Sun, Apr 3, 2016
Grammy-nominated musician Hozier brought his soulful blues, rock, and folk sounds to the historic stage at The Theater at Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. The singer, along with six accompanying band members, offered a poignant 15-song set to a crowd of 1,000. The artist included many tracks off his self-titled debut album, as well as a rhythmic, stripped down reimagining of Paul McCartney's "Blackbird." Hozier punctuated the performance with an evocative rendition of his hit single "Take Me To Church" before unfurling a three-song encore that included emotional standout "Cherry Wine."
Sun, Apr 10, 2016
U.K. rockers alt-J performed an intense, moody set at Los Angeles's Hollywood American Legion. The group offered up 18 songs to a crowd of 550 invited guests, veering between its eclectic new album, This Is All Yours, and its 2012 debut, An Awesome Wave. The surging, boisterous set included hit singles "Hunger of the Pine," "Fitzpleasure" and "Left Hand Free," as well as a re-imagined cover of Bill Withers' "Lovely Day." The Hollywood American Legion, with its grand vaulted ceilings, made for a historic and dramatic setting that lent itself well to alt-J's edgy, dynamic rock songs.
Sun, Apr 17, 2016
UK-based electro-pop sensation Marina And The Diamonds, the stage name of Welsh native Marina Diamandis, put on an eclectic performance of 15 songs with a 2 song encore in the famous Great Hall in the New York Hall of Science in Corona, NY. Just 350 lucky fans got to see this intimate performance where she performed hits such as "How to be a Heartbreaker," "Primadonna," as well as songs from her most recent album Froot.
Sun, Apr 24, 2016
For Grammy winner Gary Clark Jr. it was an emotional homecoming in the club he legitimately calls "home" - Austin's legendary "Home Of The Blues," Antone's Nightclub. Clark first played Antone's as a fifteen-year-old obsessed with blues history and now he's both one of the most respected and revered artists in blues and R&B, and in a full-circle move, a part-owner of the club's latest iteration. His 20-song set for a crowd of 350 invited guests featured songs from his 2012 breakthrough Blak and Blu and last year's genre-bending follow-up, The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim. Among the highlights of a night filled with fiery, jaw-dropping guitar heroism and bright flashes of a gorgeous falsetto, a loud, muscular take on "Bright Lights" and a supremely funky meditation on the impact of music, "The Healing."