The Grammy Museum hosts bandleader and music icon Herb Alpert and singer Lani Hall tonight at 8 pm. The duo will talk about their careers, collaborative work and their new album together, Anything Goes. There will be a Q&A after the discussion, and they’ll perform a few songs. Tickets are $20; $15 for members.
Pencil This In: Cinema Speakeasy, Technicolor 'Toons
CD Review: Spanish Harlem Orchestra's 'United We Swing'
Artist: Spanish Harlem Orchestra Album: United We Swing Release Date: May 2007 Label: Six Degrees Records I don't pretend to be a connoisseur of Latin music: my collection includes a couple Esquivel CDs, Cal Tjader (on red vinyl!), Herb Alpert, Stan Getz, and the Big Latin Band of Henry Mancini - this all pure cheeseball of course. I do love old movies though, am a TCM addict, and I sure do dig it when...
Tonight in Rock in LA - Patti Smith, Chris Cornell, Taylor Hicks, What Made Milwaukee Famous
Patti Smith @ Roxy Chris Cornell @ Avalon What Made Milwaukee Famous @ Spaceland The Teddybears @ El Rey Theatre The Sea Hags @ The Cat Club The Supersuckers @ Viper Room Herb Alpert and Lani Hall @ Vibrato Grill & Jazz Castledoor, I Make This Sound, Ari Eskandarian @ Silverlake Lounge Dear Nora, Anna Oxygen, Devon Williams & the Allen Bleyle 3 @ The Smell Taylor Hicks @ Grove of Anaheim...
The Audacity of Hope - Part V
Along with Whipped Cream and Other Delights by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass and anything by Joan Armatrading, this is the album you're most likely to see in any and every thrift store record bin....
Upcoming Music: Ozo on Leno, Dan Band(+Moby), Red Lights
Tonight, Ozomatli plays on Jay Leno in support of their work on Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass' Whipped Cream & Other Delights ReWhipped. They'll be joined by Herb Alpert himself in playing Love Potion #9.

