KCRW is teaming up with The Music Center to bring you a night of warm, soulful sounds by Grammy-winning, multi-lingual Americana artist, Gaby Moreno. Opening up the night is KCRW DJ José Galván who will spin all the warm summer grooves to get us started on our sonic journey. Be immersed in a free multi-dimensional […]
Legendary Cuban singer, guitarist and songwriter Eliades Ochoa—one of the original members of the famed Buena Vista Social Club—is playing the Music Center 8/19 in support of his new album Guajiro, out now on World Circuit Records. The album features appearances from Ruben Bladés, Joan As Police Woman and Charlie Musselwhite. “It’s different from the […]
Widely recognized as the progenitor of the “Stretch Music” style, Chief Adjuah (formerly known as Christian Scott) headlines an unforgettable summer night for Jazz aficionados across all generations. NPR hails Adjuah—a winner of two Edison Awards, a Doris Duke Artist Award and six Grammy® nominations—as “ushering in a new era of Jazz,” and JazzTimes Magazine describes him as “Jazz’s […]
There is a long and global tradition of artists—visual, performing, and literary—creating arresting, even beautiful works that address the horrors of war. How is art used as a form of protest, to change minds as well as hearts? What happens to its meaning over time—as war persists, and as new battles erupt? And what does […]
