Music

FYF…Fest: One Gal’s Guide to the Fest Fest

Slow and cripple wins the race. A day before Fuck Yeah Fest … Fest the weekend of Aug. 23-24, my friend managed to sprain her ankle and acquire a pair of crutches that might as well have been diamon...
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Way Over Yonder Festival To Bring Folk Music to Santa Monica

Way Over Yonder, self-described “younger cousin” of the Newport Folk Festival, will bring a variety of music acts to the iconic Santa Monica Pier this weekend.
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L.A. Songstress Lily Kershaw Paints the Town Black

Illuminated by the soft glow of candles adorning each table in SOhO, Lily Kershaw clutched the microphone with a death grip, a look of intensity on her face as she sang her first number, “Better.”...
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Jim Kimo Brings Hawaiian Sounds to SOhO

Last Sunday, I journeyed downtown to Santa Barbara’s SOhO Restaurant & Music Club to see Jim “Kimo” West perform traditional Hawaiian slack-key guitar.
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Lily Kershaw to Headline SOhO

A 23-year-old singer-songwriter who has been writing since age 13, Kershaw gained international attention in 2012 when her song “As It Seems” appeared on season seven of “Criminal Minds.” Almo...
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Jim “Kimo” West to Perform at SOhO

When Jim “Kimo” West is not busy shredding lead guitar for “Weird Al” Yankovic (or “working his day job” as he affectionately dubs it) you may find him tinkering on a new track for an inde...
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