DIGITAL JOURNALIST
Jenni Rivera performs at San Manuel Casino in Highland on March 10, 2011. (File Photo)
The memoir of Jenni Rivera, the grupero diva who formerly lived in Norco and was killed in a plane crash in December, will be published this summer, according to the Associated Press.
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David Guetta, shown here at Coachella 2012, will perform at Beyond Wonderland in Devore on March 16. (2012/File Photo)
After getting approval from the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors to host electronic dance music events at San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore a few weeks back, the first EDM event will be Beyond Wonderland on Saturday, March 16.
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Pixels Bar in Riverside will be the home of an acoustic night on Sundays. (2010/File Photo)
Two established musicians from Riverside are putting together a weekly night of acoustic music in their hometown of Riverside.
Jerry O’Neill, who was the longtime drummer for Voodoo Glow Skulls (and who has been doing some of his own acoustic material lately) and Terry Corso, from Alien Ant Farm, will hold the Bar Brigade acoustic night every Sunday at Pixels Bar in Riverside.
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Country singer Mindy McCready died Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013. (AP Photo)
Country singer Mindy McCready was found dead in her Arkansas home on Sunday, Feb. 17. She was 37 years old.
She played in the Inland Region in 1997, opening up for Tim McGraw, a year after releasing her multi-platinum debut, “Ten Thousand Angels.”
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Want to rent a DVD? Why not pick up some concert tickets, too?
The Glass House in Pomona is teaming up with DVD rental company Redbox.
You will be able to purchase tickets to Glass House shows at the kiosk and you will have cheaper service fees.
Tickets from a Redbox kiosk will include the ticket price, plus tax, plus a $1 fee.
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Baauer, Coachella 2013 artist and the man behind the beats of the “Harlem Shake.” (Contributed Image)
Not since “Gangnam Syle” has a dance craze invaded YouTube as much as the “Harlem Shake” has. (With the viral nature of today, it makes me wonder if the “Macarena” would have had as long of a life as it did, but that’s a discussion that says something about America and its shifting culture and bad wedding music that’s for another day.)
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Rodriguez in a scene from the documentary film, “Searching for Sugar Man.” (Sony Pictures Classics, Hal Wilson/Contributed Photo)
Here’s an activity for the music lover and the film lover in your life.
The Barbara and Art Culver Center of the Arts in Riverside is screening “Searching for Sugarman,” the Oscar-nominated documentary about the search for ’70s rocker (and 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival performer) Rodriguez on Friday, Feb. 15 and Saturday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m.
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Idyllwild’s multi-instrumentalist and singing star Casey Abrams has released a new video for his song “Get Out.” It’s a love story, kind of, or a stalker story with a heart of gold.
Things you need to know about this video:
1-The former “American Idol” contestant has found the secret to cloning. Apparently it involves being a busker in the New York City Subway System.
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Lukas Nelson performs at the 2011 Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. (2011/File Photo)
Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real are returning to the Inland Empire for a benefit for the Kids Rock Free program at the Fender Center for the Performing Arts in Corona on Saturday, March 2.
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Interactive map of 2013 Coachella artists.
(Vanessa Franko/Digital Illustration)
We’ve had a lot of breaking news here that I’ve been helping out on so I haven’t had a chance to give a proper send-up to my interactive Coachella map.
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