Robert Plant and Alison Krauss at the Greek Theatre
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss at the Greek Theatre
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss travel the yellow brick road.
The genre of pop standards is a bit out of bounds for Robert Plant and Alison Krauss , whose high-profile collaboration excavates a more traditional sector of America’s musical geography. But when the singers and their band came to the Greek Theatre on Monday, there was something of “The Wizard of Oz” about it.
Live: The Vans Warped Tour
Electro-pop artist Katy Perry and rapper Shwayze get a chance to shine, while Pennywise, Say Anything and Against Me! represent the event’s punk-emo grounding.
The Los Angeles hard-core quintet the Bronx had an interesting take on the potential of punk rock during the Vans Warped Tour’s kickoff show Friday at the Pomona Fairplex. “There is no revolution,” howled singer Matt Caughthran during the track “Heart Attack American” in a ferocious early afternoon set.
The shared musical DNA of Gilberto Gil and Devendra Banhart
The artists, who share the bill Sunday at the Hollywood Bowl, blur the lines between genres.
Gilberto Gil has released more than 50 albums in his career — the latest is “Banda Larga Cordel,” which came out this month. That puts him about 45 ahead of Devendra Banhart , but the Brazilian musical icon, 65, and the Los Angeles-based folk-rock eccentric share a passion for eradicating distinctions among musical genres, as they’ll demonstrate when they play at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday as part of the KCRW World Festival series.
