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Natalie’s SOUNDS and the CITY & Featured Musicians
Linda J. Albertano expounds about trips to West Africa, and playing the kora with Prince Diabate
I first saw Prince Diabate perform at an event for the Dalai Lama’s citywide World Festival of Sacred Music held in LA in 1999. I was mesmerized. I was flattened by the cascades and crescendos of celestial sound that flowed from his exuberant kora (West African harp). It sounded like angel tears bursting into fireworks of joy!
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Lemonade with Lexie Rose
I met – not Lexie Rose – but her mom at the Peppermint Club in July. I got my hands on a promotional card with a code to hear Lexie’s newest single (at the time), “Wrong”, and was hooked. Shortly thereafter I met Lexie Rose herself at Lemonade in Glendale. Over lunch we chatted about growing up in the Valley and handling school and music.
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Musicians: Seven Chapters from (CD Baby founder) Derek Sivers new book, “The Mindset of Marketing Your Music”
I was a struggling musician, with big ambitions but not much success, when I went to a music industry conference in Las Vegas to promote my music. I was nervously doing everything I could to make connections with the executives at all the big music companies. I would attend every panel of experts, taking notes on everyone’s name, and going up to the stage afterwards to introduce myself and get their contact info.
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Sounds and the City 020718 “Marianne’s dark eyes make worlds collide”
TribeLA Magazine applauds Santa Barbara’s musical moxie in weaving dense subject matter into a catchy audible experience. Check out the Acrostic Interview at TribeLA Magazine: https://tribelamagazine.com/santabarbara-acrostic/
read moreReview of Sounds and the City Featurette with “White Rabbit” by MetronOhm
Listen to "White Rabbit" and get to know Annabelle Maginnis of MetronOhm with ten facts. 1. "Is it the matter that matters or the space between?" Maginnis writes with chalk around Los Angeles when promoting shows or new work. A favorite tagline for MetronOhm’s...
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Sounds and the City: “Bell Peppers” by Moollz
Bell Peppers,” Moollz says, is “very much a first relationship very high school song!” Dating in Los Angeles assumes a myriad of forms, but with our varied and vast terrain, romantic beach and hike dates are staples.
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A Review of SOUNDS and THE CITY: L.A.’s Punk Prodigies “The Regrettes” on 60’s Glamour…
Meet The Regrettes, a pack of young Angelenos exploring the true meaning of punk rock. As the band’s bassist rightfully declares, The Regrettes have “worked their butts off.” Listen up!
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New Year Sounds and the City Review of “Honeycomb” by Babe Parade
Honeycomb is the type of track you melt into, kind of like golden hour in Los Angeles. It’s warm and melodiously sweet and provides a glowy aura to bask in.
read moreSounds and the City Featurette “Nine” by LIILY – The Review
I saw LIILY perform on the back patio at Stories Books and Cafe in Echo Park on a July evening. I first met Dylan Nash, the band's vocalist, who went in for a hug while I precociously (and pretentiously) went in for a hand shake. He took the stage with his band...
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Review 2017: Music is yet another art form of Molly (aka Moollz) Kirschenbaum and being a student at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music affirms just how serious she is about her career.
Moollz transported The Peppermint Club in West Hollywood to a galaxy far west from Los Angeles. Each key she tapped on her keyboard and each note she belted out was made possible by the light and love she exudes.
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Sounds and the City 01.04.2018 Feature: Katie Cunningham
Get to know Suburban Chanteuse Katie Cunningham as we trek around her native La Canada in her gold Jeep. Born on the east coast, Cunningham, an “r&b pop fusion” artist, spent part of her formative years in Colorado before moving farther west to La Canada...
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Sounds and the City 11.10.2017 “Time Spent in Los Angeles” by Dawes
One develops a certain hardness; a set of defense mechanisms that may manifest as sarcasm, aloofness, or silence from living in the City of Fallen Angels.
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Forget Your Friends Does the TribeLA Musicians Acrostic Interview
photo by Johnny Ramos California Newgaze. T Natalie Durkin (TribeLA Magazine): Give your band a Tagline. Pony Curtis (guitar/vocals in Forget Your Friends): Down till we're underground. Charlie Kennedy (vocals/guitar in Forget Your Friends): Forget Your Friends, but...
read moreReview of Sounds and the City “Stormy Weather” by Etta James
Los Angeles’ own late, great Etta James crooned of lost romance and ominous, slate-colored skies. November in Los Angeles is hardly lamentable; Thanksgiving is practically a summer holiday, yet I’m sure many Angelenos…
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Sounds and the City 10.20.2017 “A Fond Farewell” by Elliott Smith
"He said really I just want to dance / Good and evil match perfect, it's a great romance" listen on Apple Music or Spotify Elliott Smith left his heart in Los Angeles, right on Lemoyne Street off of Sunset Blvd in Echo Park on October 21, 2003. On the 14th anniversary...
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Fake Furs Does the TribeLA Musicians Acrostic Interview
Meet Eagle Rock's "Dirty Velvet" Rockers. T Natalie Durkin (TribeLA Magazine): Give your band a Tagline. Sonny Wong (Fake Furs): Two boys making noise. László Bolender (Fake Furs): Reviving ghosts and setting them on fire since 1989. R ND: What got you started in...
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Sounds and the City 10.08.2017 “Wildflowers” by Tom Petty
Featured L.A. Musicians "You belong somewhere you feel free" https://open.spotify.com/track/2Pr1nZpt8A8WP7QYpyq6L3 Take a moment that's all your own to think about those you love most and what in your life brings you the utmost...
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ART TODAY 09.29.17: Moon Fruit by Molly Kirschenbaum aka Moollz with podcast interview by Natalie Durkin
This was the cover art for my first EP! I put this one in here because I have always felt a very strong connection to the moon, and I think it represents a very strong energy for a lot of my friends, as well. I also have always loved children’s book illustrations, which inspired this cover. Making this was definitely one of those “what if” pieces for me, where I just kind of let my imagination do its thing. What if you peeled open the moon and there was a 14.6 million square mile kiwi inside?
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Happy Birthday Synthia SAINT JAMES!!!
“I’ve been told that I have a golden and magnetic aura, and love that description which I hope to always live up to. I think of myself as a 68 year old petite woman with the heart and energy of a child. I’m always open and love to embrace new ideas, and creative challenges.”
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Meet Alexandra Dillon!
A native of Los Angeles, Alexandra Dillon received her B.A. in film from UCLA, then returned to her lifelong passion for making art. Her love of Old Master painting led her to study classical realism in Florence, Italy, then New Orleans, finally settling in Venice, CA. She has since appeared in group and solo shows in Los Angeles.
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TribeLA Magazine has named William Wray the “Artist to Watch” for 2018!
An eclectic artist, William Wray appeals to a wide range of tastes, styles, and superheroes. From his iconic Superman that graced the Pink Art Show to forlorn moments shared by “Partners in Crime,” Wray continues to wow us. He pulls on the heart strings of his subjects not just with Sesame street characters or with Tinker Bell, but also in his landscapes…
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