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Tags: Aubrey Ghent, Calvin Cooke, Campbell Brothers, Chuck Campbell, concert phtoography, Eye on the Music, Jim Brock Photography, live music photography, Otis Taylor, pedal steel, Robert Randolph, rock photography, Sacred Steel, Slide Brothers, Telecaster, trance blues
February 23, 2013 Royce Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA Jim Brock Photography/©Eye on the Music Full Gallery: Robert Randolph presents The Slide Brothers with The Otis Taylor, Royce Hall, Los Angeles, 2.23.13 We’re all told to respect our elders, to learn from the generation before and to pass along tradition. Wise words musically speaking, and fundamental to(…)
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Tags: 3 Brave Souls, concert photography, Darryl Jones, Eye on the Music, Jazz Bakery, jazz photography, Jim Brock Photography, John Beasley, Kirk Douglas Theatre, Live Music, music photography, Rolling Stones, Ronald Bruner
February 8, 2013 Jazz Bakery (Kirk Douglas Theatre) in Culver City, CA Jim Brock Photography/©Eye on the Music Full Gallery: 3 Brave Souls, Kirk Douglas Theatre, Culver City, February 8, 2013 Friday’s “3 Brave Souls” CD release event at the Kirk Douglas Theater in Culver City is just one of many ongoing performances held by the Jazz(…)
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Tags: Billy Cobham, Dean Brown, Eye on the Music, jazz drummers, jazz fusion, jazz photography, Jerry Goodman, Jim Brock Photography, live music photography, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Ric Fierabracci, Spectrum 40, The Mint
Billy Cobham’s Spectrum 40 January 26, 2013 The Mint in Los Angeles, CA Jim Brock Photography/©Eye on the Music Full Gallery: Billy Cobham’s Spectrum 40, The Mint, Los Angeles, 1.26.13 Mahavishnu Orchestra is in the pantheon of jazz fusion pioneers. Black hole density, volcanic intensity and ridiculous virtuosity. I had never heard anything quite like John McLaughlin’s(…)
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Tags: concert photography, Dragon Smoke, Dumpstaphunk, Eric Lindell, Eye on the Music, Galactic, Ivan Neville, Jim Brock Photography, music photography, New Orleans music, Stanton Moore, The Mint
Dragon Smoke (New Orleans, LA) December 12, 2012 The Mint in Los Angeles, CA Jim Brock Photography/©Eye on the Music Full Gallery: Dragon Smoke, The Mint, Los Angeles, 12.12.12 Certain celestial alignments skip decades, if not lifetimes, or at a minimum, involve covering great distances at greater expense. Think solar eclipses, Comet Hale-Bopp or if you get(…)
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Tags: Anders Osborne, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, blues music, blues photography, Blunderbuss, Borgore, C.C. Adcock, cajun music, City Park, Claudio Sanchez, Coheed and Cambria, concert photography, Crazy Horse, Dave Stewart, David Egan, Delta, Dubstep, EDM, Edward "Kidd" Jordan, Eurythmics, Eye on the Music, festival, Festival Coverage, Feufollet, Gary Clark Jr., George Porter, George Porter Jr., Jack White, Jim Brock Photography, Johnny Sansone, Johnny Vidacovich, Kid Koala, Le Carnival Stage, Le Plur Stage, Le Ritual Stage, Lil Band O' Gold, Live Music, Louisiana, Marcia Ball, mezzic, Mike Dillon, music festival, music photography, MyNameIsJohnMichael, Neil Young, New Orleans Bounce, New Orleans brass, New Orleans funk, New Orleans music, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Preservation Hall Stage, Psychedlic Pill, Runnin’, Silversun Pickups, Sister Sparrow and The Dirty Birds, Skerik, Skrillex, Soul Rebels, Stratocaster, Telecaster, The Avett Brothers, Thomas Dolby, Toots and The Maytals, traditional jazz, Voodoo Experience, Warren Storm, world music, WWOZ Stage, zydeco music
Voodoo Experience October 26-28th, 2012 City Park in New Orleans, LA ©2012 Jim Brock Photography/www.eyeonthemusic.com Full Gallery: Voodoo Experience 2012 As an unabashed Jazzfest vet, I approached my first Voodoo with excitement and a hint of fear. The mix of rap, EDM, and the often indefinable, sprinkled with the best of New Orleans contemporary and traditional,(…)
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Tags: bhangra, concert photography, dhol, dhol’n'brass, Eye on the Music, Jim Brock Photography, Live Music, Red Baraat, Sunny Jain, The Mint, world music
Red Baraat (Brooklyn, NY) September 18th, 2012 The Mint in Los Angeles, CA Gallery: Jim Brock Photography/©Eye on the Music Since I last caught up with Red Baraat in February, the self described “Brooklyn dhol’n’brass” by way of a second line, has been to the White House, played Bonnaroo and High Sierra, performed at the TED conference, toured Europe(…)
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Tags: Bombino, concert photography, Eye on the Music, Jim Brock Photography, Live Music, music photography, The Mint, Tuareg, world music
Bombino (Niger) September 18th, 2012 The Mint in Los Angeles, CA Gallery: Jim Brock Photography/©Eye on the Music Tuareg guitarist Omara “Bombino” Moctar was born in a nomadic encampment in Niger in 1980. Some 26 years later he was playing alongside Keith Richards and Charlie Watts in California. The here to the there and now is an amazing(…)
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Tags: concert photography, Eye on the Music, George Gekas, Jim Brock Photography, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, New Orleans music, pedal steel, rock photography, The Mint, The Revivalists
The Revivalists (New Orleans, LA) September 11th, 2012 The Mint in Los Angeles, CA Gallery: Jim Brock Photography/©Eye on the Music Jazzfest’s surprise moments can happen any time. One of mine came this year when The Revivalists kicked off the Fest from the Gentilly stage before noon on the opening Friday. While the band has played the Fest(…)
