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Adrian Younge's latest album, "The American Negro," keeps the legacy of freedom music alive, incorporating elements of jazz, funk, soul, spoken word and hip-hop to detail the Black experience and the evolution of racism in America.
Kid Congo Powers is a Brown, queer, underground punk glam rock guitar legend who grew up in the East L.A. suburb of La Puente, California. His work over decades with worldwide bands places him firmly in the L.A. and international punk music scene. He returns to the spotlight with a new album, video and even a line of eyewear.
For her latest project, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid chose a different type of collaborator — L.A.’s natural environment. "Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK" is free app that allows one to walk, hike or relax at Griffith Park as they listen to a site-specific score.
Artist Joshua-Michéle Ross' "The Adjacent Possible" project at Grand Central Art Center gathers anonymous participants online to take part in a freeform community orchestra. The experience feels like equal doses of guided meditation, creative collaboration and a space for introspection and relaxation.
For Los Angeles residents, the Hollywood Bowl has become a part of their collective memory, highlighting the importance of public performance spaces.
Take a moment to bask in the joy of Voices of Creation's sound in this special Grand Performances presentation filmed at Los Angeles' historic Heritage Square Museum, inside the rustic Lincoln Avenue Methodist Church, originally built in 1897.
Linda Ronstadt is an icon in music, and she continues to use her fame to open doors for generations of musicians of Mexican American heritage and beyond.
Give your brain a break with the peaceful sounds of Low Leaf's harp as they inundate the interior of the historical Perry House in L.A.'s Heritage Square Museum.
The Watts Towers Day of the Drum and Simon Rodia Jazz Festivals have been bringing together cultures for generations.
"If it ain't hot, if it ain't cool, it ain't here." Hot and Cool Cafe not only looks at the bottom line but also a community's needs.
Sometimes cool and sophisticated and other times volcanic and primordial, jazz is at once spiritually mindful and a raised fist in protest, inspiring us to push beyond limitations and imagine a brighter tomorrow.
The Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra is an instrument for self-determined socio-political thought in action. Its tenets are now taken up by a new generation of musicians.