Rebelle Road, a new entertainment company, held a launch party at Think Factory Media on Thursday, March 1 in Los Angeles. Legendary performers John Jorgenson and Carlene Carter, James Intveld, Jay Dee Manass, Jeffrey Paul Ross and Kip Dabbs formed an impromptu […]
California country has taken some hits in the past: In both senses of the word. The Golden State’s music has been bruised by the false impression that country music never happened there. One has only to trace the lineage from […]
The long awaited new album Wow and Flutter from our much-loved local folk/country/awesome singer/songwriter Amilia K Spicer was celebrated in a CD release show and party at Beyond Baroque last Saturday night. Though Spicer is often on the road, Venice has […]
When Alice Wallace was a child growing up in Central Florida, her parents would sing harmony on classics by Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris. Her clear memory of that encouraged her to lean toward Americana music and eventually led her to become […]
The work of creating a Best-of-the-Year list can be a strange experience. In a phone interview today with Keb’ Mo’ we moaned together about how to respond to these year-end lists. Of course, he has a lot of room to moan […]
As Calico the band releases its debut album, Rancho California, they stand in the stream of a rich tradition of country music founded and developed in the Golden State. With a triple threat consisting of the distinctive writing, vocal and […]
