Music Review: Keith Jarrett - Testament

Keith Jarrett’s three disc set Testament is a return to the heights of his Köln Concert triumph.

Blue Movie Review : In Shallow Waters
Blue Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, Zayed Khan, Sharks, Bahama butts Direction: ( not much of it ) Anthony D’Souza Rating: One star..and that’s being generous Sharks, there go those shucks! Ulp, excuzee, pardon, sowie. Shucks there go those sharks! And hey, they’re smooth-as-slate grey. Their teeth aren’t visible (must be senior seatizens). Plus every guy who owns a scuba-diving suit swims past them, happily, as also past National Geographic-like anemones, crayfish a

Music Review: James McMurtry - Live In Europe CD/DVD
James McMurtry says what he means in Amsterdam.

Music review: Murray Perahia makes his Disney Hall recital debut
On my way into the theater Tuesday night for Murray Perahia’s first recital in Walt Disney Concert Hall , I had the compulsion to wash my hands very thoroughly. This had nothing to do with fear of catching the H1N1 virus, but with the fact that Perahia is a pristine pianist like no other. The 6-year-old Disney Steinway was just back from its summer servicing. A rare early October rainstorm, cleansing the hall and streets outside, felt like a good omen. I wonder how many of those who purchas

Music Review: Marco Bittelli - Libera
Marco Bittelli’s new album should please any jazz guitar fan with its combination of Mediterranean, Latin, and classical influences.

Video of the Day: Summer Lives on Thanks to Thao With the Get Down Stay Down
This weekend I’ll be heading to the Treasure Island Music Festival for two days of music just outside of San Francisco. The awesome lineup includes MGMT, The Flaming Lips, The Decemberists, and Yo La Tengo just to name a few. I’m also excited to see Thao With the Get Down Stay Down, whose front-runner rocks out on her guitar to catchy, upbeat tunes that always make for a fun live show. In a new video for “When We Swarm,” the band dances happily lakeside with a bunch of friends, making it th

Music Review: Driven Straight To The Dance Floor
After listening to it over and over again for almost three weeks, I finally can write a music album review for “DRIVEN Straight To The Dance Floor” by Arnold G. Arnold Garcia is his real full name, but as an international dance/pop recording artist, songwriter, dancer and performer, he is well known as “ARNOLD G.” DRIVEN Straight To The Dance Floor is Arnold G’s 12 tracks complete album. It was released in 2006 by A&G Records, and manufactured and distributed by IRIS Distribution. DRIV

Music review: Gloria Cheng and Piano Spheres at Zipper Hall
Piano Spheres, one of the Los Angeles classical music landscape’s more surprising and also inspiring success stories, began humbly 16 years ago, and the seeds have fully flowered. Launched at Pasadena’s Neighborhood Church by the late, legendary Leonard Stein, pianist, pedagogue and assistant/direct link to Arnold Schoenberg, the series was designed to feature himself and a handful of gifted students, dealing with mostly contemporary piano repertoire. All these seasons later, Piano Spheres is

Music Review: HORSE the Band - Desperate Living
Impressive album. That is all.

Music Review: ?Twilight: New Moon? soundtrack offers dark, brooding mix of hip rock
‘Twilight: New Moon’ soundtrack broods nicely Various, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (Chop Shop/Atlantic) “The Twilight Saga: New Moon Soundtrack” should successfully pique the interest of young moviegoers with alt-rock tracks from top shelf hipsters. The soundtrack offers a brooding panoply of songs, matching the sense of danger that is the sinew of the […]