A series of free, family shows has been announced for the Watercourt stage at Grand Performances in downtown Los Angeles this summer.

Amidst the bustling traffic of The Broad and MOCA Grand lies a summer urban oasis of music, dance, multimedia, and spoken word where shows are always free and open to the public.

A series of free, family shows has been announced for the Watercourt stage at Grand Performances in downtown Los Angeles this summer.

Singers and musicians from Southern California mixed sounds and traditions with a group of Pakistani musicians who were here for a weeklong residency.

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Take Two’s Alex Cohen with Kamasi Washington laugh with the audience at Grand Performances’ “Aftershocks” on Saturyday July 25, 2015

Take Two talks about the new hip hop musical, The Last Jimmy.

Kamasi Washington remembers the sights and sounds of the Los Angeles Riots. He was just 11 years old in April 1992, when a Simi Valley jury found four white LAPD officers not guilty in the beating, famously recorded on video, of African-American motorist Rodney King.

Raised in a pocket of Black L.A. that carved out a place for forefathers and history, Kamasi Washington was able to channel his universal teenage restlessness into laser-like focus on his instrument.

As part of Grand Performances' series 'Aftershocks' marking 50 years since the Watts riots, Take Two' s A Martinez sat down with M1 and Stic.Man from Dead Prez along with Mark Torres from the Pacifica Radio Archives ahead of a performance mixing news coverage from the Watts riots with hip hop beats.

This week on From the Vault we commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the 1965 Watts Rebellion by featuring a documentary titled The Fire This Time, which draws from Pacifica Radio’s coverage of the events as they unfolded, including actuality from events in the streets, community leaders, educators, residents, aid workers, police, radio commentaries and listener call-ins.

As part of the Grand Performances 'Aftershocks' series, Take Two looks back at the influential Wattstax music festival.

Well, over the past few weeks I’ve spent some time re-curating that list, pruning it, and making adjustments for a summer 2015 re-release.

The Gaslamp Killer is always an experience, hair thrashing and body writhing to weird, musical life.

Yuna takes the stage at Grand Performances on August 8

Grand Performances summer series to feature Gaslamp Killer, Kamasi Washington, Yuna, Rocky Dawuni, Run River North and more