Jackson Browne Announces July & August 2018 Tour NEWS – FEBRUARY 26, 2018 Jackson will perform on the West Coast with his full band Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne announces July and August 2018 tour dates on the West Coast with his full band. Advance tickets are available beginning February 28 at 10 AM (local time), with general tickets available beginning […]
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Sound Cloud Sunday February 18, 2018 Every Sunday at 3pm Pacfic Standard Time we play the best of new unsigned, should-be-signed and indie artists from around the globe. Please make every effort to support the artists we play on Laurel Canyon Radio. They are making some of the most important music being recorded these days and to silence their voices […]
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Here’s the broadcast of this week’s show!!! Click below. Sound Cloud Sunday broadcasts live on Laurel Canyon Radio every Sunday at 3pm PST with a re-broadcast Monday night at 11pm. Sound Cloud Sunday January 28 Edition On Laurel Canyon Radio Working out some of the technical glitches from our debut episode last weekend, nothing could obscure the amount […]
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Hey Laurel Canyon Radio listeners as an extra special treat, we’ve got the playlist from our “New Kids in Town” radio show than runs on Friday and then again on Monday morning between 9 and 11 am (Laurel Canyon Standard Time – PST). These artists are carrying for the spirit of the Laurel Canyon spirit whether by vibration, tribute, artistic […]
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This is one bloody sad song, perfect for the Laurel Canyon radio canon, but you’ve got to hand it to Daniel Romano, not only is this Juno-award winning Canadian singer-songwriter prolific (his seventh and eighth albums in as many years being released simultaenously), but he is also an interesting visual artist (see his guitar and outfit below) as well as […]
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Why Do We Remember Song Lyrics Easier Than Important Passwords? This morning in the shower, I sang Joni Mitchell’s 1974 song “People’s Parties” from start to finish from memory, a song easily I first listened to more than thirty-odd years ago. Granted, it’s a relatively short song (I say this because with the potential of another California drought looming, […]
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New Tracks on Laurel Canyon Radio – January 8, 2018 Happy New Year to all our listeners and fans. Changes are a’comin to Laurel Canyon Radio, so watch for some announcements. We’ll be having some new radio shows (Bluegrass Hour premiered yesterday at 4PM PST on our airwaves) and a host of other groovy music-centric shows will begin appearing […]
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HOW “HEARTACHE TONIGHT” BURIED THE LAUREL CANYON MUSIC ERA Happy birthday to us as Laurel Canyon Radio turned 3 years old this month! We can never devote enough space to justifying our existence and why we play what we play (our current rotation features more than 2100 songs and they are updated and curated daily). We hope you keep […]
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Hotel California: Singer-Songwriters and Cocaine Cowboys in the LA Canyons, 1967-1976 by Barney Hoskyns 316pp, Fourth Estate, £14.99 The subtitle may sound like a specialist subject on Mastermind. But if you are looking for the ingredients traditionally required of a good rock’n’roll story, then Hotel California has got the lot. Diving deep into the mythology of the Los Angeles singer-songwriter […]
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Why Linda Ronstadt Still Matters to Tucson A Tucson music historian reflects on the lasting influence of our city’s most famous musical export By Daniel Buckley Linda Ronstadt at age 16. Linda Ronstadt’s singing days are over but her hometown’s love affair with the storied singer is anything but. And that love affair goes both ways. She still owns a […]
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