Return to the Peeples Place at KHTS front page.Producers of the 34th annual Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl Saturday and Sunday, June 16-17 have added three more artists to the talent lineup, and set the order of appearance for the performances. Joining the roster of Grammy-winning jazz greats and rising stars are multi- Grammy-nominated R&B pianist/composer Patrice Rushen, New Orleans ...

  Visit the Peeples Place at KHTS portal. The Les Paul Estate and the Les Paul Foundation tied in with Julien’s Auctions in downtown Beverly Hills Friday and Saturday, June 8-9,  for a marathon auction of guitars, amps, recording gear, memorabilia and lots more from the electric guitar and multi-tracking pioneer’s personal collection. According to Julien’s, the auction was a record-breaker, raising ...

Back to the Peeples Place at KHTS portal. Ulysses Bella of East Los Angeles was one of those hard-partying music fans way up in the back of the 18,000-seat Hollywood Bowl the first few times he attended the annual Playboy Jazz Festival there, a couple decades ago. On Saturday, June 16, the tenor sax player makes his fifth appearance as ...

Back to the Peeples Place at KHTS portal. Popular Hawaii-bred, Santa Barbara-based reggae-rock band Iration headlined a multi-genre roster of more than 25 bands that rocked two stages at The Plaza Theatre in Newhall and drew more than 500 young music fans to the ninth annual “Summer Meltdown Concert for Social Inclusion and Autism Awareness” Saturday afternoon and evening. “We’ve ...

Back to the Peeples Place at KHTS portal. Loafers’ Glory featuring country rock/bluegrass legends Herb Pedersen and Bill Bryson plus veteran multi-instrumentalists Tom Sauber and Patrick Sauber are special guests Saturday night on “House Blend” on SCVTV, hosted by Stephen K. Peeples. The all-acoustic quartet performs four songs during the half-hour show — a band arrangement of the traditional bluegrass ...

Back to the Peeples Place at KHTS portal. Bandleader Jose Rizo and his new nine-piece band, Mongorama, pay tribute to Latin jazz and conga legend Mongo Santamaria as they headline a free concert hosted by the Playboy Jazz Festival on the patio at the Beverly Hills Civic Center on Sunday, May 6. The Beverly Hills High School Jazz Band will ...

Back to the Peeples Place at KHTS portal. With fewer than 30 days to go before the big event, “Rock the Rhythm, Beat the Odds” (www.rocktherhythm.org) sends word that John Densmore, world-renowned drummer for The Doors, has signed on to support the music-in-education program, including the attempt to break the Guinness World Record for largest percussion ensemble, scheduled for May ...

Back to the Peeples Place at KHTS portal. The WAVE-nominated “House Blend” on SCVTV hosted by Stephen K. Peeples presents the premiere broadcast featuring SCV Blues Society stars Sherry Pruitt and The Delgado Brothers and popular local contemporary classic-rock band The McGrath Project on Saturday, April 7, at 10 p.m. PT. In the opening segment of the half-hour show, Blues ...

Back to the Peeples Place at KHTS portal. Folk-country-rock-bluegrass-Americana legend Herb Pedersen (Vern & Ray, The Dillards, Desert Rose Band, Loafer’s Glory) spoke with me for a few minutes on Saturday, March 31, 2012, about his time working with and longtime friendship with the late bluegrass banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs, who died March 28 at the age of 88. We ...

Back to the Peeples Place at KHTS portal.This is the preview; a recap follows. Check out the photo album from this memorable event. You can nurse your St. Paddy’s night hangover at the Courtyard by Marriott in Valencia on Sunday afternoon, March 18, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. There’s a big jam celebrating the retirement of local resident and ...