TROYE SIVAN

HIS LIFE IN BLOOM Oh My My My ~by joel martens ~ What where you doing when you were 23? If you were like the rest of us, you were probably still trying to figure out what it is that you wanted to do with your life. Maybe close to finishing college, looking to get […]

A Year in Review: The Best 10 Songs of 2017

from edge Media network –  Women have dominated the music charts over the last few years, with pop stars like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift and many more populating Billboard’s Hot 100. But this year was quite different. In May, Billboard published the article “Men Have Linked the Longest Streak of Hot 100 […]

THE HILLCREST WIND ENSEMBLE: Making the Season Bright with Music and More

by tim parks –  The Hillcrest Wind Ensemble brings over 30 years of experience and history with them, when they take the Parq West stage for their Holiday Revue on Saturday, December 16. The 45-piece group, along with The Hillcrest Holiday Singers, will perform classic American standards from days gone by, sure to elicit feelings […]

Bruno Mars Led the Night With Most Wins at the 2017 American Music Awards

The “2017 American Music Awards,” the world’s largest fan-voted awards show where music enthusiasts watch their favorite artists and pop culture icons come together to honor idols, newcomers and record-breakers in the contemporary music scene, celebrated 45 years of music live from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, November 19, 2017 at 8:00pm […]

A Holiday Adventure with The Merry Men of MENALIVE

by tony reverditto –  It may seem a little early for a Christmas anecdote, but MenAlive, Orange County Gay Men’s Chorus holiday concert takes place Friday and Saturday, December 1 and 2, so we didn’t want you to miss it! A little history: MenAlive, the brainchild of founder Rich Cook, began with 13 singers back […]

LONG BEACH SYMPHONY POPS! Presents an Evening with “Duke, Ella & All That Jazz”

On Saturday, November 18 at 8 p.m. in the Long Beach Arena (300 E. Ocean Blvd.), the Long Beach Symphony will present an evening of music inspired by the legendary 1930s Harlem jazz clubs featuring greatest hits by Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Ethel Waters and more! Veteran conductor and trumpeter Byron […]

SAN DIEGO WOMEN’S CHORUS Presents an Evening of Elemental Connections

by lisa lipsey –  In wrapping up their thirtieth anniversary season, the San Diego Women’s Chorus is delighting in the opportunity to celebrate and connect with Mother Nature, bringing sunny San Diego a sampling of all things elemental. Kathleen Hansen, Artistic Director, notes, “Elements is an exploration of the interplay between nature and humanity. Earth, […]

KIRSTIN

PENTATONIX, GOING SOLO AND L O V E ~ by joel martens ~ If you don’t know who Pentatonix is…Then child you just haven’t been listening. Named for the pentatonic scale, which is made up of five notes that smartly represent each of the group’s five members: Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kevin Olusola, Avi Kaplan […]