, Dean Chamberlain, Judith Owen, Maetar, Ron Athey.
Report: Knitting Factory permit hearing at City Hall, July 17.
Record reviews: Mike Garson, Go: Organic Orchestra, Todd Sickafoose.
Interview and scene observation: Dave Mustaine of Megadeth doing Guitar Center Sessions in Hollywood, July 10, 2008.
L.A. previews July 11-17: I See Hawks in L.A., Vader, Skip Heller, Mastodon, Jack Bruce, Elliott Caine, Jason Robinson, Knitting Factory permit-revocation hearing.
Record review and artist interview: Greg Howe, 2008.
DVD review: “Heavy Metal in Baghdad”
L.A. previews July 3-10: Brad Dutz, Joseph Berardi, Dave Mustaine, Don Byron.
Record review: Judas Priest, “Nostradamus” (Epic)
Live review: Jeff Gauthier Goatette at the Palmer Room, June 26.
L.A. previews June 26-July 3: Jeff Gauthier Goatette, Kim Richmond, Chuck Manning, Fifi Larue, Michael Landau, Modey Lemon, Todd Rundgren.
Scriptural speculation: What was the thorn in St. Paul's flesh?
Resolution: Rod Poole’s killers convicted.
L.A. previews June 20-26: Seun Kuti, psychedelic lecture, Motoko Honda, Steve Roden, Call & Response, Obliteration Quartet, David Phillipson, Sid Griffin, Cattle Decapitation, Frank Catalano, Bill Frisell, Marco Benevento, Taylor Eigsti, Jeff Gauthier.
Live review: Return to Forever at Gibson Amphitheater, June 13.
Interview with Cryptogramophone Records founder Jeff Gauthier, plus a record review of his band, the Jeff Gauthier Goatette, on the occasion of Cryptogramophone’s 10th anniversary and a performance by the Goatette.
L.A. previews June 13-19: Return to Forever, Bobb Bruno, Cosmosquad, Ben Wendel, Elliott Caine, Call & Response, Herbie Hancock, Ritual Trio, Jason Robinson.
CD/DVD review: Fight, “Into the Pit” box (Metal God)
Live review: Ohm at the Baked Potato, May 30.
L.A. previews June 6-12: Dethklok/Soilent Green, Drake/Catron/Listing, Nick Rosen, Joe Baiza, I See Hawks in L.A., Buddy Collette Big Band, Elliott Caine, Phil Ranelin.
Local roots reviews: I See Hawks in L.A., Julie Christensen, Kingsizemaybe.
Live review: Leni Stern at Amoeba Music and Café Metropol, May 31.
L.A. previews May 30-June 5: Leni Stern, OHM, Bobby Bradford, Steve Nelson, Roy Haynes, Arch Enemy, Iron Maiden, Harry Partch music, Tom McNalley, The Sixth Chamber, Miles From India Ensemble, Arohi Ensemble, John 5.
Deep meditation: Arch Enemy.
Bible quotation of the week: John 5: 5-6.
L.A. previews May 23-24: Wayne Krantz, Joey DeFrancesco, Charles Lloyd honored, Stanley Jordan, Don Preston, Honda-Berardi, Nick Mancini, Call & Response, Death Angel, Marcin Wasilewski, Steve Nelson, Roy Haynes.
Live review: Hans Fjellestad-G.E. Stinson, Steuart Liebig-Andrew Pask, Not in the House at Steve Allen Theater, May 15.
Record reviews: Aletheian, Charlie Parker, Sahib Shihab.
L.A. previews May 16-22: Larry Karush, Sound series benefit, “Noisy People,” Mexica, “Leimert Park,” Krantz/Cline/Kneebody, Gigantour, Joey DeFrancesco.
Fusionistic CD reviews: Dave Douglas, Bobby Previte, ELB, Miles From India, Nine Inch Nails.
Speculation: Britney, Paris or Lindsey -- who would play best saxophone?
L.A. previews May 9-15: TribalJazz, Curtis Fuller, Steve Lockwood, Michael Landau, Otep, Seconda Prattica, Richard Meltzer, Maetar, ResBox, Spy Car.
L.A. improv record reviews: Bennie Maupin, Steuart Liebig, Adam Rudolph.
Link: Tony Harnell demos.
L.A. previews May 2-8: UFO, Lee Konitz, Opeth, Dale Fielder, Oles-Koonse, Dean Chamberlain, Small Drone, Dead Air, Erskine-Pasqua-Carpenter, TribalJazz, Curtis Fuller, Paganfest.
Record review: Belphegor’s gender war.
DVD documentary reviews: Blue Note, Jazz in Europe, The Doors, Marc Ribot, Yohimbe Brothers.
Links: Word artist Dave Shulman.
L.A. previews April 25-May 1: Rachelle Ferrell, Winard Harper, Nick Mancini, Wreck Your Neck Fest, John Heard, Grossman-Vlatkovich, Lee Konitz, Etran Finatawa, Dean Chamberlain.
Record reviews: Whitesnake, Children of Bodom, Testament, Arsis.
Live review: Mark Dresser & Jen Shyu at Café Metropol, April 20.
L.A. previews April 18-24: Bennie Maupin, Halfmonk, Murderfest, High on Fire, Fetus Eaters, The Sword, Ratt, Bent Fest, Vlatkovich-Roper, Josh Nelson, Symphony X, Mark Dresser, Rachelle Ferrell.
Passover commentary: Was Moses circumcised?
Live review: Bill Casale Trio, Open Gate Theater Band at Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, April 6.
Interview and review: Testament, 2008.
L.A. previews April 11-17: X, Jimmy Scott, Freddie Hubbard, Steven Isoardi, Elliott Caine, Testament, Todd Milstein, Dorothea Grossman, Adam Diller, Tom McNalley, Jay Sedrish, Dimmu Borgir/Behemoth, Bombastic Meatbats, Bent Fest.
Impressions: “Shine a Light,” Martin Scorsese’s concert film of the Rolling Stones.
L.A. previews April 4-10: Cosmosquad, Ministry/Meshuggah, Dapp Theory, L.A. Jazz Collective, Casale/Salmon, Doro, Jimmy Scott, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Diller-Baiza, Freddie Hubbard, New Monsoon.
Live review: Charles Lloyd Quartet at Catalina's, March 30, 2008.
Vintage rock lyric of the month: "You're So Rude"
L.A. previews March 28-April 3: Jim McAuley, Phil Ranelin, Ancestors, Kenny Garrett, Pharoah Sanders, Michael McDaniel Joint, Charles Lloyd, Eleni Mandell, I See Hawks in L.A., Jucifer.
Record reviews: Charles Lloyd, Drew Gress.
Thoughts on Easter: Who raised Jesus from the dead?
L.A. previews March 21-27: S.F. Jazz Collective, Automatic, Evangelista, Brad Dutz, Motoko Honda, Kingsizemaybe, Dwight Trible, Industrial Jazz Group, Kenny Garrett, Pharoah Sanders, Daniel Lanois.
Kraig Grady leaves L.A.
Record reviews: Diffusion, Lindsey Boullt, Marco Benevento, Omar Rodríguez-López.
L.A. previews March 14-20: Karl-Garson, Drake-Rothbaum, Nick Mancini, Sarajo Frieden, Halfmonk, Divine Heresy, Shining of Norway-Exhausted Prayer, Thomas Doherty, Early Man, Carl Stone, Nile, Evangelista, Withered.
Live review: WASP at the Key Club, March 8, 2008.
Live review: Gauthier-Cline, Liebig-West, Berardi-Fosse at Dangerous Curve, March 9.
L.A. previews March 7-13: Sweeter Than the Day, WASP, Michael Landau, Gauthier-Cline, Gerald Wilson tribute, Danava, Arthur Blythe.
Live review: Joshua Redman Trio at Catalina's, March 1, 2008.
Record review: Bill Dixon With Exploding Star Orchestra (Thrill Jockey)
L.A. previews Feb. 29-Mar. 6: Buddy Miles, Donita Sparks, Joshua Redman, Napalm Death, Songs of the Sea, Rez Abbasi, Bombastic Meatbeats, Partikel, Anna Homler, Nathan Hubbard, Possessed, Rickie Lee Jones, Dean Chamberlain, Peter Erskine, Keith Jarrett.
Historical blurt plus record reviews: Children of electric Miles -- Steven Bernstein, Cuong Vu, Alan Pasqua, Mahavishnu Project.
Live review: Rickie Lee Jones at EchoPlex, February 25, 2008.
Interview: Herbie Hancock, 2008.
L.A. previews February 22-28: Marilyn Manson, Matt Otto, Nicholas Payton, Rotting Christ/Immolation/Belphegor, A Life Once Lost, Vinny Golia, Undergroundsound, Ronin, Divine Heresy, Rez Abbasi, The Vic farewell.
Live review: Iron Maiden at the Forum, February 19.
Live review: Aretha Franklin at the Nokia, February 14, 2008.
L.A. previews February 15-21: My Ruin, Dale Fielder, Beep! Trio, Grossman-Vlatkovich, Mintz/Barnett, Iron Maiden, Mike Garson.
Record reviews: Orchestra Ethiopia, The Long Ryders, Michael Blake.
L.A. previews February 8-14: Grassi-Clucas-Piper, Levin-Lockwood, Sourvein/Zoroaster, Vinny Golia, Cephalic Carnage, Willie Nelson, Dub Trio.
Record review: Dub Trio, “Another Sound Is Dying” (Ipecac)
Live review: Ancestors, Grayceon at Relax Bar, February 2.
L.A. previews February 1-7: Phil Ranelin, Robin Trower, Lesbian, Nick Mancini, Gelb-Rigler-Ma-Golia-Cline, Scarnella, Rickie Lee Jones, Echoes of Eternity, Dead Meadow, Erskine-Pasqua-Carpenter.
Further comments on Dan Morris.
DVD/CD review: David Borgo.
Live review: The Mars Volta at Bren Center, Irvine, 2008.
L.A. previews January 25-31: Kim Richmond, Watch Me Burn, Azar Lawrence, Mintz/Grossman, Larry Karush, Daedelus/An Endless Contortionist, The Black Dahlia Murder.
Dan Morris update.
Artist self-review: Dottie Grossman & Michael Vlatkovich at Dangerous Curve, January 13.
Scene: The Winter NAMM Show.
L.A. previews January 18-24: Mark Feldman/Dwight Trible, Elaine Brown, Monterey Jazz Anniversary Tour, Allan Holdsworth, Matt Slocum, Art Ensemble, Arthur Blythe, Concrete Daisies, L.A. Guns, CAB, Kingsizemaybe, Intronaut, Exodus, Listen Again, Rudder.
Dan Morris, RIP.
Live review: Chuck Manning Quartet at Café Metropol, January 11.
L.A. previews January 11-17: Bill Frisell-Joey Baron, Kenny Burrell, Chuck Manning, Poncho Sanchez, Dean Chamberlain, Dottie Grossman, Ankla, Azar Lawrence.
Feature: Azar Lawrence, L.A. saxist, 2008.
Live review: Banyan at the Mint, January 3.
Live review: Drum-Off at the Fonda, January 5.
L.A. previews January 4-10: Holy Rage, Nick Rosen, Frank Morgan memorial, Nick Mancini, Vinny Golia-Alex Cline, Bill Frisell-Joey Baron, Kenny Burrell, Azar Lawrence.
Greg Burk's fave releases of 2007.
Live review: The Reverend Horton Heat, Nashville Pussy at the Wiltern, December 27, 2007.
L.A. previews December 28-January 3: Electric Prunes/Strawberry Alarm Clock, Elliott Caine, Barbara Morrison, Ernie Andrews, Jeff Kollman, the Melvins.
Obit: Frank Morgan, 1933-2007.
L.A. previews December 21-27: Azar Lawrence, Ben Wendel, Ches Smith, Heat/Assjack/Pussy.
Record review: Tim Berne’s Bloodcount, “Seconds” (Screwgun).
Africa report: The ashes of Joe Zawinul.
Lace-trimmed memories of Dan Fogelberg.
L.A. previews December 14-20: The Knitters, Mike Stern, Lamb of God/DevilDriver, Anthony Shadduck Quartet, I See Hawks in L.A., Reptet, Chick Corea, Bloodsimple, Amon Amarth/Himsa.
Record reviews: Amir ElSaffar, Devin Sarno, Theodore Ziras.
Feature: Lamb of God, 2007.
L.A. previews December 7-13: Thollem McDonas, Moutin Reunion Quartet, Behold . . . The Arctopus, Dottie Grossman, Jeff Gauthier, Vinny Golia, Ebonic Blues Orchestra, Mike Stern.
Concert review: Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Zombie at Staples Center, November 30.
Review: Leni Stern Quintet at Café Metropol, December 1.
L.A. previews November 30-December 6: Ozzy Osbourne, Jimmy Scott, Divine Heresy, Josh Nelson, Raspberries, Leni Stern, Eugene Chadbourne, Nels Cline, Vader, Xu Xu Fang, Moutin Reunion Quartet, Kingsizemaybe.
Obit: Kevin DuBrow of Quiet Riot, 2007.
L.A. previews November 23-29: Michael Landau, Azar Lawrence, Enslaved/The Agonist, Harry Smith films.
Live review: Van Halen at Staples Center, November 20, 2007.
Record review: Sebastian Bach, "Angel Down"
L.A. previews November 16-22: Cosmosquad, Artillery Magazine party, Analog Live, Society of Biblical Literature convention, Nick Mancini, Smegma, David Troy Francis, Van Halen, Fight film.
Live nostalgia revue: Masque reunion at Echoplex, November 11, 2007.
Record review: Blotted Science, “The Machinations of Dementia” (Eclectic Electric)
Commentary: Lucifer, bringer of light.
L.A. previews November 9-15: Vinny Golia, Daniel Rosenboom, Azar Lawrence, Nathan Hubbard, Plugz/Masque, Susan Allen, Nightwish, Hell Yeah/Otep.
DVD review: Vader, “And Blood Was Shed in Warsaw” (MVD)
L.A. previews November 2-8: Roberta Piket, Dave Liebman, Judith Owen, Billy Mintz, Hay/Homler/Grossman, Non Credo, Huun-Huur-Tu, Tord Gustavsen, many DJs, Gov’t Mule, Witchcraft, Justo Almario.
DVD review: Dexter Gordon, “Live in ’63 & ‘64” (Jazz Icons)
Live review: Exhausted Prayer at Relax Bar, October 26.
Live review: Sex Pistols at the Roxy, October 25, 2007.
L.A. previews October 26-November 1: Intronaut, Azar Lawrence, Chuck Manning, Brad Dutz, Behemoth, Eric Person, Honig-Pilc Project, Dave Liebman, DJ Krush, Danzig, Dethklok.
Concert review: Oguri/Wadada Leo Smith/Motoko Honda at Barnsdall Gallery Theater, October 20.
Record reviews: Exhausted Prayer, Trio M, Tom Heasley.
Guest record review: Alchemist, “Tripsis” (Relapse)
L.A. previews October 19-25: James Spaulding, Kim Richmond, Pandit Rajeev Tranath, Oguri-Wadada, Andrea Parkins, Josh Nelson, Dub Trio.
Record review: Josh Nelson, “Let It Go” (Native Language)
Book review: “Roadwork” by Tom Wright (Hal Leonard).
L.A. previews October 12-18: Phil Ranelin, Kim Richmond, Anna Homler, “Hollywood’s Censor,” Nick Mancini, Arch Enemy/Machine Head, Bonnie Barnett, Mills College music, Prong, Cradle of Filth, Therion, James Spaulding.
DVD review: John Coltrane, “Live in ’60, ’61 & ’65” (Jazz Icons)
Instro record reviews: Groundtruther, Matthew Shipp, Bruce Eisenbeil.
Guest review: Aeon, “Rise to Dominate” (Metal Blade)
L.A. previews October 5-11: Black Label Society, Phil Ranelin, Jazz at Drew, Alice Cooper/Heaven & Hell, Gutpuppet, Larry Goldings.
Observation and DVD review: Eric Dolphy's missing third eye and Charles Mingus, "Live in '64" (Jazz Icons).
Live review: Ornette Coleman Quintet at Royce Hall, September 26, 2007.
L.A. previews September 28-October 4: Oliver Lake, Terence Blanchard, Melford-Ehrlich, Mike Keneally, Dean Chamberlain, Day of the Drum, Simon Rodia Jazz Fest, Cavalcade of Trapeze, Full Blown Chaos, Norma Jean, Black Label Society.
Live review: Von Seggern/Tavaglione/Maunu, Henry Strange, Reed Rothchild, Zeitpunkt, Optical Light Pipe at the Goethe-Institut, September 22.
Disney/metal commentary and live review: Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Red Chord, Goatwhore, The Absence at House of Blues Sunset Strip, September 14.
Reportage: Heavy metal evicted from Disney property.
L.A. outsider previews September 21-27: High on Fire, Cosmosquad, Coltrane Bday, Azar Lawrence, Roy Hargrove, Henry Strange, Tom Heasley, Medeski-Scofield, Dwight Trible, Hay/Kirchman/Liebig, Ornette Coleman, Oliver Lake.
Record review: Cosmosquad, “Acid Test” (Marmaduke).
Live review: Fred Frith, Zeena Parkins and Ikue Mori at REDCAT, September 15.
L.A. previews September 14-20: Arthur Blythe, Cannibal Corpse, Particle, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Red Holloway, Scorpions, Julie Christensen/Jennifer Nash, Mudhoney/Melvins, Fred Frith, Killick, William Roper, Roy Hargrove.
Record review: The Red Chord, “Prey for Eyes” (Metal Blade).
L.A. previews September 7-13: Michael Session, Allan Holdsworth, Christian Scott, Kurt Rosenwinkel, An Endless Contortionist, Satoko Fujii, Red Holloway.
DVD review: Heaven & Hell, “Radio City Music Hall Live!” (Rhino).
Live review: Nick Mancini Collective at Café Metropol, September 1.
L.A. outsider previews August 31-September 6: Stinson/Liebig, Ohm, Lisa Miller, Nick Mancini, Don Preston, Kamelot, Otmaro Ruiz, Eleni Mandell.
Record reviews: KMFDM, Praxis, Kush Arora, Dub Trio, Essential Dub.
MetalJazz spotlight: review of Planet X, “Quantum” (Inside Out) and interview with PX keyboardist Derek Sherinian.
Horse review: Spenditallbaby in the 8th at Del Mar, August 25.
Guest record review: Divine Heresy, "Bleed the Fifth" (Century Media)
L.A. previews August 24-30: Cross-Hart Jazz Experience, Brendan Mullen, Ernie Watts, Manson/Slayer, Watson/Catron, Andrew Pask, Watch Me Burn, Rod Poole memorial concert, George Sarah, An Endless Contortionist.
Record reviews: Bruce Hornsby, James Carney, David Witham, the other Avishai Cohen.
Interview: Marilyn Manson and Slayer.
L.A. previews August 18-23: Sunset Junction Street Fair, Charles Owens, Josh Nelson, An Endless Contortionist.
Max Roach, 1924-2007
Jazz-satellite reviews: Mike Keneally, Culture, Mahmoud Ahmed & Either/Orchestra.
L.A. previews August 10-16: Empty Cage Quartet, Poison/Ratt, World Stage Jazz Fest, Burning Spear, Deep Purple, An Endless Contortionist.
Death-metal reviews: Cephalic Carnage, Nile, Behemoth.
Live review: Fetus Eaters, Dolemite Project, Watch Me Burn, The Last Demise at the Knitting Factory, August 5.
Commentary by Vijay Prozak: death metal and jazz
L.A. previews August 3-9: Pharoah Sanders, Tee Pee Tour, Hans Fjellestad, Dorothea Grossman, Nick Mancini, Ranelin-Morrison, Fetus Eaters, Roden-Drake, Dean Chamberlain, Benny Carter Tribute, An Endless Contortionist, The Sixth Chamber, George Sarah.
Ponderations on Danzig.
Heavy thinkwork: The connection between metal and jazz.
Concert review: Noisy Night at Steve Allen Theater, June 21.
Album review: Charles Mingus Sextet With Eric Dolphy, Cornell 1964.
L.A. previews July 27-August 4: Dwight Trible, Ohm, Azar Lawrence, Sound Escape Project, Noisy Night, Meninas Quartet, Central Avenue Jazz Fest, Symphony X, Tom McNalley, Glen Wood benefit, Hans Fjellestad.
Ozzfest diary at Devore: blood, sand, 15 bands and a death, July 21.
Burk features in Spin and LA Times.
L.A. previews June 20-26: Ravi Coltrane, Marc Cary, Andy Milne, Michael Landau, Puttanesca, Ozzfest, Harry Scorzo, Jennifer Terran, Leonard Cohen film, Helen Money, Nile/Chthonic, Twilight Circus Dub Sound System, John Densmore’s TribalJazz.
L.A. previews July 13-19: Kenny Burrell, Leviathan Brothers, Federico Ughi, Mike Garson, Immortal, Isaac Hayes, Maetar, Zohar.
Comment: 666 revisited.
Consciousness review: Lou Reed, David Hykes, Master Musicians of Jajouka.
Announcement: Rod Poole recordings available.
L.A. outsider previews July 6-12: Bobby Bradford Mo’tet/Barnett-Wood, Life Force Trio/Double Duo, Vashti, Thollem Mcdonas, Michael Session, California EAR Unit.
Live review: Jackie Stewart, Leticia Castaneda at Schindler House, 6/30/07.
Live review: McNalley-Pask-Valsamis-Tiner, Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! at Dangerous Curve, 6/29/07.
L.A. outsider previews June 29-July 3: Tom McNalley trio, Piper-Honda, Jackie Stewart/Leticia Castaneda, Clucas-Wood/Thollem Mcdonas, SunnO))).
DVD review: Deep Purple Live at Montreux 2006.
CD review: Queens of the Stone Age, "Era Vulgaris"
Outsider previews June 24-28: Richard Pinhas and army, Sadistic Intent, Azar Lawrence, Frank Morgan, Xu Xu Fang.
CD review: Neurosis, "Given to the Rising" (Neurot).
Live review: Doro at the Whisky, 6/20/07
L.A. previews June 15-21: Peter Case, Puttanesca, Joshua Redman, Steve Nelson, Kingsizemaybe/Dean Chamberlain, Steuart Liebig, Necrophagist/Cephalic Carnage, Don Preston, Doro, Chuck Johnson, Michael Schenker/George Lynch.
Metal theater review: “Big Death, Little Death” by Road Theater Company, June 9.
CD Review: John Doe, "A Year in the Wilderness"
Review: Unsane at Spaceland, June 7.
L.A. previews June 9-14: Nick Mancini, Static-X/Otep, Dr. Donald Redford, Joshua Redman, Steve Nelson, Paul Rodgers/Heaven and Earth, Sarno/Catron.
Review: Marilyn Manson, "Eat Me, Drink Me"
A moment: Rod Poole memorial.
L.A. outsider previews, June 1-7: Stinson-Liebig-Amokian, Glenn Hughes, Lacuna Coil/Kylesa, Jazz Funk Fest, Goodheart-Powell, Gross-McNalley, Unsane.
Review: Kraig Grady’s Shadow Theater of Anaphoria at Folly Bowl, May 27.
CD shorts: Megadeth, David Torn, The Leaders, Michael Wolff, Ijahlar, Christafari.
Commentary: Signs of the Antichrist.
L.A. previews, May 23-27: Stryker-Slagle, Roy Haynes, Alcatrazz, Kraig Grady.
Review: Ozzy Osbourne, Black Rain.
L.A. previews May 19: Johanna Went, Obliteration Quartet, Armored Saint.
Tribute: Rod Poole RIP.
Interview: Dimmu Borgir.
L.A. outsider previews May 12-17: Anna Homler, Gutpuppet, Johanna Went, Non Credo, The Bad Plus, Gunther Schuller, Puttanesca, Dimebag 4 kids, Dimmu Borgir, Steuart Liebig.
DVD review: The Mentors, El Duce Vita (MVD).
Live review: Velvet Revolver at Avalon
L.A. previews May 4-10: Pete Christlieb, Matt Wilson, Johanna Went, Frog Eyes, Avishai Cohen, SASSAS benefit, Tom Heasley, Vinny Golia, Cosmologic, Choir Boys, Z’ev, Rich West, David Johnson, Richard Meltzer.
Book review: Dead, Jail, or Rock’n’Roll, a novel by Jeff Muendel.
L.A. outsider previews April 27-May 3: Roman Stolyar, Elliott Caine, Jim McAuley, Kraig Grady, Raimi/Dingman, RE/Search party, Bonnie Barnett, Mastodon, Azar Lawrence, Matt Wilson.
Live review: Heaven and Hell, Megadeth, Machine Head at the Forum, 4/25/07, in LA Times.
L.A. previews April 20-26: John Abercrombie, Jeff Kollman, Skip Heller, Tribute to Joe Henderson, Fjellestad/Catron/Drake, Heaven and Hell, Harris Eisenstadt.
Live review: Ann Magnuson at Steve Allen Theater, 4/14/07.
Obit: Brick Wahl remembers Herman Riley.
Commentary: Burk on Ornette's Pulitzer win, LA Times.
L.A. previews, April 13-19: Ann Magnuson, Elliott Caine, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Hiromi, Johanna Went, The Haunted, Burr/McNalley/Schoenbeck, Ogogo, Puttanesca, Dino Saluzzi.
Live review: Brian Haas/Zac Baird/Stephen Mitchell trio at On the Rox, 4/7/07.
CD shorts: Dmitri Kolesnik, Dew-Scented, Chris Byars, Kartet, Monarch.
Live review in LA Times: Isis, Jesu, Zozobra.
Burk in Revolver Magazine
L.A. previews April 6-12: Alan Ferber, Brian Haas, Dwight Trible, Isis, Sixth Chamber, Dean Chamberlain, Billy Childs, Trio Formaggio/Nick Rosen Trio/Dave Culwell Trio, Fu Manchu, Xu Xu Fang.
DVD review: Performance (1970).
Live review: G.E. Stinson/Steuart Liebig and Devin Sarno/Celer at Dangerous Curve.
L.A. previews March 30-April 6: Z’ev, Reptet, Testament, Richie Hass Benefit, Metalfest, Livingstone/Bergamo, Quetal, Atman Ensemble, Alan Ferber Nonet.
Observation: Alan Rich honored at City Hall, 3/23/07.
Live review: Kylesa, Watch Me Burn at the Knitting Factory, 3/24/07.
LA Times review: The Locust, Daughters, Cattle Decapitation.
CD review: Panzerballett (Bad Land).
L.A. previews March 23-29: G.E. Stinson/Devin Sarno; Puttanesca; Nick Mancini; Red Sparowes/Zombi; I See Hawks in L.A.; Kim Richmond; Pat Metheny/Brad Mehldau; Murderfest; Cryptonights in NYC; The Locust/Cattle Decapitation; Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.
Review: Ralph Alessi at REDCAT, 3/17/07, in LA Times.
L.A. previews March 16-22: Hossein Alizadeh, Lian Ensemble, Joe Satriani, Ralph Alessi, Lesbian, Ann Magnuson.
DVD reviews: Megadeth, TNT, Einstürzende Neubauten, Heath Brothers, Bill Evans.
Special preview: Twilight Circus Dub Sound System at the Echo this Wednesday.
Previews: L.A. outsider events March 9-12 -- Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd, The Gyuto Monks Tibetan Tantric Choir, Tom McNalley, Such Simple Ears, Priestbird
Observation: Serving God and Mammon
Previews: Outsider events in L.A., March 2-7 -- Oguri, Wayne Horvitz, Alex Cline et al., Kittie, Danava
Obit: Al Viola, 1919-2007
L.A. previews Feb. 23-March 1: Dir En Grey, Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Lamb of God, Dwight Trible, Rickie Lee Jones.
Burk in LA Times: Ornette Coleman in-person interview, Dir En Grey feature, 2007.
CD review: Ann Magnuson, Pretty Songs & Ugly Stories
CD review: Hans Fjellestad, Snails R Sexy (Accretions).
L.A. Preview, Feb. 16-18: Syd Straw, Puttanesca, Elliott Caine, Krisiun/Belphegor/Unleashed.
Review: Butch Morris, Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra at REDCAT, 2/3/07.
Review: Ektomorf, Outkast (Nuclear Blast).
This week in L.A.: Kenny Barron, Julie Christensen, Tom McNalley, Leimert film doc, Metal Church, plus Dr. Marvin Meyer on the Gospel of Judas.
Leni Stern at Café Metropol
Observation: The devil and Elaine Pagels at Getty Center, 1/17/07.
L.A. preview: Muhal, Butch, Wadada, Adam, Kylesa, Wino, Pharoah, Karl-Garson-Miranda, Grady, Alex, Roden -- ALL THIS DAMN WEEKEND.
Review: Steve Roden music with Rothko painting exhibit at MOCA, Pacific Design Center, 1/21/07.
Review: The Esoteric, Subverter (Prosthetic).
Review: Skip Heller Trio at Hallenbeck’s General Store, 1/13/07
Review: Rez Abbasi, Bazaar (Zoho).
Review: Shirantha Beddage, Roots and Branches (Jazz Excursion).
“To be honest . . .”
Consult the archives . . .
Sonny Criss retrospective (AAN first-place award feature), 1997
Cover story: Opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, 1995.
Dub cover story, 2003
Marilyn Manson cover story (L.A. Press Association prize feature), 2001
Horace Tapscott interview, 1989
Horace Tapscott, my thoughts during his last days, 1999
Manowar and post 9/11 metal, 2002
Glenn Danzig interview, 1999
Ornette Coleman cover story, 1994.
Ornette Coleman interview, 1996
Charlie Haden Snap Judgment, 1991
Charlie Haden interview, 1991
Charlie Haden interview, 2004
Denardo Coleman on Ornette Coleman, 2004
David Ornette Cherry interview, 2006
Black Sabbath cover story, 2001
The Osbournes review, 2002
Charles Lloyd interview, 2000
Billy Higgins interview, 1999
Brad Mehldau cover story, 2000
Rob Halford interview, 2000
Judas Priest's Angel of Retribution, extremely long gangbang review, 2005
Marcus Roberts interview, 1998
Zakk Wylde interview, 2000
Dave Douglas interview, 2005
Gerald Wilson interview, 2004
Ronnie James Dio interview, 1997
Lalo Schifrin interview, 2003
Motley Crue interview, 1997
Buddy Collette interview, 1989
Blackie Lawless of WASP interview, 2000
Teddy Edwards interview, 1991
Lou Reed interview, 1990
Matthew Shipp interview, 1999
King's X interview, 2001
Adam Rudolph interview, 1999
Yusef Lateef and Adam Rudolph interview, 2003
Wadada Leo Smith interview, 2000
Megadeth interview, 2001
James Newton interview, 2001
Motown's Funk Brothers interview, 2002
William Roper interview, 2001
Frank Morgan and Sonny Fortune interview, 2003
My Ruin interview, 2002
Freddie Redd interview, 2005
Tony Harnell of Westworld interview, 2002
Dave Holland interview, 2003
Vinny Golia interview, 1998
Sonny Simmons interview, 1997
Bobby Bradford interview, 2003
Don Preston interview, 1999
Alex Cline interview, 1999
Steuart Liebig interview, 2004
G.E. Stinson interview, 2000
Drunk in Burbank, 1995
Ode to Argyle Avenue, 1991
Dodger Blood, 1989
Faces at Anaheim Stadium, 1975.

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