Boys Like Girls began its Love Drunk Tour earlier this month and has been received with open arms, ear-piercing screams and sold-out venues. The group headlines the tour, which also features Cobra Starship, The Maine, A Rocket to the Moon and VersaEmerge. Read more...
Photo: COBRA STARSHIP Cobra Starship has been performing on the Love Drunk Tour, headlined by Boys Like Girls and coming to Los Angeles.
With the nation's first black president sitting comfortably in the White House, the United States has certainly evolved past its legacy of slavery and segregation. Read more...
Photo: CARABINER COMMUNICATIONS (Left to right) Donald Morgan, Walter Richardson, Derek Shaun and Gary Gardner of “Forgive Us Our Transgressions.”
With so much to remember to do, it's perhaps time to resort back to the old method of tying a string around your finger as a reminder. But what if the string were to be removed? You would forget. Read more...
The mission of the Marine Band "“ nicknamed "The President's Own" by Thomas Jefferson during his time in office "“ is to provide music for the president and the commandant of the Marine Corps. Read more...
As part of UCLA Live's well-rounded fall season, Nashville-based bluegrass family band Cherryholmes will join genre legend Ralph Stanley on Royce Hall's stage Sunday night. Read more...
Photo: Cherryholmes, the top-selling band created by bassist Jere, mandolinist Sandy and their four children, will join bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley for a concert on Sunday at Royce Hall.
While the United States continues to uphold a 47-year-long trade embargo with Cuba in one of the last residues of the Cold War, a classic Cuban singer is coming to Royce Hall and bringing a trade of musical roots and influences. Read more...
Photo: For her first U.S. tour since 2004, Omara Portuondo, famous for performances including the Tropicana cabaret and Buena Vista Social Club, explores the songs that marked her path from celebrated Cuban chanteuse to international stardom.
It's unlikely that we'll see a Banjo Hero video game any time soon, but if there ever were one, the final challenge would almost certainly be a finger-picking showdown with Béla Fleck. Few artists have done so much so well with any single instrument, let alone one as typecast as the banjo. Read more...
Photo: Béla Fleck (from left), Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer focus on the intertwining strands between American roots music and the classical Indian tradition in their concert Thursday at 8 p.m. in Royce Hall.
