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New CDs: Beck, Kerli and Greg Laswell
Beck "Modern Guilt" (DGC Records)
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There are many probable reasons Beck made "Modern Guilt," his concise yet deliberately cosmic collaboration with fellow shaggy pop auteur Danger Mouse. He's finishing up a long contract with his record label; he...Tags: Nick Drake, Alanis Morissette, Music Industry, Television Industry, Movies
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A curious night at Largo
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer"Largo" the movie is a lot like Largo the club. The lighting is low, its attention is 100% on the performers and it doesn't make things easy for its customers. "I don't really know what the audience would be," says the film's producer and co-director,...Tags: Mahalia Jackson, Louis Armstrong, Mental Illness, Fairfax District, Chico Hamilton
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Live: Jon Brion
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOne big difference between the Largo nightclub's new location on La Cienega Boulevard and its longtime home on Fairfax was illustrated during Jon Brion's late show on Friday. In the middle of a lively, tango-style instrumental, the guitar-wielding Brion...Tags: Beverly Center, Music Industry, Kanye West, New York, Theater
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Jazz bassist adds hip-hop
NewsdayEsperanza Spalding, a 23-year-old bassist, vocalist and composer from Portland, Ore., is so wildly talented that when her publicity material announces that she "might well be the hope for the future of jazz and instrumental music," it seems like a...Tags: Hip Hop, David Letterman, Pat Metheny, Music, Beyonce
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Best soundtrack for breakup: Silence
Breakups in your 20s are very different from the breakups in your teens. The most memorable breakup from my teen years was with a girl named Becky in 8th grade. After two hot-and-heavy weeks, I bought her a sweat shirt for Christmas, and I think she...Tags: Ghostface Killah, Will Smith, Nike Incorporated, Oak Brook, Jennifer Aniston
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Largo gets new lease on life at the old Coronet
Special to The TimesJON BRION'S last night at Largo was epic. The singer-songwriter's free-for-all Fridays at the tiny Fairfax Avenue nightclub had been drawing capacity crowds for more than a decade, but his May 2 show was historic: his final turn before owner Mark Flanagan...Tags: Angela Lansbury, Lenny Bruce, Charles Laughton, Music Industry, Movies
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Inara George gets fatherly guidance from Van Dyke Parks
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMike Andrews, the producer of Inara George's new album, "An Invitation," calls it "the father-and-daughter record she never got to make." That might sound strange to students of Los Angeles rock history, who know that the singer's father, Lowell George,...Tags: New Jersey, Los Feliz, Heart Disease, Tangier, Randy Newman
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'Love Song's' Sara Bareilles enjoying the spotlight
ehulme@am-ny.comSara Bareilles and her band have been plugging away for more than five years, but to casual observers it may seem that the piano pop star has sprung up overnight. The increase in profile is pretty much because of the inclusion of her single "Love Song" on...Tags: Elton John, Music Industry, Music
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Julieta Venegas makes the accordion sexy
Los Angeles Daily NewsThe accordion just isn't sexy -- until you hear the squeezebox confessionals of Julieta Venegas. Belting out scalding Mexican rock, the multitalented singer boasts an eclectic sound that draws loyal audiences in the U.S., Latin America and Europe. Her...Tags: Tom Waits, Los Angeles, Tori Amos, Music, Folk Music
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Jon Brion rings in the new year as only a one-man band can
Tribune staff reporterThough Jon Brion has produced artists familiar to pop music lovers -- Kanye West, Fiona Apple and Spoon among them -- pinning down his style and influences as a performer is akin to naming every species of flora and fauna in a rain forest. Beatles?...Tags: Natural Resources, Public Holidays, Kanye West, New York, Forestry and Timber
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Barbra Streisand: how a star is born
Newsday Staff WriterPop music is full of young divas these days, but currently on tour is the mother of them all, Barbra Streisand. Before there was Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey or Madonna, there was Babs, a one-woman entertainment juggernaut who's been calling her...Tags: California, Broadway, Bette Midler, Manhattan (New York City), Mariah Carey
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A prime-time hit parade
It seems like Mat Kearney's music is everywhere these days - everywhere except, well, you know, the radio. The Nashville-based singer-songwriter saw his song "All I Need" close out the season premiere of "Grey's Anatomy" (so prominently, in fact, that...Tags: Aretha Franklin, Natural Science, Laguna Beach, David Gray, Physiology
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