News and Reviews

News and reviews about music, concerts, events, technology and more by Stephen K. Peeples.

From Grooving in the Playboy Jazz Crowd to Playing on the Festival Stage

Ulysses Bella of East Los Angeles was one of those hard-partying music fans way up in the back of the 18,000-seat Hollywood Bowl the...
Donald Trump at Iowa State University, January 19. 2016. Photo: Max Goldberg (Wikimedia Commons)

Trump-Pena Nieto Mexico Summit – First (Fake) News Dispatch

Breaking News: Trump Earns Illegal Alien Status, Detained in Mexico By Stephen K. Peeples Businessman and U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump and Mexican President Enrique Peña...

Cosby to Pass the Microphone as Playboy Jazz Emcee

Dr. William H. Cosby, the famed comedian, Grammy-winning recording artist, author, philanthropist, community activist and educator, will intro the artists this weekend for his...
Mark Lewisohn, Aug. 4, 2011

Lewisohn Beatles Bio Vol. 1 Done; Due Oct. 2013

In our extensive August 2011 Skype interview, as he was heading down the home stretch writing the first volumes of what's expected to be...

Sherry Pruitt & Delgados, McGrath Project Rock ‘House Blend’ on SCVTV

The WAVE-nominated "House Blend" on SCVTV hosted by Stephen K. Peeples presents the premiere broadcast featuring SCV Blues Society stars Sherry Pruitt and The...
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Chris Hillman’s Acclaimed Memoir, ‘Time Between,’ Heads Into Second Printing

Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame inductee Chris Hillman’s memoir, "Time Between: My Life as a Byrd, Burrito Brother and Beyond," first published November...
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Debut Album by U.K. Band The Loft Club: Echoes of the Future

Remember the last occasion you listened to a new album the first time and it started strong and stayed that way, track after track,...
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Author Harvey Kubernik Q&A: ‘Docs That Rock, Music That Matters’

Music journalist, pop culture historian, and author Harvey Kubernik, a veteran of the Los Angeles rock 'n' roll scene since the early 1970s, has...
Hard Six Behind the Lens

Hard Six ‘Behind the Lens’ Rocks with Stephen K. Peeples

Ventura's outlaw punkabilly trio Hard Six launched "Behind the Lens," an exhibit of 19 photos of the band shot by 10 Southern California photographers,...

Firefall: ‘Greatest Hits’ – Liner Notes by Stephen K. Peeples, 1992

The following is the set of liner notes for Firefall: Greatest Hits, a single-CD compilation released by Rhino in 1992. Excerpts of the notes...