True to their name, Boogaloo Assassins have a murderous sound — a heavy mixture of Afro-Latin rhythms, funky horn arrangements and soulful vocals that both define boogaloo as a genre and contribute to a much wider sound. The result is something both unique to Los Angeles and timeless for Latin music lovers; they call it the sound […]Read More
Salsa is more than music. A movement born abroad and nurtured by immigrant communities in the heart of New York City, the uptempo, percussive and horn-driven music combined Latin and Afro-Caribbean rhythms to create the first pan-Latin musical genre that reflected the people who performed, enjoyed and danced to its beats. “Salsa was never really […]Read More
Walk from Uptown to Jack London District on the weekend, and you’ll find bar after bar blasting everything from uptempo northern soul to lowrider oldies and funky disco at 45rpm to a packed dance floor. Read More
Hepcat were meant to play only one backyard show in L.A. in the late ’80s. Nearly 30 years later, they've honed their sound into one of the cornerstones of California reggae and ska revival.Read More
Kaya Thomas has always been a voracious reader. But despite her growing library and bigger imagination, she often couldn’t see herself in the characters of the books she read. “Being a black woman, what I had experienced growing up was that a lot of books I was reading weren’t representative of me,” Thomas told Salon. […]Read More
Karls Monzon hadn’t seen the film “Goodfellas” when he carried off a nearly identical heist to the one organized by the movie’s protagonist, Henry Hill.Read More