MILPA

MILPA, a set on Flickr.

05/18/2012 Riverside, California, USA

The band Milpa from Los Angeles delivers a magical performance at the Blood Orange Info Shop located in the Historic Life Arts Building in downtown Riverside.

Milpa combines latin folk melodic styles of south america and caribbean regions with hip-hop and spoken word lyrical content en español. The result is a wall of sound that activate the regions of the brain that makes you want to dance.

Check them out here:
www.facebook.com/MilpaMusic
www.myspace.com/milpamusica

More photos here 

Campfire Tour

Sycamore Smith live at the Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles, CA 

Campfire Tour, a set on Flickr.
05/06/2012 Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles, California: I was invited to shoot the "Campfire", ultra-low-light acoustic guitar performances of the Pentimento artists Toh Kay, Dan P and Sycamore. This was my first assignment in Los Angeles. photos here 

north av

north av, a set on Flickr.

March 23 2012 late night walking west on north avenue in Chicago. I did not find what I was looking for but I took the shoots anyways.

Psychic ills and Prince Rama

 Psychic ills: Elizabeth Hart (bass)

3/22/12 - The Hideout, Chicago IL: The Brooklyn, NY bands Psychic Ills and Prince Rama stopped by the Hideout to give us all a dose of high quality psychedelic rock.

Prince Rama: Sisters Taraka & Nimai Larson jump off the stage to perform their beautifully choreographed dance routine.

Psychic ills Photos:

   

 Prince Rama (of Ayodhya) Photos:

 

Sharing the Love: "A post inside a post"

The bands "The Life and Times" and "Lionize" gave me a rock and rolla bump by posting my photos of them in their websites. Awesome! Thanks guys.

Brad Knain posted my photo as well for his review at  the examiner.

TORCHE

TORCHE, a set on Flickr.

3/7/12: Torche, the sludge metal band from Miami, rocks the socks off a fully packed Double Door in Wicker Park, Chicago. Torche is on tour with Corrosion of Conformity, Valient Thorr and Black Cobra. The band performed in support of their upcoming full lenght album Harmonicraft, scheduled  to be released in 4/24/12. Their first single can be downloaded for free - Free download here. 


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