Peggy Lee

Pete Escovedo, A Father of the Revolution, Comes to Seal Beach Tomorrow

What do Sheila E., Prince and Wendy & Lisa all have in common? Aside from working together as Prince & the Revolution and playing "When Doves Cry" more times than anyone but cover band Purple Reign, all of their fathers are jazz musicians. The only active jazz dad of that group, Pete Escoved ... More >>

Five Things You Didn't Know About Margaritas

​Today is National Margarita Day, a made-up holiday so food critics like myself can do listicles like these and ensure more readers will click through our posts to read regurgitated facts like how the margarita is the nation's most popular cocktail (somewhat true) to that Emiliano Zapata invented ... More >>

Local Record Review: Christmas with Karling by Karling

​KarlingChristmas with KarlingWhite Trash RecordsKarling, aka Karling Abbeygate, is the subject of our Locals Only column this week, so it's only right to talk about the album itself that she's just released.  Frankly, if more Christmas albums had kicking originals like "Christmas Party" and ... More >>

Bang the Drum

Francisco Aguabella

[Sprawl of Sound] Bethany Owen's Vocal Impressions Will Flip Your (and Her) Wig

His Way

Tribute to Sinatra

Savage Love

Testing the limits of familial bonds, one nursing-home application at a time

Everlasting Sounds

Ten of the years most timeless records

This Is the Voice

The Gossip could follow a botched cockfight

Letters

The Brando of the Bata

Music as Freedom With Francisco Aguabella

Jewboy Salvation

Admitting the hots for Simon & Garfunkel

Locked and Loaded

Jazzbo George Shearing disses funk!

Be Nice!

There are enough bitchy drag queens in the world!