You don’t know Jack! What you know about Jack Russell: You know the very popular 1987 MTV video, “Once Bitten, Twice Shy,” by Great White. “I hated that song — I don’t know why that was a hit,” he says, [...]
While the South Bay is traditionally and affectionately renowned for its punk and reggae roots, the local musical spectrum has been trending toward eclecticism. Therein, many bands are flirting with, submerging into, or weaving in folk-based elements to their [...]
Fartbarf I still hear people mumble about how these guys shoot themselves in the foot with a name like Fartbarf. Bottom line: they sound good, they look good, they perform good; so, those incapable of accepting their silly name may [...]
James Kruk didn’t realize it until much later, but Elvis was on his trail. He remembers traces of the King from his early childhood in New York in the 1970s. Elvis Presley by that point had transcended mere coolness and [...]
The Chris Robinson Brotherhood at Saint Rocke This booking qualifies as a musical extravaganza: Chris Robinson, who as lead singer of The Black Crowes sold 13 million records, brings his newly formed The Chris Robinson Brotherhood (curiously minus brother Rich) [...]
Jazz for the holidays The best kept musical secret in the South Bay for the last two years has been the ongoing residency of the Richard Sherman Trio featuring Bili Redd at the Terranea Resort in Palos Verdes Estates. Those [...]
The Green Blossom String Band rides the wave of folk revivalism Folk is the foundation of all spoken word music (music with song). It is the most malleable form of music, capable of adapting any variation – from Celtic jig [...]
Electric Blue was almost famous. They were a locally-based band whose humble roots were playing gigs in the back of flatbed trucks at Grateful Dead shows in the 1980s but who later toured with the likes of Jane’s Addiction, the [...]