Keb’ Mo’
Long and lean in his jeans, purple shirt, and hat, Keb’ Mo’ had Santa Barbara figured out from the moment he took the stage.
Charles Donelan
Recent Stories
Part of Nature, Part of Us
Although there were many fascinating programs scheduled at this year’s Ojai Music Festival, from the first notes struck on Thursday evening until the last on Sunday, the main focus was on the great American composer Steve Reich.
Singing Acceptance
In 1991, Marc Cohn’s self-titled debut album blew up the charts on the strength of a single, “Walking in Memphis,” that became an instant classic.
An Historic Occasion
This majestic production was the fruit of many months’ labor on the part of more than 200 people, and showed what heights can be reached when community groups join forces. Along with a professional orchestra assembled for the occasion and three superb vocal soloists, the Santa Barbara Choral Society and State Street Ballet created a lively, coherent, and wholly satisfying new version of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana.
Namaste
Charles Lloyd is in top form, and this may be his best quartet ever, which is saying quite a lot. Made up of Eric Harland on drums, Reuben Rogers on bass, and Lloyd’s latest discovery, the amazing Jason Moran on piano, the “New Quartet” has the depth, grace, and indefinable allure of a classic group on the order of John Coltrane’s 1960s quartet, or the bands that Miles Davis put together in the 1950s and ’60s.
Enlarging the Change
By including panel discussions of foreign and environmental policy issues, Mountainfilm in Telluride leads the wave of film festivals that are turning into multi-dimensional national town meetings.
Charles Lloyd Senses Eternity
On March 15 of this year, multi- instrumentalist and composer Charles Lloyd, one of the greatest figures in contemporary jazz, turned 70.
My ntonia
Adaptations are tricky, especially when they reconfigure well-loved works.
The Wedding, presented by Lit Moon Theatre Company.
The natural world throws off sparks of genius all the time. No matter how many times birds fly by in formation or the sun sets or the moon rises, there’s still a thrill of surprise in the recognition of old patterns made new.
The 16th Annual Independent Theater Awards
The region’s theater elite turned out in force at The Independent‘s Annual Theater Awards, held at Center Stage Theater, on Monday, May 19.
