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As of today, I will have been to 26 of the 50 states in this country (that’s a majority, for you mathematicians out there). I’ve seen a fair few music cities and music communities in my time touring, and as I round the corner on six years based

What if god is a 17-year-old girl with purple hair standing in front of a Marshall amp playing a red guitar? — David Olney Most Asked Question of the Week What the fuck is Americana? Some asked in earnest, but to most it was a rhetorical musing about the

Cecil “Big Jay” McNeely passed away Sunday from prostate cancer. The last surviving link to Los Angeles’ thriving Central Avenue jazz and R&B lifeforce was 91. McNeely was born in Watts in 1927, when it was rural and milk was delivered by horse and buggy. Known then as

It's been a privilege to watch the arc of John Hiatt's career.  I say arc because I first saw John in concert in 1979, by then he had 3 albums out, so it was by no means the beginning of his career.  At the time New

Cali-based Blond Ambition is ending the Summer with a beautifully haunting cover of Evelyn "Champagne" King's classic R&B track, “Love Come Down.” With a bit of Reggae and Alternative vibe he brings his own flair to the track....which is the Blond Ambition