Many people would agree that life in London is practically the polar opposite from life in Los Angeles. From the obvious cultural and social distinctions to the dissimilarity in weather patterns - Southern California's year-round and temperate conditions compared to England's dreary fog and rain - the two cities seem worlds away from each other.…Read more Miles away from his England home

"Music for me is pretty therapeutic. I've noticed when I finish writing something, there is this sense of accomplishment and relief in finishing something but also in getting what you just wrote down out of your system. I guess I'm lucky to be doing it in that way," said Bronx, N.Y., native Ari Hest about…Read more Telling his life through music

For singer, songwriter and guitarist Matt Nathanson, it's difficult to not think of life on the road as a home away from home. He has played 600 shows in 400 venues over the last several years in a music career that dates back to 1993. For Nathanson, existence in transit can be characterized in no…Read more Traveling Man Lands at Greek

Whether you're Ravi Coltrane, Sean Lennon, Natalie Cole or Jakob Dylan, it's no easy task to follow in the footsteps of your legendary parent by entering into the same profession as a way to uncover your own individuality without the ghost of resemblance haunting you along the way. It's certainly no different for the five…Read more Big footsteps to follow

A few years back, from a dorm room at Temple University in Philadelphia, sophomore student and aspiring singer Shareese Renee Ballard called her childhood friend Santi White. White was a songwriter and guitarist living in New York and working as an A&R assistant for Epic Records. Ballard, known by her fans as Res (pronounced Reese),…Read more Res performs at the Roxy in West Hollywood Saturday

People tend to define the music of Jimmy Eat World as either fervent emo-core punk, a modern indie-rock marvel with the kind of noncommercial underground appeal synonymous with Nirvana, or as a modern pop-rock festival of chord-pumping adrenaline surges. Given such disparate impressions, the question of whether Jimmy Eat World dwells in a hallowed punk-rock…Read more Jimmy Eat World will release new album ‘Futures’ in October

A few years ago, I had the chance to catch my first Medeski, Martin and Wood concert in which the avant-garde jazz trio played at the House of Blues - a venue on Sunset Boulevard designed to resemble a dilapidated dwelling that could fit in right along the riverbanks of the Mississippi River yet stood…Read more Grooving with DJ Logic

Since venturing into the underground hip-hop scene as a teen-ager, the English DJ Andy Smith has honed his knack for spinning and scratching records all his own that has thrust him into the thriving club culture across America and Europe. In the early 1980s, Smith first explored his craft at parties in his hometown of…Read more DJ Andy Smith has a new album, ‘The Document II,’ set for release in September

It's not every day that legendary musicians of the past who continue to pave the way for the future praise artists of today's generation on their debut work, regarding it as nostalgic and reminiscent to the heyday of Motown and soul. However, singer Ricky Fante has made history, literally. "I finally heard the type of…Read more ‘Rewind’ the Clock

If you're an avid watcher of shows like "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," "Sex and the City" or "Six Feet Under," chances are you have probably heard the music of Zero 7. The British duo - Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker - and its freelance group of collaborative singers - including Sia Furler, Sophie…Read more Zero 7 Falls into Groove

Performing in front of a crowd of more than 1,000 people, most of them students of Hermosa Valley and View schools, famed jazz pianist and Pier Avenue School alumnus David Benoit played several tunes this week at the Hermosa Community Center in celebration of the School District's 100 years of service in town. Among the…Read more Former alum plays live concert for Hermosa kids

For many countries around the world, deforestation has evolved into a widespread issue. It is an issue among a series of human errors against the environment manifested through effects of global warming and water pollution. Australia is no stranger to the image of people cutting down 600-year-old trees every day, a topic of controversy which…Read more John Butler continues to write about socially significant issues in his new album ‘Sunrise Over Sea.’