Joseph Arthur

Fistful of Mercy is a new band with an intriguing pedigree, embodied by a trio of distinctive singer-songwriters: Ben Harper, Joseph Arthur and Dhani Harrison. From the first moments of the band's debut performance Tuesday night at The Village studios.......

Neil Young is an experimental artist working in a pop mode; he wants his music to be relevant, but he doesn’t care about either proving himself great or staying hip, the usual stumbling blocks for aging baby boomer rock stars.......

For a certain kind of guy who always seems to be swinging in a hammock somewhere, one bellbottomed leg kicked over the side, the harmonies of Crosby, Stills and Nash are sacrosanct, sometimes to the point of creative claustrophobia. On......

Feels like you can't throw a stone in Brooklyn or Echo Park these days without nailing a female garage pop band member. Besides the fact that you really shouldn't be throwing rocks around, Vivian Girls deserve better than that. Yes, they play '80s-...

This five-piece from Fullerton definitely fit into the current run of indie-garage bands with a country flavor coming from the southern regions of L.A. and beyond (The Growlers, Audacity, etc). But whereas those bands might take some twang to flavor their...

Pearl Jam announced Monday it will headline its 20th anniversary concerts Sept. 3-4 at Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wis. Also scheduled to perform are the Strokes, Queens of the Stone Age, Mudhoney, John Doe, Joseph Arthur, Glen......

I have always been vocal in my opposition to year-end Best lists, but lately I find myself becoming somewhat addicted to them. My change in attitude, I think, is related to the realization that my list really doesn’t matter -–......

A list of upcoming concerts across the Southland, with on-sale dates in parentheses. Empire Polo Club Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival with Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon and Kanye West, April 15-17 (Fri.) OC Fair MUSINK Festival, March 4-6......

As related by our own David Greenwald in her L.A. Unheard, even if you haven’t heard of The Sweet Hurt, you’ve probably seen the woman behind it, Wendy Wang, playing live. When not filling in with fellow L.A. acts Priscilla Ahn, the Bird and the...

This five-piece from Fullerton definitely fit into the current run of indie-garage bands with a country-western flavor coming from the southern regions of L.A. and beyond (The Growlers, Audacity etc). But whereas those bands might take some twang to...

Staples Center The Black Eyed Peas, March 29 (Sat.)Hollywood Bowl The Eagles, April 16, 17 and 20 (Mon.) Walt Disney Concert Hall Air, March 28; Keith Jarrett, March 15 (Sat.) The Orpheum Norah Jones, April 23 (Sun.) The Wiltern Opeth,......

A list of upcoming shows across the Southland, with on-sale dates in parentheses. Festival Grounds of Angel StadiumBamboozle with AFI and Something Corporate, March 27-28 (Sat.) Hollywood Palladium Infected Mushroom, Feb. 20 (Fri.) The Wiltern Citizen...