From KCRW DJ Anne Litt:
Last night I met Glen Campbell.  He hugged me and autographed my album – A copy of “Ghost On The Canvas”.  I told him what he meant to me – how the songs he sang or played on are touchstones in my life, how his fingerprints are all over every great record to come out of Southern California in …

From KCRW DJ Anne Litt:
Sunday night marks Glen Campbell’s final performance in Los Angeles.
It will be at the Hollywood Bowl as part of KCRW’s World Festival and I’m excited and proud that we’re a part of this historic night.
About a year ago, Glen Campbell was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.  Since then he has remained on tour – a tour he calls “The Goodbye Tour”.  He …

From KCRW DJ Anne Litt:
I wish every LA music fan could walk through the PST exhibit “Trouble In Paradise: Music In Los Angeles 1945-1975” at the Grammy Museum with it’s curator, Josh Kun.  In addition to being an Associate Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at USC, Josh is a great storyteller and historian of the sounds of Southern California.  I …

From KCRW DJ Anne Litt:
Beck surprised us all by announcing a show at the El Rey, which sold out immediately. The last time we saw him on stage in LA was during the Serge Gainsbourg tribute at the Hollywood Bowl last year and it was his first time headlining a show here in almost four years.
When he opened the show with “Golden Age” and …

From KCRW DJ Anne Litt:
I’ve been really digging San Francisco sextet Monophonics, who have a sound that is swampy, funky and a little dirty.  Horns, guitars, with a bit of the Bay Area’s late 60’s psychedelic vibes thrown in for good measure.
The best way to get a feel for this band is to read the first three song titles on their new album in …

Every year I come back from SXSW happy and exhausted.  We tried something a bit different this year with Morning Becomes Eclectic and I hope you enjoyed it.  If you missed the shows, they are a must listen, in my not-so-humble opinion.  You can hear them both in the archives – Thursday / Friday.
Some personal highlights.  This year Jason and I spent a bunch …

From KCRW DJ Anne Litt:
I may be home safe and sound from my first Alabama Shakes show, but I’m no longer safe, or possibly sound, for that matter.   My ultimate weakness as a music fan is an artist who leaves it all out there on the stage, who gives up all she has.  Brittany Howard is that artist.  She channels Janis Joplin and …

Check out Anne Litt’s top 10 picks PLUS her honorable mentions. Check out all the DJ Top 10 lists here
KCRW DJ Anne Litt’s Top 10 Albums of 2011
1. Anna Calvi – Anna Calvi (Domino)
2. Elbow – Build A Rocket Boys (Fiction/Downtown)
3. Tom Waits – Bad As Me (Anti)
4. Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire (Capitol)
5. PJ Harvey – Let England …

While all of the KCRW DJs get together each November/December to share the Top Ten Albums of the year….. We’ve pulled DJ Anne Litt aside and asked her in addition to share her favorite songs of 2011!
Anna Calvi – Blackout
BLACKOUT Anna Calvi by CristinaBlack
Metronomy –  Everything Goes My Way
Metronomy – Everything Goes My Way by dustblaze
Daedelus – Penny Loafers featuring …

From KCRW DJ Anne Litt-
What an insane coincidence that I happen to be writing my tribute to REM’s” Out Of Time” the week after the band called it a day after 31 years together.   My personal history with the band, I realize, goes back almost  as long.
REM introduced me to music that was my own — not my parents’ or my friend’s older brother’s.  …