FRESKO: New Music
HOT HALF DOZEN by Patrick O’HeffernanFrom 155 submissions Gemini, single by Kedra Erika. Catches you from the first bars and holds you with her bouncy yet seductive voice that brings urgency and narrative. Beautifully produced. Stream on Spotify. Follow on YouTube and all socials. And at kendraerika.com/ Blood on Your Hands by Willie Nile (featuring Steve Earl) Classic, addictive blues rock from Niles’...
“Another Observer” by Irene Diaz: her best song ever and one of the best in today’s music.
Ever since I first saw Irene Diaz sing in a Venice California church almost 5 years ago, I have been smitten by her ability to blend power, love, joy and pain into songs in a way that few in modern musical history have ever accomplished. Her voice transcends any words of description; it is pure emotion. Her songwriting is the most personal poetry possible, and yet is it completely universal. She is on a level of her...
Muchachito vibrates Eastside Luv Wednesday night in a “total hoot”
Eastside Luv Wine Bar, one of the focal points of the Mexican-American culture in LA, was vibrated down to its foundation Wednesday night by a Spaniard, Muchachito Bombo Infierno. Standing at the end of the bar with his personalized acoustic guitar and an amplified zapeteado platform, he bought his frenetic energy, stomping rhythms and howling humorous lyrics to the raised stage of ESL’s long bar. It was a not-to-be-forgotten night...
Carlos Sé’s debut EP introduces the Sé Sound of East LA
Carlos Sé, a friendly East LA roquero singer/songwriter with a light touch on the guitar and a knack for clever penetrating lyrics, handed me a copy of his debut EP Ready or Not, Here I Come a few weeks ago at a Dia de los Muertos event and I am still playing it. The EP’s six songs are easy to listen to and quickly get under your skin. Playing a blend of reggae, rock, and Latino fusion born of the La Maravilla Projects in East LA,...
COASTCITY at the Echoplex in LA: language and musical divides disappear
There is no other way to say it: COASTCITY blew away the Echoplex Thursday night. The Grammy-nominated multilingual Puerto Rican duo of Danny Flores and Jean Rodriguez brought pure fun to the spacious stage of one of LA’s best sounding clubs to an audience completely at home with the band’s parallel languages and music forms. They also brought a full band complete with horns. And if that wasn’t enough, they brought rapper...