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Soundcheck: Postmodern Jukebox Returns to Segerstrom Center April 15

Their fans are fanatic, their music videos clever and compelling, and their live concerts sell out around the world. Not bad for a group that’s only been around for a few years, but then Postmodern Jukebox is not your ordinary band. Since Scott Bradlee created the project in...
Posted On 13 Apr 2018
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Soundcheck: Noted Newport Rockers Move Side Deal to Center Stage

What do the drummer/songwriter for Sugar Ray, guitarist for Train, and members of PawnShop kings have in common? They all grew up in Newport Beach, went on to noted music careers, and have teamed up in a new band called Side Deal. Stan Frazier (Sugar Ray), Charlie Colin (Train),...
Posted On 08 Feb 2018
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Soundcheck: Musical Sisters Fiddle Around the Country

They say good things come in threes, but in the case of the Quebe Sisters, the musical trio is more than just good—they are astoundingly talented. All three Quebe Sisters –  Hulda, Sophia and Grace – play violin, which itself is unusual. But then they open their mouths and...
Posted On 25 Nov 2017
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Soundcheck: Gary Numan Brings New Music to OC

Back in the days when New Wave was taking over the airwaves, everyone I knew (including me) owned a copy of Gary Numan’s iconic and groundbreaking 1979 album “The Pleasure Principle,” which contained his smash hit “Cars.” Numan’s android-ish style and unique vocal phrasing, plus...
Posted On 12 Nov 2017
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Soundcheck: Richard Marx at Hyatt Regency Amphitheatre

Richard Marx is something of a songwriting legend—he’s penned hit songs for everyone from Luther Vandross (“Dance with my Father”) to Josh Groban (“To Where You Are”). Fortunately, the personable performer has also written music for his own albums—albums that have sold more than...
Posted On 02 Oct 2017
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Soundcheck: Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks

For many years the Pacific Symphony has ended its outdoor summer concert season with a night of spectacular music by Tchaikovsky. This year was no different, but the venue was. Since the Irvine Meadows/Verizon Wireless Amphitheater closed last year, the Symphony has been staging...
Posted On 02 Oct 2017
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“Cassette” Documentary is a Cinematic Mixtape

Music’s worst format. That’s one of the monikers most frequently given to the cassette tape. Others include obsolete, antiquated, and out-of-date. Still, the compact cassette refuses to die, thanks to the small but mighty group of nostalgic music nuts, fanatical collectors, and...
Posted On 22 Apr 2017
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Soundcheck: For Stan Frazier, Side Deal is the Real Deal

Drummer or chef? That was the question Stan Frazier pondered when he was growing up in Newport Beach, but fortunately he was able to pursue both music and the culinary arts. As the drummer and principal songwriter for the popular band Sugar Ray, Frazier toured the world, had six...
Posted On 14 Apr 2017
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Soundcheck: The English Beat Goes On

It’s Election Day, but Dave Wakeling can’t vote. Although he’s lived in Los Angeles for the last 20 years, the frontman and guitarist of seminal new wave-ska band The English Beat that plays at The Coach House Nov. 26 is still a green card-er: a citizen of the United Kingdom, his...
Posted On 20 Nov 2016
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Soundcheck: Three Dog Night Keeps Rocking

They had 21 consecutive Top 40 hits, 12 gold albums, three #1 hits (“Mama Told Me Not To Come,” “Joy To The World,” and “Black & White”), and launched numerous careers for songwriters like Randy Newman and Harry Nilsson (and one wine-loving bullfrog named Jeremiah). Between...
Posted On 03 Nov 2016
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Soundcheck: A Jazz Weekend at Segerstrom Center

 Jazz lovers, take note: October 7 through 9 will be pure musical heaven as Segerstrom Center offers three days of jazz concerts that range from musical salutes to Miles Davis to the centennial celebrations of four musicians born in 1917: Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Mongo...
Posted On 04 Oct 2016
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Soundcheck: Guitarist Ottmar Liebert Headlines Hyatt Newport Concert

It’s sunrise in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Ottmar Liebert is taking a stroll on his ranch, listening to music through his headphones. But it’s not just any music. The Grammy-nominated guitarist has been working on a new solo album, and he listens to the tracks as he records the...
Posted On 09 Sep 2016
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Soundcheck: The Go-Go’s are Gone-Gone

Funny how time flies when you’re a member of the most famous all-girl rock and roll band in history. In the summer of 1978, Belinda Carlisle, Jane Wiedlin (then called Jane Drano), and several other Hollywood punk scene-makers decided to do what nearly every other L.A. punk was...
Posted On 26 Aug 2016
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Soundcheck: Frankie Valli Delivers Decades of Hits at OC Fair

If you google Frankie Valli, a lot of informational articles will pop up, most of them beginning something like this: “Frankie Valli is an American singer and frontman of The Four Seasons. He is known for his falsetto voice.” “He is known for his falsetto voice,” seems like a...
Posted On 05 Aug 2016
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Newport’s José Hernández Brings Mariachi to Segerstrom Center May 5

Looking for an auténtico Mexican cultural experience this Cinco de Mayo? José Hernández and his Mariachi Sol de Mexico have just the thing. In celebration of the festive day, as well as Sol de Mexico’s 35th anniversary, the Grammy-nominated bandleader and Newport Beach resident...
Posted On 03 May 2016
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Music and Movies Collide at Film Festival

The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star” may have been the first music video played on MTV, but with today’s single-driven music industry, the advent of YouTube, and multi-million dollar production budgets becoming the norm, video makes the radio star might be a more fitting...
Posted On 25 Apr 2016
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Soundcheck: Pacific Symphony Wows with Rhapsodic ‘Rhapsody’

“Stay seated, this is not Hee Haw,” Pacific Symphony conductor Carl St. Clair quipped, dispelling any confusion as to what the audience was about to experience with the banjo-accompanied rendition of the hoedown classic “Camptown Races” that opened the Symphony’s program at...
Posted On 14 Apr 2016
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Celtic Chanteuse Loreena McKennitt Brings Tour to Segerstrom Center March 13

Loreena McKennitt is a busy woman. Besides being the face of today’s Celtic music, an authority on Celtic history, one of the most successful independent musicians of all time, owner of her own record label, Honorary Colonel of the Royal Canadian Air Force, and the founder of the...
Posted On 08 Mar 2016
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Music Icon David Crosby Kicks Off Solo Tour at Segerstrom Center March 5

Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young are a monument on the musical landscape. The first real super group, they stand as a hulking behemoth of talent, history, and legend, not unlike Mount Rushmore. If CSNY are in fact the Mount Rushmore of music, David Crosby is definitely the Teddy...
Posted On 26 Feb 2016
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Soundcheck: Rockabilly Icon Wanda Jackson Still Rockin’

When one hears the word “Rockabilly,” images of Elvis Presley and Gene Vincent come to mind, but what about Wanda? Whether you call her The Queen of Rock, The Queen of Rockabilly, or just her plain old name, Wanda Jackson is a living legend and the absolute matriarch of the...
Posted On 22 Jan 2016
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