Warner Music Group announces layoffs, larger restructuring plan
Warner Music Group will lay off an unspecified number of employees as part of a months-long restructuring plan to cut costs, Chief Executive Robert Kyncl…
NPR’s Felix Contreras opened minds to Latin alternative music. He’s finally getting his due
National Public Radio journalist Felix Contreras, best known for chronicling Latino music in his podcast “Alt.Latino,” will be honored this year at the 38th annual…
Apple Music to open a new studio in Culver City
Apple Music on Monday said it’s opening a three-story studio in Culver City this summer that will have a 4,000-square-foot soundstage for live performances and…
Adrian Quesada steps into his star power in new LP ‘Boleros Psicodélicos II’
Speaking with musician and producer Adrian Quesada elicits a calming effect, as if a salve has been applied to the people conversing with him. His…
Cardi B sets ‘Am I the Drama’ as second album, release date
Cardi B, entering the newest phase of her rap career, has just one question in mind: “Am I the Drama?”That’s the title for the Grammy…
French artist see his World Cup poster as a love letter to L.A.
For Thieb Delaporte-Richard, the Parisian cafe within walking distance of his home in Santa Monica was the best spot for an early-morning chat.While standing in…
L.A. artist finds charming rental after being evicted from apartment
After living in her two-bedroom apartment in Los Feliz for more than a decade, Debra Weiss encountered a problem experienced by many renters in Los…
Three tons, $2.1 million in artwork burglarized from warehouse
The two towering sculptures comprising thousands of pounds of bronze and stainless steel took artist and filmmaker Sir Daniel Winn more than a year to…
Music streaming service Deezer adds AI song tags in fight against fraud
LONDON — Music streaming service Deezer said Friday that it will start flagging albums with AI-generated songs, part of its fight against streaming fraudsters. Deezer, based in…
Kane Rodriguez talks TikTok fame, his rise in música Mexicana
Música Mexicana rising star Kane Rodriguez spoke with The Times about finding his way in the music scene and his success on TikTok. Born and…
19 charged in alleged Mexican Mafia conspiracy to kill L.A. rap artist
Los Angeles County prosecutors on Wednesday charged 19 people with conspiring to murder a rapper who allegedly angered a member of the Mexican Mafia, a…
Britney, Taylor and Beyoncé defined the 2000s and changed pop culture
On the Shelf Hit Girls: Britney, Taylor, Beyoncé, and the Women Who Built Pop's Shiniest Decade By Nora PrinciottiBallantine Books: 240 pages, $29If you buy…
‘Noah Davis’ at UCLA Hammer Museum reveals artist’s brilliance
The modest but pungent survey of paintings by Noah Davis at the UCLA Hammer Museum is a welcome event. It goes a long way toward…
Protester killed at Utah ‘No Kings’ rally was fashion designer from ‘Project Runway’
SALT LAKE CITY — The 39-year-old man shot and killed at a weekend “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City was a successful fashion designer and former…
Art for art's sake, or the president's?
The Trump administration's decision to rescind or terminate National Endowment for the Arts grants is not only a threat to the survival of arts organizations.…
Heartbreak for Roger Teal as Lead Artist runs down Dancing Gemini in dying strides of Lockinge
LEAD ARTIST wore down Dancing Gemini in the final strides to deny Roger Teal a fairytale Lockinge win at Newbury.Teal's well-backed 2-1 favourite headed the…
Netflix’s ‘Forever’ features artwork of Black L.A. artists
L.A. has long been a beacon for the arts. So it’s only fitting that “Forever,” the Netflix series that showrunner Mara Brock Akil envisioned as…
Lord Buffalo cancels European tour, citing immigration issues
Texas psych-Americana band Lord Buffalo has canceled its upcoming European tour after it claims that drummer Yamal Said was taken off a plane by border…
UCLA, LACO, South Coast Repertory: Trump cuts NEA grants
South Coast Repertory was celebrating the opening night of a play it had commissioned and spent years developing when it received the notification: The $20,000…
Artist Jeffrey Gibson brings Venice Biennale show to the Broad
In 2019, Jeffrey Gibson received a MacArthur Fellowship, the $625,000 award commonly called “the genius grant” that buys recipients the freedom to follow their dreams.Gibson…