Tinariwen's Tuareg Blues
Tinariwen, the Tuareg group, is back on tour in the U.S. They perform here in LA as part of the Ooh La La Festival organized by the French government.…
Tinariwen, the Tuareg group, is back on tour in the U.S. They perform here in LA as part of the Ooh La La Festival organized by the French government.…
Two cool new cd’s have just come out from Miguel Migs and Mocean Worker. The thing that distinguishes these two albums from a lot of house music is that they…
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Like most KCRW dj’s, I’ve bought records all my life. This is sometimes referred to as a “record habit”. Harvey Pekar wrote a piece about this perilous syndrome, with illustrations…