Concerts by Wild Up at MOCA's Geffen Contemporary and Brightwork newmusic at Monk Space help L.A. audiences come to terms with election results.

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Elton John harbors a strong resistance to living in the past, so even though the new documentary “Elton John: Never Too Late” ...

The Weeknd's whack-a-mole beats, Crystal Murray's fuzz-punk antics, and Two Shell's... whole deal... make for an especially ...

Musician Willie Nelson performing ahead of an event for Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris at a ...

RAYE believes having her songwriting books for her new album go missing was a "blessing in disguise". The 'Escapism' hitmaker ...

George Harrison penned many stunning solo songs during his post-Beatles career, but we think these four tunes are worth revisiting.

How did one neighborhood become the locus for generations of musical invention, from Dylan to Nina Simone? A new book has some answers ...

Elvis Costello's 1986 album "King of America," one of my favorite records ever, has been re-released in a six-CD boxed set ...

Nina Simone and Tom Waits as well as some less-than-obvious inclusions, like reimaginations of the Flaming Lips’ “Do You ...

One year after the Beatles released their driving rock 'n' roller, jazz pianist Nina Simone responded with a "Revolution" of her own.