Los Angeles Band Spotlight - The Ken Oak Band
One of the things that I’ve always wanted to do here was to spend a little bit of time on ZuneSphere spotlighting local small and new artists/bands here in the Los Angeles region. There’s just so much talent out here - much of which often goes unnoticed. To that end, I hope to discover and regularly write about those individuals and groups here.
One such group that I want to mention is the Ken Oak Band. I first came across this duo last year while walking with my wife at the Third Street Promenade. We stopped to listen to their music and you know what? It was pretty darn good. It was so good that we decided to pick up their two albums on CD. The duo (Ken) pumps out incredibly beautiful music with Ken on the cello and Ed on the guitar. Ken’s got one of those soothing voices that really makes for soothing and relaxing (sometimes haunting) ballads. I still remember the first weekend owning both of those CDs - I think I listened to both CDs continuously throughout the weekend! Now if you’ve never seen them before, you can still catch them regularly at the Third Street Promenade when they’re not on tour.
So speaking of tours, the band is now currently booking their Fall 2007 Tour. They’ll be driving across America in Ken’s Honda Element with a trailer in the back. If you like their music and you’d like to bring them to your school, send an email with details to Peter Ghobrial (booking @ kenoakband.com).
If you’re not familiar with the Ken Oak Band, definitely check out their website here. They even have some of their tracks online for you to listen to. Finally, if you’re here in Los Angeles in early August, the Ken Oak Band will be playing at the Derby on August 9th. The details are as follows:
Ken Oak Band
The Derby
August 9th, 9:30pm
4500 Los Feliz Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Prices are $12 dollars or $8 dollars with flyer. Open bar from 8-9pm. Click here for the flyer.
If you know of a local artist or band here in Los Angeles, give us a shout and we’ll write about them on ZuneSphere.com.