Live review: "Metal in the Underground" exhibit opening, with Kumsumption and Pagan Ritual at Cal State Los Angeles, April 10.
Compulsion, abstraction, passion, extravagance, indigenousness.
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Words About Music by Greg Burk and Friends
April 15, 2025
Compulsion, abstraction, passion, extravagance, indigenousness.
April 11, 2025
Links: L.A. performances (4/11/25).
This week: Louis Van Taylor, Anthony Fung, Mayhem/Imperial Triumphant, Vio-lence, Bullet for My Valentine, Poncho Sanchez, Billy Childs, Xoth, L.A. Jazz Quartet, Miguel Zenon, Hear Now Fest, Alice Coltrane presentations, Alexander Noice, Arch Enemy, Phi-Psonics, Yandere Chainsaw, The Cimmerian, more.
April 3, 2025
Record review: Steve Smith's Vital Information featuring Manuel Valera & Janek Gwizdala, "New Perspective" (Drum Legacy)
Who's crying now?
March 27, 2025
Record review: Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith, "Defiant Life" (ECM)
Quiet rebellion and music of the spheres.
March 12, 2025
Live review: Nicole McCabe-Logan Kane Quartet at the High Low Bar, March 10, 2025.
It doesn't feel like work.
March 6, 2025
Metal history: The Council of Nicea, 325 CE, and a Christian metal band.
Why did You send Him?
February 27, 2025
L.A. shorts: Garretson & Gorodetsky, The Nextdoors, Eron Rauch photo book.
Changing, preserving, imagining.
February 13, 2025
Bulletin: Saxists Golia and Berne record with guitarists.
The chase continues.
February 6, 2025
Live review: Dan Rosenboom Septet, Nicole McCabe Quartet, Harrington-Shiroishi-Jaffe at the Three Clubs, Jan. 31, 2025.
Fire met with fire.
January 30, 2025
Record review and support opportunity: Bobby Bradford, Frode Gjerstad, William Roper & Alex Cline, "Frice" (Fundacja Słuchaj)
Parallel experiences and a chance to contribute.