Arts and Entertainment

Some of my favorite shows showcase people who aren't well-known yet. I usually joke that our goal is to help them get to the point where we can no longer…

Saturday, June 7, 2008 was an ungodly sweltering evening. The weather killed walk-up sales for Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express, whose performance that night at the Arden Gild Hall…

I booked Bettye LaVette at the Arden Gild Hall back in 2005 when she made her comeback with 'I've Got My Own Hell To Raise'.  She's become one of the…

'Hey, El Som, how about doing a week of songs from artists you've booked at the Gild Hall?' Wh-why, what a great idea!  Think I'll start with vocalist supreme Cat…

I'm hip--to David Frishberg:

In case you haven't guessed by now, if there was only one genre of music that I could listen to for the rest of my life, it'd be the sweet…

I was out running errands yesterday, and XPN was playing a whole bunch of Joni Mitchell songs in a row.  I was afraid that she had passed away, and listened…

A soul adrenaline rush for Election Day. Can you believe that this song was the flip side? The A side was 'Bernadette', but still, this absolutely kicks ass. Hey, I…

"Wanted, young men single and free. Experience in love preferred, but will accept a young trainee":

Heard this great soul classic on the way home from work yesterday. BTW, if you want to know why white boys should be discouraged from covering these songs, check out…

Have a wild weekend campaigning for your fave candidates, y'all:

Leyla McCalla's coming to the Arden Gild Hall on Sat., Jan. 12, 2019. Here's the title track of her new album. Recorded in N'Awlins, as if you couldn't tell: Hey,…