After spending much of the last year putting the finishing touches on her now world-renowned “In Your Arms” music video (made with more than a quarter-million Jelly Belly Jelly Beans) and touring in Europe, Asia and Australia, Los Angeles-based singer songwriter returns home for her most ambitious North American tour yet. Following in the success
Following their show at UCLA, I sat down with Lady Danville’s keyboardist Michael Garner to learn a little more about the band. We chatted about their hometown of Danville, California, the goofiness of Ben Folds, celebrity doppelgangers, a particularly inspiring mysterious-hippie-kindergarten teacher, and the ups and downs of going on the road. An amicable and
Last night, I made the quick jaunt up to the Covel Grand Ballroom on “The Hill” at UCLA (essentially, the heart of on-campus housing/dorm life/pajama-clad kids sipping coffee at 10 pm and giggling loudly) to see a concert held by student organizations. This charity event concert, called Acoustic Coffee House 2011, featured a bunch of
Voting for the Best Venues of 2010 has closed, but here’s a look at some of the nominees from the category. El Rey Theatre – Los Angeles, CA Earlier this month, Claire Gallagher caught “adorable” Kina Grannis at the El Rey. Claire wrote, “Kina began her set around 10 to a roar of applause from
If you have a heart, you will like Kina Grannis. If you do not like Kina Grannis, you either have not heard of her or you kick puppies. This is what I learned from going to see her play her impossibly cheery live set last night. On this oddly warm night, I headed down Wilshire