Richard Thompson - "I Feel So Good" Richard Thompson Band @ Royce Hall Toots & The Maytals, Elijah Emanuel & the Revelations @ House of Blues The National, St. Vincent @ The Wiltern Beausoleil @ The Mint The Groovy Rednecks @ SW Hill Country Leon Russell @ Malibu Inn Michael McDonald, Patti Austin @ The Greek Josh Rouse, Jason Collett @ El Rey Girl Talk, Dan Deacon @ Echoplex Imperial Teen, The Finches, Sounds... more ›

Out in Malibu tonight studio legend Leon Russell will perfom at the Malibu Inn on PCH. Russell who sat in with the Stones, Dylan, Clapton, Sinatra, and was a mainstay in the Phil Spector wall of sound, has written hundreds of tunes over the years that were covered by the likes of Ray Charles, B.B. King, Joe Cocker and Willie Nelson.And yes that's him playing piano on the Beach Boys classic "California Girls". more ›

Music is the best elixir to kick the proverbial autumnal malaise. Don't let
the shorter days or dipping mercury get you down. Check out these free local
gigs instead.

SATURDAY, 10/1

• DJs Michael Stock and Benjamin White of Part Time
  Punks continue their residency at
  MOCA. The show
  starts at 6pm. It's free with general museum admission. Call (213)
  621-1734.
  
• The Groovy Rednecks play at S.W. Hill Country at 6pm. Call (323) 256-2500.
  
• Sean Newhouse performs the Overture to Verdi’s La Forza
  del Destino, Bloch’s Schelomo with cello soloist Elizabeth Willey,
  and Brahms’ Symphony No. 1. at Glendale's Alex Theater at 7pm. Call (310)
  859-7668.
  
• Concert organist Yoon-Mi Lim performs works by Bach, Duruflé, Widor,
  Brahms and James Hopkins at the Pasadena Presbyterian
  Church at 7:30pm.
  Call (626) 793-2191.
  
• Enjoy live music with DJ Chocolate Cassanova at the Apple
  Store on the
  Third Street Promenade. The DJ spins tunes from 8-10pm.
  

SUNDAY, 10/2

• Mews Small & Her Fabulous Females take the stage at the Unurban Coffeehouse
  at 1pm. For details, call (310) 315-0056.
  
• The Luckman Jazz Orchestra
  performs at the Luckman Fine arts Complex at
  6pm. Call (323) 343-6600.
  
• The legendary conguero Poncho Sanchez performs
  live with is Latin jazz ensemble at Amoeba
  Records at 2pm.
  
  For information, call (323) 245-6400.
• Carlos Guitarlos plays at The Liquid Kitty
  at 10pm. Call (310) 473-3707.
  
• Pianist James Boyk and clarinetist Margaret
  Thornhill plays
  at the LACMA Sundays
  Live Series.
  The show starts at 6pm. Call (323) 857-6234.
  
• The Eagle Rock Music festival starts at 7pm in the Center for the Arts.
  Call (626) 795-4989.
  
• DJs Michael Stock and Benjamin White spin post-punk, mutant disco and
  indie 80s-90s at the echo at 10pm.
  For info, call (213) 413-8200.