This week I watched in astonishment as the Herb Alpert Foundation gave its 18th annual awards to five brilliant artists in different fields.
Jay Weston | Posted 05.03.2012
The goal of International Jazz Day is to have jazz celebrated, studied and presented for 24 consecutive hours around the world. Jazz "is a universal music of freedom and creativity."
Tony Sachs | Posted 05.23.2012
There's a lot about the New York trod by the real Mad Men back in 1966 -- the year in which we assume season five will be set -- that would send even die-hard Mad Men retroheads scurrying back to 2012.
Jay Weston | Posted 02.01.2012
At first the concept was to have a great jazz club with good food. Now it is is a really great restaurant with exciting jazz.
Jay Weston | Posted 01.10.2012
I recalled that Hillary Clinton famously said, "It takes a village to raise a child," based upon an old African proverb. Well, all of these folks have taken that literally, and... are building a village.
Jay Weston | Posted 08.13.2011
Five exceptional artists have received grants from the Herb Alpert Foundation and California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). I recently had the pleasure of meeting each of these extraordinary young individuals.
Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011
Boomer Power is ablooming. What's next? The responsibility that comes with all that influence and clout.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011
"I really did not want to make another record just because I could, especially now. Why make another record when I've got eleven albums, you know? I've got tons of music out there."
Peter Clothier | Posted 05.25.2011
Hand it to Ace Gallery for not compromising on scale! If you want to be wowed by the sheer bloody visual WALLOP of art, there's no better place to go...
Tony Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011
Most of the "new" music I've gotten into this year is actually old music that's never been heard before, dredged up from the vaults just in time to make a buck before recorded music ceases to have any monetary value whatsoever.
Tony Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011
Last Herb and Lani re-emerged, hitting the road for a series of low-key shows which were recorded for the newly-released Anything Goes -- the first time they've ever collaborated musically.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011
Six years later, the newest installment of the series passes the torch to a younger stable of artists who, along with series initiator Vicki Iovine and Timothy Shriver, shared their thoughts about the album.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011
Welcome to Snoopworld, where Chevys still are bouncin', would-be gangstas still kind of prowl the streets (albeit it's a new generation), explicit-isms flow like 40 oz. beer, and tempos best not harsh anyone's mellow.
Shawn Amos | Posted 05.25.2011
Record bins are rife with charity singles and concert history is filled with benefit shows for every imaginable cause. Musicians like to give back. Here, see the most generous musicians ever.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011
Richard Carpenter: "So many people have said to us, 'We can understand every word to your songs,' which, with all the pop and rock records at the time, was difficult to do."
GOOD Magazine | Posted 11.17.2011
Father Greg Boyle wants to stop the causes of gang violence, instead of waiting to clean up the results.
Jay Weston | Posted 05.15.2012