August Brown covers pop music, the music industry and nightlife policy at the Los Angeles Times.
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Bernice Johnson Reagon, co-founder of the Freedom Singers, championed faith-driven activism during the civil rights movement.
July 19, 2024
The former AEG and Universal Concerts exec helped shape SoCal’s live scene for five decades.
July 19, 2024
This week’s offerings arrive at the peak of summer with all manner of live, outdoor fun to guide you through the city.
July 18, 2024
Anyma, the EDM producer and audio-visual experimentalist, will take over Las Vegas’ Sphere on New Year’s Eve 2024. It’s the first time the new venue will host dance music.
July 15, 2024
Loggins wrote for Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers and Willie Nelson, and penned the Masters golf tournament theme.
July 12, 2024
Elliott, astonishingly, never mounted a full headline tour despite platinum LPs and induction into the Rock Hall. She made history on Thursday in L.A.
July 12, 2024
The Beastie Boys, famously averse to commercial licensing, seek financial damages and demand the ad be pulled.
July 11, 2024
The Rolling Stones had startling and exhilarating moments that created history instead of pandering to it.
July 11, 2024
We’ve got another fresh crop of weekend recommendations that encompasses romantic movies about moon landings and artwork that appears to be from another planet.
July 11, 2024
Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer faces a wrongful-death lawsuit that accuses him of running over a pedestrian crossing the street in Alhambra.
July 10, 2024