AltWeeklies Wire
How Escapees From Nazi Germany Transformed So Cal’s Music Culturenew
Imagine Igor Stravinsky’s ballet “Agon” never being staged, or Franz Waxman’s “Sunset Boulevard” and “A Place in the Sun” film scores never winning Oscars, because they’d never been written — because their creators were denied the right to exist.
Pasadena Weekly |
Bliss |
02-22-2010 |
Nonfiction
Deanne Stillman's 'Mustang' is Heartbreaking and Enragingnew
Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West is an exhaustively researched, eloquently written wake-up call.
Pasadena Weekly |
Bliss |
11-04-2008 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Ry Cooder Caps His Ambitious 'California Trilogy'new
The good-natured I, Flathead is a juicy celebration of hot rods, desert rats, sci-fi and So Cal culture.
Pasadena Weekly |
Bliss |
06-30-2008 |
Reviews
The Morning Benders Makes Music its Own Waynew
It's small surprise that Talking Through Tin Cans feels like an informal balancing act between snappy pop-rockers and moodier midtempo numbers. Kinda like the flip sides of an old-school vinyl album.
Pasadena Weekly |
Bliss |
05-20-2008 |
Reviews
Desert Bluesnew
Beating the winter doldrums and keeping up with Malian music via the internet.
Pasadena Weekly |
Bliss |
03-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tinariwen
Sally Jaye Finds a Future Pathnew
The singer-songwriter sifts through her past to celebrate her roots and Amarillo.
Pasadena Weekly |
Bliss |
11-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Amarillo, Sally Jaye
Musician From Belize with a Missionnew
Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective’s music celebrates the soul of their culture as they strive to keep it alive.
Pasadena Weekly |
Bliss |
08-03-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Crossing the Dividenew
Shooter Jennings sideman Ted Russell Kamp plays with the lines dividing black and white, sideman and frontman.
Pasadena Weekly |
Bliss |
02-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ted Russell Kamp
