Drive-By Truckers’ “English Oceans” is among a couple of new CDs we can recommend.
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As a sturdily constructed African-American lady in spandex and a little person in a tight red leather get-up with a cone-shaped brassiere pistoned their rear ends up and down like human crankshafts, the costumed primate in question did what you do at a Miley Cyrus performance: you dance, and look out for the purple shark doing the same.
I felt like I was watching Bill Murray resurrect his funny “SNL” character, Nick the lounge singer, on Thursday when he helped raise $544,000 to fight the illness that put his dear friend, Vegas chef Kerry Simon, in a wheelchair.
A Las Vegas man is hoping to hit the national stage this season on NBC’s “The Voice.”
Close your eyes for a second, think of Miley Cyrus, and what’s the first thing that comes to mind? It’s probably a vision of Cyrus’ tongue, surging past her lips like an inmate on a prison break.
Dave Hause confronts adulthood with fists clenched, a child of the ’80s working hard to excavate buried dreams.
When it came time for the autobiography subtitled “Ray Charles’ Own Story,” Charles chose a down-to-earth name befitting a singer who belonged in any and every musical family: “Brother Ray.” Clearly, Ray Charles was — and is — a man for all musical seasons.
“Being grown up isn’t half as fun as growing up,” the Ataris once sang.
New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde has added another show at the Boulevard Pool at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on April 15. Tickets are $40 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com and Ticketmaster outlets.
Good times roll for Mardi Gras: Locals can “laissez les bon temps rouler” (translation: let the good times roll) at two separate Mardi Gras events this weekend.
Sharon Corr isn’t a big name in these parts but she’s worked with at least one big star who will be working in town the same night.
Tower of Power is a band that defines “cult following.” It’s able to fill small showrooms such as the South Point 40 years after “So Very Hard to Go” was played on Top 40 radio.
Show headliner Pentagram has been around in various incarnations for more than four decades but has only recently emerged from the heavy metal underground as frontman Bobby Liebling has finally come to grips with his substance abuse issues.
John Trimble loves music, and he loves visual art. And in his exhibit on display at the West Las Vegas Arts Center Community Gallery, he brings these two aspects of the arts together.
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