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Pencil This In: Feel Good Films, Mariachi Mashups and Dance Downtown

Pencil This In: Feel Good Films, Mariachi Mashups and Dance Downtown

Tonight in LA: The Feel Good Film Festival takes over Raleigh Studios this weekend. The films on the program have happy endings or positive messages. Grand Performances hosts mariachi bands who do pop-rock covers, and it's 60s night at Dance Downtown at the Music Center. Read on for all the details. more ›

Neath The Sombrero: Mariachi Wars Continue In Boyle Heights

Neath The Sombrero: Mariachi Wars Continue In Boyle Heights

Mariachi Plaza, a square in Boyle Heights, has served as a gathering spot for musicians since the 1940s. Players arrive with guitars, violins and trumpets, ready to perform for any interested passers-by. In recent years the mariachi mecca has seen a surge in instrumentalists, causing hourly rates to drop and fists to raise, as reported by The NY Times. more ›

Take This Job And Strum It: LA Mariachis Form A Union To Fend Off 'Pirates'

Take This Job And Strum It: LA Mariachis Form A Union To Fend Off 'Pirates'

With performance opportunities down more than 50 percent in the last two years and competition at Mariachi Plaza so ferocious that it devolves periodically into fighting, a group of plaza veterans have joined forces to form a type of labor union in an effort to stop "what they call 'mariachi pirates' from slashing prices to half the going rate," according to the Associated Press. more ›

Unsure Future For Mariachis In Boyle Hotel Renovation

Unsure Future For Mariachis In Boyle Hotel Renovation

The 122-year-old Boyle Hotel on the eastern edge of downtown Los Angeles has been a mariachi mecca for decades, but the process of remodeling and renovating the "slum-like" conditions of the property into 51 studios and apartments for musicians and families (plus two meeting rooms, a mariachi center with a break area, and a rehearsal space) has caused the community of mariachis to scatter, reports the L.A. Times. more ›

White Stripes Re-Record 'Conquest' with Help From Mariachi Square, Beck

Jack White discussed this bonus re-working of the Patti Page classic on NPR's Morning Edition:

For the new B-sides, The White Stripes teamed up with Beck and recorded in his Los Angeles home studio. more ›

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