Roger Park

Don Tiki will be performing Don Tiki's Hot Lava Holiday Show at Walt Disney Concert Hall this Thursday. As keepers of the tiki culture flame, Honolulu-based Don Tiki is guaranteed to create the perfect exotica experience for all us mainlanders. We recently caught up with Don Tiki's band leader and composer Kit Ebersbach.

Photo by Roger Park/LAist On Tuesday night “The Upsetter” and one of the founding fathers of reggae dub, Lee “Scratch” Perry, played to an enthusiastic crowd at the Key Club in Hollywood. Lee Perry’s set proved that one of reggae’s most eccentric and innovative artists can still mash it up and control to the fullness. Even in his early 70s, Perry commands an engaging stage presence and delivery. Decked in an eccentric outfit consisting...