Articles in music & cinema
Overtone, a boy band backed by Dina and Clint Eastwood, is currently on its first U.S. tour, opening a half dozen West Coast shows for pop sensation Corinne Bailey Rae. The seven members – Emile …
“I’m home!” Brandi Carlile screams with a simultaneous sigh. Her first unsung words are met with uproarious applause erupting from the sold-out Seattle crowd. “It probably helps that I’m related to everyone out there,” the …
Billabong’s Design for Humanity event, happening on June 10th at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California is a massive fashion-music-art block party featuring two concert stages, DJ dance parties, a runway fashion show showcasing one …
It’s Monday night in Austin, Texas. Indescribable streaks of color tear the atmosphere as the big southern sun sets. The regular crowd shuffles down South Lamar Boulevard filing into a blank looking building with a …
Film and art lovers gathered for an incredible weekend along California’s majestic Central Coast for the first Carmel Art and Film Festival (October 8-11). From an opening night solo, acoustic concert with Nashville singer/songwriter Griffin …
Robert Duvall’s CV would be coveted by even the most seasoned actor. He has starred in or been featured in more than 75 films. You’ve seen him a hundred times in everything from 1960’s “Joe …
ACL 2009 was epic! Three days, eight stages, 130 bands. So many stories to tell… There was more than sex on fire at the Kings of Leon show; why Caleb was burning on much …
Ten years ago, Jason Mraz had a few t-shirts, some paper fedoras and a dream. He stuffed them into a worn backpack and travelled cross-country from his home in Virginia to California – a musical …
Historic events have often been framed between the iconic peaks of the twin spires. Secretariat’s record breaking run for the roses, Smarty Jones’s muddy brilliance and Barbaro’s courageous and decisive close all happened here. Churchill …
“You always were my favorite drug, even when we used to take drugs.” It’s simple English but what a profound statement, especially when you consider the source and put it in context. It’s a now …
The mountains slowly swallowed the big yellow sun as darkness descended on the desert. An art installation shot off massive fireballs and a bright Ferris wheel spun in the distance as a kaleidoscope of laser …
At the tender age of 16, Montreal-born jazz singer Nikki Yanofsky is shaking up the genre by bringing youthful energy to the microphone and a musical gift that comes along once a generation. Octaves are …
