It's a truly rare and awesome event when a song heard on the radio restrains your movement and compels a discerning ear; it's a tune to which you instantly relate and sublimely haunts your psyche for days despite having heard it just once.  For me, it started with a somewhat ominous  >>

Who: Brother Ali, Abstract Rude, Toki Wright, DK One Where: The Troubadour , 9081 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069 When: March 13, 2008, 8pmCheck out lyrical bad-ass Brother Ali speaking his truth tonight at the Troubadour. This edgy Albino rapper is revered for performances that lead  >>

There is no music more relaxing than live jazz, especially when it is accompanied by a drink and a dark room. To lean back and be enveloped by the soothing sounds of guitar, bass and drums tapped out in mellow rhythms is a simple pleasure, indeed, and one that should be enjoyed more often around  >>

Quirky, vibrant, full of energy and tangy sustenance. Rock band Lemon Sun named themselves fittingly. Between the tragic bud vs bud lite options at the "open bar" and the too loud, too cocky opening band, my little rock concert Saturday night at the Unknown Theater was off to a  >>

Each Wednesday, Black Entertainment Television (BET) showcases undiscovered talent on the show 106 & Park’s, Wild Out Wednesdays. The show brings in three different performers as they compete for the week’s supremacy. On February 13th, Southern California was represented in the  >>

The seasoned captain of the perpetual Pariliament/Funkadelic voyage is still busy loosing captive minds and recruiting new generations of musical cosmonauts. George Clinton and the scene that manifested from his vision will leave an everlasting imprint on America’s psyche. The Parliaments were  >>