ON the Beat | Grand Jazz, Meditative Harp, and Other Music Buzz
Grand on State making soft opening bang, mediation and music intersect, and Nerf Herder does the Lobero.
Josef Woodard
Recent Stories
A Legacy Supreme, Remixed
Twin centennials of promethean jazz artists Miles Davis and John Coltrane, paid tributes by Terence Blanchard and Ravi Coltrane at the Granada and Emmet Cohen at Campbell Hall, in a single week.
Review | Glorious Sound, Gentle Fare-Thee-Well
Dallas Symphony Orchestra CAMA concert at the Granada was absent planned pianist Helene Grimaud — calling in sick — but prevailed with style and might.
A Formerly Emerging Piano Master’s Return
Masterful pianist Yuja Wang pays another return visit to Santa Barbara, this time with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, at The Granada Theatre.
ON the Beat | Jazz Finds a Groove in the 805, RIP Scott Clayton
Pianist Emmet Cohen jazzes up Campbell Hall, hip impresario Scott Clayton passes, Mariposa series ends on Schubertian high.
How the Light Gets In
Lindsay Skutch’s weirdly luminous show “Pinhole Noir,” at the Architectural Foundation Gallery, revels in the pinhole camera tradition.
American Beauties and Seasonal Heads-Up for Santa Barbara Symphony
The Santa Barbara Symphony is set to bask in American music with upcoming program, and plans another varied season to come.
Ghosts in the Machine, and the Closet
Fear and hope do a wary dance in fascinating “The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist.”
In the Figurative Funk Zone
Los Angeles–based Filipino-American artist Godofredo Astudillo energizes the venue of the MCASB satellite gallery at Riviera Beach House, verging on the funk zone.
Art of the Trio Meets Art in the House
The return of the jazz trio with Ted Nash, Steve Cardenas, and Ben Allison delivered a subtle power punch at Santa Barbara Museum of Art, with visual art in the interpretive mix.
