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 ›

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 ›

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 ›

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 ›

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 ›