The Killers are a Las Vegas-based four-piece who formed in 2003, featuring the talents of singer/keyboardist Brandon Flowers, drummer Ronnie Vanucci, guitarist Dave Keuning and bassist Mark Stoermer. The band has received countless accolades for their artistic achievement, including multiple Grammy nominations, American Music Award nominations, MTV Video Music Awards, NME Awards and more. Their […]
““Grace Potter is the best female rock singer in the country right now…” This is according to USA Today and it would be real hard to argue with that assessment. When she hit the main stage at the KAABOO Festival, she started rocking right from the outset. Her style is her own,and her voice is […]
Oregon-born Nahko was born from strife and intermingling identities; his origins are a mix of Apache, Puerto Rican and Filipino cultures. His grandmother forced his mother into prostitution at age 14 and his life began in an act of violence. In the song on the new album, Dark As Night, by his group Medicine for […]
I had never heard Minnie sing before much less watch her perform live until this year at the KAABOO FESTIVAL. I was immediately impressed with her voice and her overall stage presence. She simply caught me a bit off guard and anchious to hear more. I went to see her more for curiosity not expecting […]
“I feel like I’ve gone to a different place with this one,” Ed Kowalczyk says of The Flood and the Mercy, his second solo album. “I really feel like I’ve hit a different stride, and I definitely think it’s the start of a new era for me.” Since 2009—when he left Live, the widely-loved band […]
Working under the apt nameplate The White Buffalo, singer/songwriter Jake Smith has resolutely charted his own single-minded course for more than a decade. An imposing figure with a voice to match, a resonant, roughhewn baritone, Smith writes about rebels, outsiders and troubled souls battling their way through the obstacles life throws in their paths, telling […]
The T.J. Martell Foundation, “Music’s Promise for A Cure,” has announced a night of Top 40 performances for this year’s 40(th) Anniversary T.J. Martell Foundation New York Honors Gala to be held on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at Cipriani Wall Street. The theme of the highly anticipated star-studded event is “Top 40” and will be […]
Louie Perez- Drums, Guitars, Percussion, Vocals Steve Berlin- Saxophone, Percussion, Flute, Midsax, Harmonica, Melodica Cesar Rosas- Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin Conrad Lozano- Bass, Guitarron, Vocals David Hidalgo- Vocals, Guitar, Accordion, Percussion, Bass, Keyboards, Melodica, Drums, Violin, Banjo Enrique “Bugs” Gonzalez – Drums/Percussion Los Lobos were already East L.A. neighborhood legends, Sunset Strip regulars and a Grammy […]
Foster the People is Mark Foster, Cubbie Fink and Mark Pontius. Founded by Foster in Los Angeles in 2009, the group achieved success with the 2011 release of their debut album Torches, which has sold nearly two million albums and over nine million singles worldwide. Torches features the #1 hit single “Pumped Up Kicks,” which […]