March 15, 2024

Links: L.A. performances (3/15/24).

This week: Maetar, Mark De Clive-Lowe, West 79th Street Funk Jazz Band, Dave Harrington, Pete Escovedo, Otmaro Ruiz, Elliott Caine, Metal Monday, Go Ahead and Die, Pat Travers, more.

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Record review: Charles Lloyd, "The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow" (Blue Note)

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Transitory yet permanent.

March 7, 2024

Record review: Maetar, "Love Dub & the Abstract One Drop" (Ropeadope)

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God listens to Maetar.

February 29, 2024

Local metal: Zombie Eating Horse.

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"May the bridges I burn light the way out."

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February 12, 2024

Live review: Jeremy Cunningham Quartet; Anna Butterss & Ben Lumsdaine at 2220 Arts & Archives, February 10, 2024.

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A meditative evening that opened holes in the sky.

February 1, 2024

Q & A: Doro, "Conqueress -- Forever Strong and Proud" (Nuclear Blast)

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Taste her steel.

January 18, 2024

RIP: Paul Lacques, guitarist and songwriter.

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One of my favorite guitarists, and that includes everyone.

January 16, 2024

Abstractionist shorts: Sunny Kim, Myra Melford, Patrick Shiroishi, Ben Goldberg, Ben Richter, John von Seggern, Scot Ray.

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Shivers, compression, expansion, bodymind.

January 9, 2024

Live review: Joshua White & Alex Cline; Five Skins Interdisciplinary at Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church (Open Gate Sunday Evening Music Series), January 7, 2024.

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The spirit and real life.

December 28, 2023

Record review: SWTEVL, "Very Truly Yours"

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Their story and yours.