Posts Tagged ‘Copacabana’

It’s very rare that you find a native Angeleno.  Whenever I meet someone and tell them that I was born and raised here, I get a cocked eyebrow almost as if to say “are you sure?”  In the same way that when I finally meet another native, we instantly share a common bond, like we’ve suffered the ups and downs of the city together.  As much as we natives joke about tourists on Hollywood Blvd. and Midwest transplants coming here to be a star, it is those people who (for better or worse) create the cultural makeup of the city and often; its those transplants that seem more at home here than us natives. 

Case in point, Pink Martini.  Hailing from Portland, Oregon, the “little orchestra” of eleven musicians has an old-Hollywood vibe that you’re hard pressed to find outside places like Musso & Franks.  Their worldly, lounge-y, Hollywood-in-the-70s feel fits so perfectly in this city that it seems unfair that we can’t claim them as ours!  Returning to the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday, September 19, Pink Martini brings with them a Copacabana style and a classical technique.  If you’re unfamiliar with the Martini, listen extra careful for songs like “Let’s Never Stop Falling in Love,” “Dansez-vous,” and “Donde Estas, Yolanda?”.  It makes you wonder how long one has to live in LA to be considered a local.  They’ve been performing with the LA Philharmonic for nearly ten years now… How much longer before we can just pretend they’re one of us?

Pink Martini performs at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday, September 19 at 8pm.  For more information or tickets, please call (323) 850-2000 or click here.  

Here! Have a listen: