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- Street: Ahmed Sullivan (PDF)
- ON STAGE
Let's hear it for Mundell Lowe
Tuesday's all-star concert honoring Mundell Lowe at downtown's Anthology is being billed as a birthday celebration. But the show, which will air as a “Jazz Live” radio broadcast on KSDS-FM Jazz 88.3, is also a musical love fest for this esteemed jazz guitar great, who counts Billie Holiday, Lester Young and Charles Mingus among the many luminaries with whom he's collaborated.
- AT THE MOVIES
Kids will go ape over 'Space Chimps'
If you're old enough to read this review, you aren't the target audience for “Space Chimps,” a movie about chimpanzees sent in search of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. “Chimps,” from the animation studio that gave us “Valiant,” is more one of those cartoons that parents at least won't mind sitting through while little Miss or Mr. 8-and-under gets her or his chuckles at the cute talking primates.
- AT THE MOVIES
Tell anyone: nifty twists, subtext and flashbacks
The suspenseful “Tell No One” may have you wondering if you've missed a clue or two along the way, but Guillaume Canet's film moves along at such a brisk, entertaining pace that you probably won't care.
- Film openings
- NORTH COUNTY N&D
The beat goes on
At large outdoor music festivals, Ricardo Lemvo rarely explains the story behind his Congolese songs, a repertoire of music driven by infectious Afro-Cuban rhythms.
- NORTH COUNTY N&D
British actor embraces role in 'Mamma Mia!'
Dominic Cooper has a short résumé in theater and film, but it is nonetheless impressive, and with his brooding good looks, he just may be the next British heartthrob to make it big in United States.
- POP MUSIC
Win, place and shows!
Once upon a time, not too long ago, the sport of kings carried heavy baggage in the minds of anyone under the age of 40 – crusty old men reeking of cigar smoke donning fedoras and spending their paychecks on the ponies.
- EARTHLY MUSICAL MUSINGS BY GEORGE VARGA
Who Made You God?
Big in Japan is:
1. The name of the galvanizing opening song on former San Diegan Tom Waits' excellent 1999 album, “The Mule Variations.”
2. A short-lived English punk band, whose lineup in the late 1970s included future members of The Teardrop Explodes and The Lightning Seeds.
- POP MUSIC
Jazz guitarist Frank Potenza plays the love of his life
Frank Potenza fell in love with jazz guitar after listening to classic albums featuring a Hammond B3 organ, and he's never stopped trying to rekindle that early romance.
- POP MUSIC
Fest brings back some of the sounds of the '60s
Forty years later, it's once again a summer of love and music.
This year's HippieFest, which drops into Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay tonight and tomorrow night, reprises the diverse lineup of last year's inaugural tour, bringing back vintage acts as diverse as wide-eyed folkie Melanie (“Candles in the Rain,” “Brand New Key”) and British pop band Badfinger (“Day After Day,” “Come and Get It”).
- THE OTHER STREAM
Happy blendings
Up until the start of the 20th century, it was de rigueur for classical musicians to be able to improvise almost as well as they could perform written scores.
- HIDDEN GEM
Janiva Magness: “What Love Will Do”
Magness sings with a scorching, Bettye LaVette-style intensity on such sassy R&B workouts as “That's What Love Will Make You Do” and “Get It, Get It,” and on a rocked-up run through of Marvin Gaye's Motown hit “Don't Do It.”
- ALBUM REVIEWS
David Banner: “The Greatest Story Ever Told”
On his fourth album, Banner's at his most articulate when he's urging perseverance, in songs like “Hold On,” and when he recalls his own scuffling days in “Cadillac on 22's Part 2” and “I Get By.”
- ALBUM REVIEWS
Julieta Venegas: “MTV Unplugged”
The “MTV Unplugged” concept is a wonderful fit for Mexican singer-songwriter Venegas. Directed and arranged by Venegas herself, this album is rich, thoughtful, deliciously and unexpectedly textured with instruments that range from marimba to cello, bringing out new aspects of Venegas and her music.
- ALBUM REVIEWS
Alison Moyet: “The Turn”
Unlike most singers blessed with amazing voices, Alison Moyet understands that less can sometimes be so much more, and restraint can be just as powerful as release. That's why “The Turn” is almost all about glorious restraint.
- ALBUM REVIEWS
Ron Sexsmith: “Exit Strategy of the Soul”
Sexsmith, always acknowledged as a great songwriter, branches out musically on his latest offering, thanks in part to producer Martin Terefe, who brought in a horn section from Havana to add a beautiful dynamic.
- ALBUM REVIEWS
RZA as Bobby Digital: “Digi Snaks”
The Wu Tang Clan's RZA has a solo career that he runs in the thug-superhero mode of “Bobby Digital.” The fresh cinematic ambience allows him open space in which to rhyme curtly.
- ALBUM REVIEWS
Randy Travis: “Around the Bend”
This is a gospel album by another name, with gently counseling songs about redemption, the perils of drinking and cheating, marriage and the afterlife. (They're all written by outside songwriters, unlike those on most of Travis' other records.)
- EVENTOS LATINOS
Best bet • For this singer, there's no place like home
Even though Julieta Venegas has lived in Mexico City for almost 15 years, the singer said she has never felt disconnected from Tijuana, where she grew up.
She said that recently some people encouraged her to cancel her Saturday concert because of the violence there.
- DINING GUIDE
Enjoyment
CARLSBAD – Here's a hot tip for you: Always watch those new mid-to high-end hotels and resorts for really good value-for-dollar dining.
Why? Because the restaurant is not where most hotels make their big money.
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