So why wait another couple of years between LWIII ecumenical extravaganzas, when you can get two in two nights? Mon, Tues 8 p.m., McCabe’s, Santa Monica, $45. Even if he did, it will come out new, and natty.
Because I can’t imagine the Bard of Buffoonery and Bald-faced Truths being able to remember exactly what he said and sang the night before. LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III – If you’re a fan, here’s a reasonable suggestion: go both nights. Every Tues 9:30 p.m., Harvelle’s, Santa Monica, $10. Writes terrific songs perfect for her act. Uses her voice as an instrument in creative ways. She doesn’t play the piano, she attacks it. She crawls across the floor like a reptile, gripping the mic and never missing a beat. I’ve been giving EM’s show a HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for months now and still do. Sat, Thurs 7:30 p.m., Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, LA, $23-292.ĮM the MASTER –Every Tuesday night, witness the multi-talented Em, a force of nature. How can they top that? Possibly with the Bach opera that many consider one of the finest pieces of sacred music in the Western world, and with the Hamburg Ballet on stage as well.
MATTHEW PASSION – Oh boy, oh boy, it’s been months since LA Opera’s last great productions, classic Rossini in “Cinderella” (like you’d never seen her), and then there was weighty Wagner in “Tannhauser” before that. I strongly urge you to take in the last of the series next month, the music and culture of Hawaii.
Live music is like that, you never know what you will get. (They were in Return to Forever together.) Nader took his playing up to outer space as the blazing tabla “drummer” in this unusual trio.Īnd… it was a free show. Clarke gave a short, touching rumination about the importance of artists in the world, then gave one of the finest single one-song performances I have ever heard, 15 minutes of “No Mystery” – “my favorite Chick Corea song,” Clarke said. But then Nader blew all our minds when out marched none other than esteemed jazz bassist and composer Stanley Clarke, with whom Nader has been collaborating for four years. Then he trotted out an enthusiastic and skilled dance troupe, in gorgeous native costume, then the revered “Barbra Streisand of Afghani singers,” then a solo dancer, in flowing costume but on point and performing ballet to an Afghan soundtrack. I was thoroughly enjoying the presentation Sunday afternoon at the Getty of the music and culture of Afghanistan, by tabla virtuoso Salar Nader. I could hardly believe my ears, and my good fortune.
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