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The pop-up series, Santa Ana Sites, features the experimental music group "wild Up," an ensemble that re-interprets modern-classical music.
Peter Erskine w/ Maynard Ferguson, 1976 | Source: petererskine.com
Professional drummer Peter Erskine, whose work has been featured on more than 600 recordings, discusses the new film "Whiplash."
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The members of Beijing-based alternative rock band Hedgehog say they just want to make happy music.
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Everybody who was anybody in the jazz world stayed at South Central's Dunbar Hotel, where "the future of black America was discussed every night of the week in the lobby".
On The One - William Onyeabor
Who is William Onyeabor? Ever since his analog synth-filled beats began resurfacing in the late 1990s, he has remained one of the most mysterious artists in Africa.
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L.A.-based producer Bei Ru's new album, "Saturday Night at the Magic Lamp" features a mix of Armenian sounds with modern disco and hip-hop beats.
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Baloji spent the early years of his career avoiding the traditional Congolese rhumba his parents listened to and focused his energy on hip-hop.
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Inside the old brick building was a place where the misfits and weirdos could rub shoulders with the locals and the businessmen, sometimes even with the Yakuza.
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How has Mariachi Plaza changed in the last 25 years, as a public space as well as a place for redevelopment?
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The work of Nathan East has been featured on songs by artists like Michael Jackson, Phil Collins, and Daft Punk. The bassists discusses some of his memorable live gigs.
Billy Berg's souvenir photo from 1946. (Courtesy of the Quincy Inara Collection)
In the heart of Hollywood, Billy Berg's was a prime jazz club through the 1940s and 1950s.
Two hours north of Los Angeles, Stetsons and steel guitars are the norm at Buck Owens' Crystal Palace.
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