Tag: L.A

Kaskade and deadmau5 Break Records at Spectacular L.A. Coliseum Performance – EDM.com

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Kaskade and deadmau5 Break Records at Spectacular L.A. Coliseum Performance - EDM.com

It may have only been their second performance ever, but Kx5 are already writing themselves into electronic music history. The formidable duo of deadmau5 and Kaskade debuted at EDC Las Vegas earlier this year to a […]

What does the earth sound like? An L.A. art exhibit offers an answer

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Three screens: the left two have a woman with arms out and the far right screen shows lava of a volcano

Growing up in Crenshaw in the 1990s, Justen LeRoy was surrounded by the sounds of Destiny’s Child at the beginning of each “Proud Family” episode on Disney Channel, and of R&B artists who performed back-to-back […]

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

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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

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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

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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

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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’

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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 […]