Music
Nipsey Hussle, Grammy-nominated rapper, killed at 33
April 1, 2019Rapper Nipsey Hussle was fatally shot outside the clothing store he founded to help rebuild his troubled South Los Angeles neighborhood, cutting short a career that earned him a Grammy nomination this year for his major-label...
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Fifth graders compose and perform poignant songs about math and science
November 21, 2018LOS ANGELES—Early last year a press release from the Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC) came my way about high school kids in Van Nuys writing and performing a new oratorio on the theme of the Japanese...
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Midterms spur old-school R&B group The O’Jays to political action
October 22, 2018“You almost have to say something. You almost have to get involved. I’ve never seen it this bad,” said one of the group's founders, Walter Williams, Sr.
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Amazing Aretha: L.A.’s Black community and others gracefully honor Queen of Soul
September 10, 2018LOS ANGELES—Hollywood is known around the world as a “company town” for the motion picture industry and television, but Los Angeles is also a music mecca. In January 1972, Aretha Franklin recorded the live album “Amazing...
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‘Dreamgirls’: A dream come true for kinetic choreo and Motown fans
July 25, 2018NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Director/choreographer Tor Campbell’s rendition of Dreamgirls is an extremely exciting, energetic version and vivid vision of the beloved musical that opened on Broadway in 1981 and onscreen in 2006. With a cast of dozens,...
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