Music

Music educator and composer Kennedy Verrett joins forces with 17 musicians and the sounds of the desert for SoundCheckEarth, a site-specific immersive acoustic concert held at Joshua Tree National Park.

Funk Freaks, a DJ collective and record shop based out of Santa Ana, brings together DJs, crate diggers and funk enthusiasts in Orange County and across the globe.

Coachella Valley-based Latin-infused rock band Giselle Woo and the Night Owls finally get their Coachella debut on April 15 and 22 after two years of postponements. The four-piece ensemble reflects on how the pandemic provided time to prepare and grow as a group.

Page Burkum of The Cactus Blossoms reflects on their collaborations through the years and the current state of live music. The Cactus Blossoms will perform at Stagecoach Festival on April 29 at the Empire Polo Club.

The last time American band Surf Curse performed at Coachella, the duo was a last-minute addition to the line-up. One viral song on TikTok and over 432 million Spotify streams later, the recording project returns to Coachella on Sunday, April 17 and 24.

Talented composers fleeing Nazism made a new home for themselves in the United States and, in the process, helped create the vibrant sounds and the emotional pull of such Hollywood movies as "Casablanca," "Sabrina" and many more.

Los Angeles jazz legend Barbara Morrison, who performed on a pair of Grammy-nominated albums, produced another and founded a performing arts theater and jazz/blues museum in Leimert Park, died today at age 72.

During the early 1980s, throwing parties was one of the most lucrative ways for people in the 'hood to make money. Learn more about Ultra Wave, a popular crew that animated the Westside of Los Angeles.