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Mikael Wood
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Ed O’Brien on Gaza, his new solo album and the future of Radiohead
The Radiohead guitarist has a lush and slightly spooky new solo album, 'Blue Morpho,' that sprang from a mid-pandemic struggle with depression.
Inside the all-star America250 concert at the L.A. Coliseum
Chris Stapleton was the headlining act at a Fourth of July benefit concert that also featured Smashing Pumpkins, Chaka Khan, Maren Morris and Queen Latifah.
Herb Alpert on the question in his head and the sadness in his horn
Ahead of a show Sunday night at the Hollywood Bowl, the 91-year-old trumpeter looks back at his decades-long career.
How Donny Hathaway turned this soft rock cover into America’s defining song
Hathaway's gospel-infused arrangement and call-and-response with a crowd at the Troubadour transformed Carole King's song from a private promise into a proclamation of Black resilience.
Peter Asher has heard it all
The veteran producer and manager is the subject of a new documentary. At 82, he's still got work to do.
How Ryan Beatty learned to love a love song
The former Radio Disney teen heartthrob, raised Mormon and now openly gay, trades the bruised introspection of 2023's "Calico" for songs that exult in desire…
Remembering Clive Davis, who elevated hitmaking to an art form
The veteran record executive didn't sing or play an instrument. But his instincts made him one of the surest spotters and nurturers of talent in…
Bob Dylan is absolutely cooking on the road right now
The 85-year-old rock legend played the Santa Barbara Bowl on Wednesday night, the first in a handful of SoCal dates.
Barry Manilow on life after cancer: ‘I’m not ready to croak’
Veteran pop showman Barry Manilow yearns to be back onstage. At 82, he's working on it.
Social Distortion is the job Mike Ness can’t quit
The veteran California punk band has a new album, 'Born to Kill,' that follows Ness' experience with cancer.