notes from vivace

I was able to make it out to the Bootleg Theater to catch  Kate Clover . She is one of my favorite musicians in Los Angeles. With the band C...

For my last outing for 2019, I took off to The Hi Hat where I caught  Gal Pal  and  Momma . I was actually under the weather (still under th...

1. My Top Favorite 2019 New Artists (new to me, but maybe not new to you): First, what was I thinking in 2018? I left  Ariel Beesley  off ...

It was off to The House of Machines to catch  Taleen Kali 's 100th set. I'm actually surprised by the fact that she kept count of al...

It was my second straight Monday night catching  Shannon Lay  and her short 3 night residency at Zebulon. There is beauty in those vocals. A...

It was off on a double venue outing on a recent Saturday. First it was off to South Lake Avenue in Pasadena to catch  Trapdoor Social . It w...

Shannon Lay  has a December residency on Mondays. It is unfortunately just three weeks long. I swear to those coming across this post that t...

It was off to catch  The Colour Coast  one last time in 2019. It happened to be their final residency night at The Hi Hat. Their Latin-flavo...

I went over to the Bootleg Theater to catch  Rosie Tucker 's closing residency night. Opening up the night was  Bella Porter  who drew a...

I've followed the members of  Prince of Lilies  for a decade or so via Barb Wired Dolls and Royal Distortion. When I noticed that they w...

Kristeen Young  concluded her residency at The Satellite. It went out with a bang with  Spare Parts for Broken Hearts  opening up the night....

It was a busy night at The Satellite though I have to admit I only stuck around for the first three bands. Kapali Løng  gave a rocking perfo...

The last time I was at Old Towne Pub was way back in 2016 for the final year of Make Music Pasadena. The venue was never a favorite, but I u...