Category Archives: Music

West Adams Block Party With Arrested Development, D Smoke, Surprise Hip Hop Legend & More

The West Adams Block Party returns to the vital West Adams neighborhood this Sunday, September 3! This free (with RSVP) event goes for nine hours, with live musical performances, art installations, local businesses, food trucks, a job fair, and a kids’ … Continue reading

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Black Light and Blue Moon Party Tonight at MODA

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2023 Tiki Oasis Weekend

Written by Dave Arnson The cult of Tiki is an intriguing one, one of disposable income and alcoholic hedonism coupled with an artfully fantastical version of a faux- Polynesian paradise. These elements all come together once a year (for over … Continue reading

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Tiki Oasis 2023: The Aloha Caftan Society Parade

Saturday morning, a favorite event of Tiki Oasis, The Aloha Caftan Society Parade, strolled around the hotel grounds. The colorful group surrounded the pool and danced in all of their glory. Women and men of all types and ages were … Continue reading

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DakhaBrakha At The Ford – Ukrainian Quartet Rakha Our Blakha Off

DakhaBrakha at the Ford. Photo by Bob Lee for the LA Beat. The Ukrainian quartet DakhaBrakha have a sound that is at once ancient and modern, unlike any other music in my collection but somehow familiar. They are drawing from … Continue reading

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LA Beat Recommends: DakhaBrakha At The Ford This Friday

This Friday, the Ukrainian folk group DakhaBrakha will pay a visit to LA. Their endlessly inventive and stirring sound will inevitably take on a different resonance in the wake of the violence being directed at their homeland. There have been … Continue reading

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‘Tiki Oasis’ Celebrates ‘The Enchanted Sea,’ by the Sea in San Diego

This year, Tiki Oasis will once again celebrate with “The Enchanted Sea”, August 2 – 6, 2023, at San Diego’s newly-renovated and elegant mid-century modern hotel, the Town and Country, in Hotel Circle. As “the original and largest Tiki event … Continue reading

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Sparks Give “All That and More” to Finish Their World Tour at The Hollywood Bowl

Photo by Bob Lee for the Los Angeles Beat. In the fifty-odd years that they have been a band, Sparks have never been more widely loved by the public than they are at this moment. They haven’t even had a … Continue reading

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Surf Guitar Fans Venture to Long Beach for ‘101’ Convention

The 14th Annual Surf Guitar 101 Festival will be at the beachfront Golden Sails Hotel in Long Beach for the first time, Friday, July 28 through Sunday, July 30, 2023. The Surf Guitar 101 Convention is to feature “the very best … Continue reading

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Kool & The Gang Bounce The Hollywood Bowl

There is perhaps no live show you can go to that is more deeply joyful and soul-affirming than a funk show with a big crowd. When the band is on, connecting, you can look across the audience and see your … Continue reading

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