Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band (music group)

D'Angelo returning to Los Angeles with House of Blues concert

2012-06-20 16:36:49

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Personal Playlist: Henry Rollins

2011-12-05 21:36:21

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'Opika Pende: Africa at 78 RPM' resurrects a continent's music

2011-12-06 16:35:12

<![CDATA['Opika Pende: Africa at 78 RPM' resurrects a continent's music]]>

Personal Playlist: Alexandra Patsavas

2012-01-16 16:36:04

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Critic's Notebook: Steve Reich and Bang on a Can All-Stars

2012-01-18 16:36:14

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Cliff Martinez scores a strange success with 'Drive'

2011-10-16 00:00:00

The cristal baschet is one of the most beautiful musical instruments you will ever see, made of vibrating, tuned steel, fiberglass amplification cones and wire "whiskers" that shimmy when fingers rub the glass-rod keyboard. Film composer Cliff Martinez'...

Personal playlist: Tom Waits recalls Captain Beefheart, the late Don Van Vliet

2011-10-17 21:35:38

'Sesame Street's' latest victim: Elvis Costello

2011-10-18 16:35:20

De La Soul + Soviet soul and jazz = De La Soulviet

2011-10-28 08:38:39

Grammy Hall of Fame announces 2012 recordings inductees

2011-11-21 16:35:30

PASSINGS: Gil Clancy, Zoogz Rift, Carl Bunch, David E. Davis Jr., James Pritchett, James M. Roberts, Pat Rowe

2011-04-01 00:00:00

Gil Clancy Boxing trainer Gil Clancy, 88, a boxing trainer who helped lead Emile Griffith to welterweight and middleweight titles, died Thursday at an assisted-living facility on Long Island, N.Y., his family said. Born in Rockaway Beach, N.Y., in...

PASSINGS: Zoogz Rift, Carl Bunch, David E. Davis Jr., James Pritchett, James M. Roberts, Pat Rowe

2011-03-31 00:00:00

Zoogz Rift Punk rock musician Zoogz Rift, 57, a punk rock musician whose experimental style garnered comparisons with Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa, died March 22 at Encino Hospital of complications from diabetes, said his partner, Laura Rift....

. He and his band never sold many records, but their work was critically acclaimed, especially the album "Trout Mask Replica." He was also an abstract painter. He was 69.

2010-12-22 12:39:08

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