Jonas Brothers and Pitbull are playing free concerts in L.A.

Jonas Brothers and Pitbull are playing free concerts in L.A.

With the Los Angeles area hosting the College Football Playoff National Championship, the Banc of California Stadium will host a bevy of free concerts featuring the Jonas Brothers, Pitbull, Em Beihold and Gayle in its […]

2023 Grammy nomination for Gustavo Dudamel and the L.A. Phil

2023 Grammy nomination for Gustavo Dudamel and the L.A. Phil

Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic have earned a Grammy Award nod for best orchestral performance alongside another L.A. nominee, conductor Christopher Rountree’s experimental new music chamber orchestra, Wild Up. The two groups are […]

L.A. Swifties, Taylor Swift’s Eras tour adds 2 shows at SoFi

L.A. Swifties, Taylor Swift's Eras tour adds 2 shows at SoFi

Taylor Swift has added 17 more shows to her already expanded Eras tour, including two more gigs in Los Angeles, “due to unprecedented demand for tickets.” The “Anti-Hero” and “Lavender Haze” singer will play SoFi […]

A new generation of L.A. leaders changing Latino culture

Ana-Christina Ramón, a UCLA scholar, is seen in a blue jacket with a patterned shirt, against an obscured background.

To speak of Latino culture in the United States is often to tell a story of absence, of underrepresentation and misrepresentation, of everything that is missing rather than all that exists. This will not be […]

Commentary: Redemption, writ large, in L.A. Opera’s divine ‘Omar’

A woman in a head wrap and dramatic blue costume printed with Arabic lettering on the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion stage.

“Omar,” the new opera by composers Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels, finds its strength in the simplicity of prayer. The work, which is too fluid to be classified in discrete musical or dramatic genres, is […]

After scandal, L.A. band Las Cafeteras sings ode to Oaxaca

A woman wearing white speaks into a microphone

She called them “dark little people,” adding “tan feos” (“they’re ugly”) and claimed she didn’t know where they came from. Former L.A. City Council President Nury Martinez’s recently leaked racist remarks about Oaxacans living in […]

Column: I’m playing an Art Laboe album to counteract the noxious vibe from L.A. City Hall

Memories of El Monte

In 1993, my parents saved up enough money to buy a massive Kenwood home entertainment system complete with gigantic speakers and a five-CD player. I remember the exact year because the first CD I ever […]