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Album Review: Iconic by Take 6 (7/10)
Long before a cappella pop sensations Pentatonix became a YouTube, Billboard chart and touring sensation, 10-time Grammy winners Take 6 were laying the groundwork for all modern voice-generated pop/R&B madness. Their breezily infectious, ... -
Taj Mahal, Keb' Mo', Melissa Etheridge, and Deva Mahal at the Hollywood Bowl
The colorfully written Hollywood Bowl program bio of Deva Mahal, the opening act on a midweek slate that included rocker Melissa Etheridge and her father, the legendary Taj Mahal, and ... -
Close Up: Amit Ofir aka "Wolves"
A Multi-Talented Musician and Producer: Since graduating from Musicians Institute in 2006, multi-talented Israeli born and raised guitarist, composer and producer Amit Ofir has amassed a multi-faceted resume that includes ... -
Album Review: Steve Gadd Band by Steve Gadd Band (8/10)
On the Steve Gadd Band’s spirited, hook and improvisation filled, tightly funky then polyrhythmic groove-a-second fourth album, the legendary drummer and his longtime cohorts from James Taylor’s band–Walt Fowler (trumpet/flugelhorn), ... -
Up Close: Adventures in Modern Recording
A Bleeding Deacon’s Sonic Adventures Indie artists and singer/songwriters of all genres have relied on Daniell Holcomb’s expertise as a producer, engineer for over 20 years because, as frontman and ... -
Seal and Corinne Bailey Rae at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, CA
Just a few years ago, scheduling 90’s pop, rock and soul hitmaker Seal on the slate of Wednesday jazz-oriented nights at the Hollywood Bowl might have seemed like a stretch ... -
Christopher Cross, Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles
The two-and-a-half hour midsummer night soft rock summit of pop legends and decades-long pals and collaborators Christopher Cross, Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald wasn’t billed as a “Yacht Rock” festival, ... -
Close Up: The Art & Science of Sound Recording
Founded on a Musical Friendship: The friendship and working relationship between Alan Parsons and Julian Colbeck that ultimately led to the creation of the educational multi-media project The Art & Science ... -
Album Review: FLOW by FLOW (8/10)
Forty years after Windham Hill became a catalyst for the global new age music phenomenon, its founder, acoustic guitarist Will Ackerman joins forces with genre stalwarts Fiona Joy (piano), Jeff ... -
Album Review: Run Deep by Deva Mahal 8/10
On her intensely heartfelt, soul-searing full-length debut Run Deep, the daughter of blues legend Taj Mahal celebrates her family’s legacy–but, as per the album title, takes it into the modern era ...
