Live From the Artists Den

Grammy-nominated musician Hozier brings his soulful blues, rock, and folk sounds to the historic stage at The Theater at Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. Hozier, along with six accompanying band members, offers a poignant 15-song set to. He performs mostly songs off his self-titled album, as well as a rhythmic, stripped down reimagining of Paul McCartney’s “Blackbird.” Hozier punctuates the performance with an evocative rendition of his hit single “Take Me To Church” before unfurling a three-song encore that includes emotional standout “Cherry Wine.”

U.K. rockers alt-J perform an intense, moody set at Los Angeles’s Hollywood American Legion. The group offered up 18 songs veering between the band’s eclectic Grammy-nominated album, This Is All Yours, and their 2012 debut, An Awesome Wave. The surging, boisterous set included hit singles “Hunger of the Pine,” “Fitzpleasure” and “Left Hand Free,” as well as a re-imagined cover of Bill Withers’ “Lovely Day.” The Hollywood American Legion, with its grand vaulted ceilings, made for a historic and dramatic setting that lent itself well to alt-J’s edgy, dynamic rock songs.

Marina Diamandis, known as her stage name Marina And The Diamonds, puts on an electric performance of 15 songs in the famous Great Hall in the New York Hall of Science in Corona, NY. Just 350 fans were able to see this intimate performance which included a selection of songs from her album FROOT as well as such hits as “How to be a Heartbreaker,” “Primadonna,” “Hollywood” and more.

Grammy winner Gary Clark Jr. plays an emotional homecoming in the club he legitimately calls “home” – Austin’s legendary “Home Of The Blues,” Antone’s Nightclub. His 20-song set features songs from his 2012 breakthrough Blak And Blu as well as the genre-bending The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim. His set is filled with fiery, jaw-dropping guitar heroism and soulful tenor with bright flashes of a gorgeous falsetto, a loud, muscular take on “Bright Lights” and a supremely funky meditation on the impact of music, “The Healing.”