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'Music Is About Freedom': Concerts Around Palos Verdes, LA County
Here's a Q&A with Kandace Springs, a Nashville-born singer who transcends genres. Plus, a list of live music this week around LA County.
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PALOS VERDES, CA – There are a ton of great shows to catch this week in Los Angeles County, and we've gathered a list of live music from twenty of the county's top music venues for this week's round-up. From blues, to throwbacks, to indie rock, and electronic, there's something for everyone to see.
Patch caught up with Kandace Springs, a singer from Nashville that transcends genres and refuses to be put into a box. Her new album Indigo combines the sounds of R&B, jazz and pop in a new, refreshing way. Catch her Monday night at the Troubadour in Los Angeles starting at 7 p.m.
Emily Holland: How would you describe your music in five words?
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Kandace Springs: Soul, emotion, freedom, timeless, honest…
EH: In making music, are you more inspired by interpersonal relationships or the environment you’re in?
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KS: The environment I’m in - my mood can be effected by the smallest things that happen in a moment. Those are the things that inspire my writing. Every day life…
EH: Do you have any guilty pleasures (music or otherwise)?
KS: I’m obsessed with cars – muscle cars, vintage cars, you name it. I have five. I detail them, fix them and sell them – and best of all, I love to drive them. Taking my bad ass Jeep off-road is one of my favorite things to do when I come home for touring! I also love Chick-fil-A!
EH: I saw you’ve lived in NY, LA, and Nashville. How do the three cities compare in regards to writing (/generally getting the creative juices flowing) and performing live?
KS: They are all different, it’s so hard to say. In Nashville I tend to write more by myself, so the songs are more personal. In NY and LA I usually co write with my SRP team, Evan and Carl or other writer producers. So in those situations we write about things that are a combination of personal experiences and things that we feel like people can relate to. I enjoy both.
EH: Your album transcends genres. Why is it important, as an artist, not to get boxed into a certain label or genre for your unique sound?
KS: I have always been all over the map with my musical taste. Jazz, classical, soul/R&B. Nina Simone is one of my heroes and she refused to be put in a box. Music is about freedom to me.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 1
- Kandace Springs: 7 p.m. at the Troubadour
- HOT CLUB OF LOS ANGELES: 9 p.m. at the Cinema Bar
- Neighbor Lady, Lia: 8:30 p.m. at the Bootleg Theatre
- Allan Rayman: 7:30 p.m. at the Moroccan Lounge
- The Vaccines, Jesse Jo Stark: 8 p.m. at the Teragram Ballroom
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2
- THE DELTAZ: 9 p.m. at the Cinema Bar
- JAPANESE BREAKFAST with Ought: 9 p.m. at the Fonda Theatre
- IN DREAMS: ROY ORBISON: 7 p.m. at the Wiltern
- Glen Parks: 8:30 p.m. at the Bootleg Theatre
- Courtney Marie Andrews, Johanna Samuels, Anna Ash: 7:30 p.m. at the Moroccan Lounge
- Walker Hayes, Tenille Townes: 7 p.m. at the Troubadour
- AMY SHARK with Tyler Hilton: 8:30 at the El Rey Theatre
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3
- COREY DAWSON: 9 p.m. at the Cinema Bar
- PASSION: 7 p.m. at the Wiltern
- Straight Into a Storm Screening: 10 Years of Deer Tick: 8 p.m. at the Regent Theater
- Patrick Droney, Molly Kate Kestner: 7 p.m. at the Moroccan Lounge
- Roky Erickson, Death Valley Girls: 8 p.m. at the Teragram Ballroom
- BOY GEORGE & CULTURE CLUB: 7 p.m. at the Greek Theatre
- ALICE MERTON with Foreign Air: 8 p.m. at the Roxy Theatre
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4
- CARNIVAL OF SOUL: 9 p.m. at the Cinema Bar
- Interpol • The Kills • Sunflower Bean: 7 p.m. at the Hollywood Bowl
- CHIEF KEEF: 7 p.m. at the Wiltern
- Chelsea Wolfe, Russian Circles: 9 p.m. at the Regent Theater
- Parade Of Lights, Tillie, YOUNGER HUNGER: 8:30 p.m. at the Bootleg Theatre
- ALESSO: 9 p.m. at the Hollywood Palladium
- Yoke Lore, Bay Ledges, runnner: 7:30 p.m. at the Moroccan Lounge
- Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Kitchen Dwellers: 8:30 p.m. at the Teragram Ballroom
- Trampled by Turtles, Actual Wolf: 7 p.m. at the Troubadour
- LAWRENCE with Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers and Jacob Jeffries: 8 p.m. at the El Rey Theatre
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5
- RICK SHEA + I SEE HAWKS IN LA: 9 p.m. at the Cinema Bar
- ALKALINE TRIO: 7 p.m. at the Wiltern
- ROTATIONS: DAUWD DJ SET: 8 p.m. at Amoeba Hollywood
- Ghostland Observatory NKRIOT: 9 p.m. at the Regent Theater
- Shonen Knife, Kim and The Created, Nani: 8:30 p.m. at the Bootleg Theatre
- ALESSO: 9 p.m. at the Hollywood Palladium
- The Flatliners, Decent Criminal, Gods Of Mount Olympus: 7:30 p.m. at the Moroccan Lounge
- Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Kitchen Dwellers: 8:30 p.m. at the Teragram Ballroom
- Glorietta: 8 p.m. at the Troubadour
- NICK LOWE'S QUALITY ROCK & ROLL REVUE STARRING LOS STRAITJACKETS: 9 p.m. at the El Rey Theatre
- COURTNEY BARNETT with Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks and Waxahatchee: 7:30 p.m. at the El Rey Theatre
- JOEY PURP with Kami: 8 p.m. at the Roxy Theatre
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6
- DEL GUIDO: 9 p.m. at the Cinema Bar
- GARY NUMAN with Nightmare Air: 9 p.m. at the Fonda Theatre
- Keith Urban & Kelsea Ballerini: 7:30 p.m. at the Staples Center
- LECRAE & ANDY MINEO - BETTER LATE THAN NEVER TOUR: 6:30 p.m. at the Wiltern
- Raskahuele CD Release: 7 p.m. at the Regent Theater
- Saint Sister, Motor Sales: 8:30 p.m. at the Bootleg Theatre
- ALESSO: 9 p.m. at the Hollywood Palladium
- The Weeks, H.A.R.D.: 7:30 p.m. at the Moroccan Lounge
- The Main Squeeze, Hamish Anderson: 8 p.m. at the Teragram Ballroom
- Tennis: SOLO IN STEREO Tour, Matt Costa: 8 p.m. at the Troubadour
- MEDASIN with Joey Pecoraro: 9 p.m. at the El Rey Theatre
- DROELOE with Fytch and Madnap: 9 p.m. at the Roxy Theatre
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