29-year-old Hilary Hahn has been in Los Angeles for the past week, first to play with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and then this weekend to attend the Grammy Awards where she is nominated--along with LA Phil's Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra--for Best Classical Album and Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with Orchestra). more ›

If you haven't read LA Times columnist Steve Lopez' book, The Soloist, it comes with a high recommendation. And if you're a fan of reading books before the movie version comes out, then you've got to November 21st. more ›

This week's classical pick takes us to the Westside (believe it or not) with the Seattle Symphony making their debut at Royce Hall. The Seattle Symphony is headed by Gerard Schwarz, who has turned this once struggling group into a top notch orchestra that is recognized internationally with the help of frequent recordings and its support of American composers. more ›

Paul Dateh & inka one We saw this video on several blogs last week and loved it. Militant Angeleno's blog was one place we saw it. So we had to find out more about Paul Dateh, because seriously, play that video for one full minute and tell us that you didn't want to learn more about him. From reading through his Myspace, we learned that Paul is from LA, he's been around for a... more ›