Shelly Meg Peiken is an American songwriter, nominated for a Grammy this year, who is best known for co-writing the US #1 hits "What A Girl Wants" and "Come On Over Baby (All...
(Los Angeles) Shelly Meg Peiken had just received her second Grammy nomination when we talked last week. This nomination was not for a song, but for the audio version of her book,...
Phoenix, AZ based JADE has made the move to LA after commuting almost 400 miles every week to record and perform. The product of this move is “Pink” an EP that symbolizes the end of...
Usually in this space I talk about behind the scenes music events in LA. But this week I ran into one of the most interesting and least expected LA musical stories I...
One of LA’s most popular music festivals was held last weekend in a cemetery. Not just any cemetery, but the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, final resting place of Johnny and De De Ramone,...
One of LA’s most sought after music venues is not open to the public, is not actually a music venue, and is not in the City of Los Angeles. But I was...
(Los Angeles) Lysa Flores was a pioneer in LA’s East Los alternative scene. Raised in East LA with an older brother with a guitar, she played a box as a child, then...
(Hollywood) Las familias lined up early at the entrance gates to the Hollywood Bowl Sunday night. Padres, madres, niños and niñas, abuellos and abuelas and many, many amigos and amigas. Some carried...
