In this radio feature, Liz Warner takes a walk down memory lane with vocalist Bryan Ferry to talk about what went into the making of that first record, and how it sounds looking back from today....
The aptly named Ten Years lands a decade after the sister duo’s last release as Aly & AJ. With a runtime of just over 15 minutes, their new EP simultaneousl...
Forty years and seven studio albums later, iconic Los Angeles punk band, X, still tours with its original lineup. Such tenacity and popularity are celebrated in...
What does a women and artist-centric dance party on a Monday night look like? LA DJ Smiles Davis is taking on the traditional party atmosphere with her own special affair, Mona’s Room, an event that occurs every week for the past year in Silver Lake....
Barbara Dane is a revolutionary. For seventy years she has advocated for peace and civil rights through the power of her voice, her guitar and the songs she wri...
During Bleachers' concert last Tuesday at the Fonda Theater in Los Angeles (which was, coincidentally, the opening night of Lorde's headlining tour in support of Melodrama across the pond in Manchester), Antonoff took a moment mid-way through the set to encourage the audience to listen to silence in a crowded theater....
One part guilty pleasure electro-pop and one part raw emotion, Terror Jr’s latest release, Bop 3: The Girl Who Cried Purple, continues to not only maintain but exceed expectations for those who have been following the artist since their first single. After being teased for a few days via the group’s social media pages with the album’s cover image of a forlorn-looking blonde crying grape soda-like tears into a pair of waiting glasses, the album dropped last Friday, September 29th....
(L-R) Pianists Leif Ove Andsnes and Marc-André Hamelin in performance at The Wallis (photo: Rob Latour for The Wallis).
The pianist is the traveling nomad o...
Top Bunks and Aisle Seats goes international as Ampersand's Music Editor, Ashley Eady, interviews Edris, a Cuban-born singer-songwriter and USC alumnus!...