CONCERT REVIEW + PHOTOS: DRAGON SMOKE AT THE MINT (LOS ANGELES, CA)
Dragon Smoke (New Orleans, LA) December 12, 2012The Mint in Los Angeles, CAJim 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 distanc
FESTIVAL REVIEW + PHOTOS: VOODOO EXPERIENCE 2012 (NEW ORLEANS, LA)
Voodoo ExperienceOctober 26-28th, 2012City Park in New Orleans, LA 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
CONCERT REVIEW + PHOTOGRAPHY: THE REVIVALISTS AT THE MINT (LOS ANGELES, CA)
The Revivalists (New Orleans, LA)September 11th, 2012The 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 noo
CONCERT REVIEW + PHOTOGRAPHY: TERENCE BLANCHARD QUINTET AT CATALINA BAR & GRILL (HOLLYWOOD, CA)
Terence Blanchard (New Orleans, LA)August 17th, 2012Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood, CA Gallery: Jim Brock Photography/©Eye on the Music There are few musicians I can point to more visually evocative than Terence Blanchard (and I’m not just talking about his 20+ year filmography). Blanch
CONCERT REVIEW + PHOTOGRAPHY: HONEY ISLAND SWAMP BAND AT THE MINT (LOS ANGELES, CA)
Honey Island Swamp Band (New Orleans, LA)August 14th, 2012The Mint in Los Angeles, CA Gallery: Jim Brock Photography/©Eye on the Music It’s apropos that the Honey Island Swamp Band would return for a summer gig at The Mint following an appearance at Outside Lands the prio