Jackson Browne

Stageit: Playing live from the living room ...

2013-03-21 06:30:00

Imagine a service that allows you to see your favorite acts in concert without ever leaving your home, let alone changing out of your pajamas. Stageit, a Los Angeles-based online company, does just that. The two-year-old service allows performers to...

Steven Tyler, Joe Perry to headline Varvatos Stuart House benefit

2013-03-08 12:15:00

Fashion designer John Varvatos has tapped rockers Steven Tyler and Joe Perry (yes, of Aerosmith fame) to perform at his annual Stuart House benefit, scheduled to take place Sunday in front of his West Hollywood boutique. This year will mark the 10th...

Official Rolling Stones app hits iTunes

2012-11-20 12:13:00

Classic rock fans have an opportunity for a little more satisfaction with the new Rolling Stones Official App that is available for download free from iTunes starting Tuesday and initially exclusively for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. “We...

Pearl Jam side project RNDM headed for Troubadour

2012-11-21 08:08:00

“Did you see Maroon 5 on ‘Saturday Night Live’?” Jeff Ament asked the other day. The Pearl Jam bassist wasn’t looking for an opinion on Maroon 5’s performance last weekend; instead, he was sharing his incredulity over...

Jackson Browne, two Heartbreakers, others join in Dec. 20 benefit

2012-12-13 13:55:00

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell is teaming with L.A. singer-songwriter Jonathan Wilson to spearhead the first Merry Minstrel Musical Circus holiday benefit show on Dec. 20 at the Troubadour in West Hollywood. They will be joined by...

Wayne Coyne teams with KCRW, McSweeney's to produce radio play

2012-11-20 14:11:00

Radio theater is a medium that, while no longer practiced as it was during the golden age of radio, remains rich with potential. Like books, drama over the airwaves requires an active mind’s eye for both its creators and its audience. But unlike the...

Review: Rush's gymnastic run at the Gibson Amphitheatre

2012-11-21 07:06:00

The following ingredients were part of Monday night's gig at the Gibson Amphitheatre: 28 songs; two Neil Peart drum solos; a few dozen guitar solos and hundreds of intricately placed chords from Alex Lifeson; many midstage struts, gymnastic bass line...

Review: Jackson Browne, Bob Weir & friends in holiday benefit

2012-12-21 11:47:00

The great thing about the living-room jam session is that there are no rules, no set lists, no worries about when things start and when — or if — they’ll end. The potential downside? No rules, no set lists, no worries about when things...

Bon Jovi announces U.S. dates for 2013 tour

2012-11-20 13:50:00

With no new Bon Jovi studio album since 2009, fans of the age-defying arena-rock outfit have had to content themselves this year with "Aftermath of the Lowdown," guitarist Richie Sambora's strikingly confessional solo set. That won't be the case for...

Southern California Close-Ups: West Hollywood, Fairfax, Wilshire, Koreatown

2012-06-05 10:20:00

First published on Oct. 30, 2011. Revised and expanded in early 2012. Set an out-of-towner loose to roam the Los Angeles area between West Hollywood and Koreatown, and what can you expect? A food-truck overdose, perhaps. Or the bold suggestion that we...

Southern California Close-Ups: Venice, Santa Monica, Malibu

2012-06-02 00:00:00

First published on July 31, 2011. Revised and expanded in early 2012. You could spend a solid year sniffing out cool spots for travelers in Venice, Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades and Malibu -- scores of hotels, hundreds of restaurants and bars, more...

Review: 'Inventing David Geffen' takes on the Hollywood mogul

2012-11-20 05:00:00

Susan Lacy's "Inventing David Geffen," which premieres Tuesday as part of the PBS series "American Masters," takes a long look at the agent-manager-record-mogul-movie-mogul (and Broadway producer and billionaire philanthropist). In Los Angeles, he is also...

June 26; with Sara Watkins

2013-03-06 13:24:00

25 babies were each named Ethan & Jackson Pictured singer Jackson Browne

2013-02-09 00:00:00

Jackson Browne's set list at the Merry Minstrel Musical Circus holiday benefit show included "Take it Easy" and the Warren Zevon classic, "Lawyers, Guns and Money."

2012-12-20 00:00:00