As a teenager growing up in the suburbs of Detroit in the late 1970's, you didn't have to go far to hear the music of some of the most prolific R&B, soul and funk artists of the day. Whether it was the local public radio station [..]
If you aren't one of the lucky music fans to have a ticket to the sold-out Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival this weekend and next, have no fear, there is plenty of music to experience in our local environs and you don't have to [..]
"The best things in life are free, but you can give them to the birds and the bees, I need money!” Motown founder Berry Gordy co-wrote it, Barrett Strong sang it, even John Lennon took a turn at it with the Beatles cover version. Now, [..]
The return of the Jazz Bakery to Culver City is likely more than a year away, but that doesn't mean that exciting, new forms of America's native art form is far away from our local environs. Royal T Cafe in Culver City has made a reputation for [..]
Spring cleaning is over, the yards are looking neat, the barbeque has a full tank of propane and hot dogs are on the grill. As George and Ira Gershwin said, “Summertime and the Living is Easy.” Well, most of us still have to go to work [..]