Where the music starts in Mexico.
I went to three gigs this week in Ajijic, Mexico: a rock band at El Barco, a jazz combo at Casa Domenech, and the street at night. I saw where [...]
Latino music
“Héroe” by Francisca Valenzuela tickles your feet, your mind, your soul.
(Ajijic, Mexico) If you love great music, powerful women, and people who blend art, activism and style into potent tools to change the listen and the world and you don’t [...]
A one-handed trumpeter rocks a Mexican furniture factory on a stormy night.
It was a dark and stormy night – really! It was thundering and flashing lightning and raining buckets when I pulled up in front of the venue to unload my [...]
Its low season in Guadalajara’s mountain towns but not for traditional music
It’s low season in the Guadalajara region of Mexico. The snowbirds don’t arrive from Canada until winter, the temperatures are mild so the denizens of Guadalajara – [...]
“Crazy for Jane” album by Locos Por Juana: Miami feel with global appeal
Patrick O’Heffernan (Ajijic MX) I just plain love Crazy for Jane, the 6th studio album of the Latin Grammy nominated band Locos Por Juana, released this week. I have been [...]
Last Tango in LA. Sin Color and Alih Jey at the Peppermint Club.
The last live event I went to in LA before leaving for Mexico was called Vibras Latinas, at the Peppermint Club, on the border between West Hollywood and Beverly Hills. [...]
“Oidos” byNancy Sanchez and Madame Recamier: a heavenly match that propels your feet
“Oidos”, a collaboration between LA-based jazz singer and mariachi artist Nancy Sanchez and Mexico-based pop singer Madame Recamier is what I call a triple threat [...]
FIMPRO: Thursday, last Day for me
My last day of reporting at FIMPRO2019 was Thursday – I had to get back to the studio in LA on Friday so I missed the wrap party at the [...]
Latin theater, dance and bands collide in Guadalajara for FIMPRO 2019
As I do every year, I spent three days in Guadalajara, Mexico, at the Latin Music conference known as FIMPRO, at the University of Guadalajara. The event actually sprawls [...]
Resiste by Eljuri: an amazing album in a career full of amazing music.
Patrick O’Heffernan I have been sitting with Eljuri’s new album Resiste for a couple of weeks, listening to it over and over. There is so much here – so many [...]
Two Clubs, three bands and a surprise – Wednesday night in Hollywood
Patrick O’Heffernan I always try to support my friends who are singers or in bands that I love. So I was in a quandary Wednesday night when two of my [...]
The night is always still young at the La Fonda with the Guataca System
On the corner of Wilshire and South Carondelet Street, sandwiched between Koreatown, Historic Filipinotown and Little Bangladesh, is one of LA’s largest and most fun Mexica [...]
Alih Jey and Cuñao at the High Hat: a perfect musical match, a magical night.
by Patrick O’Heffernan. Some collaborations in music are just perfect. Not only is the music magnificent, but the collaborators give each other new energy so that the final [...]
Boleros de Noche. A night of pure magic in DTLA
Boleros de Noche, a magic night in an island of music in downtown Los Angeles [...]
Muchachito vibrates Eastside Luv Wednesday night in a “total hoot”
Muchachito at LA's Eastside Luv a total hoot. [...]
Hot rock and an epic guitar in small-town Mexico.
Rock and a world class guitarist in a small t
own in Mexico. [...]
The music showcase: a night at the Gibson Guitar Showroom
Patrick O’Heffernan. Host, Music FridayLive!, Private music showcases are a way of life in LA. I don’t know how many bands are operating in the city at a given time [...]
Sin Color’s Valentine concert: hip hop, romance, nostalgia, and Mariachi.
Patrick O’Heffernan. Host, Music FridayLive!, Valentine’s day in LA is a major excuse for a party. Almost every music venue in the city produces some sort of [...]
Doo-Wop Mariachis, an indoor carwash, and the Electric Slide: it’s 3 am at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Patrick O’Heffernan. Host, Music FridayLive!, The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is LA’s version of New York’s famed Lincoln Performing Arts Center. Part of the LA [...]