Katherine Turman

Los Angeles

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

Words: (@EW @villagevoice, @spin, @vulture Author: Louder Than Hell: Definitive Oral History of Metal (@HarperCollins); X-Producer: @nightswithalice

Articles

AC/DC bring high voltage rock & roll hits to the masses at the Rose Bowl

3 weeks ago | latimes.com | Katherine Turman

Precious few bands can fill a stadium 52 years into their career. Much less play to an audience heavily populated by parents and their teens/tweens, both generations cheering for 77-year-old singer Brian Johnson and white-haired guitar icon Angus Young, 70. While decked out in flashing red devil horn headbands, no less.
AC/DC bring high voltage rock & roll hits to the masses at the Rose Bowl

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Katherine Turman

The Pittsburgh Steelers must add another running back to the roster at some point this offseason. The team lost Najee Harris to the Los Angeles …
AC/DC bring high voltage rock 'n' roll hits to the masses at the Rose Bowl

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Katherine Turman

For some, offense is the most important component of football. Others insist on the mantra of defense winning championships. Having someone who does …
Egged on by his family, Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh finally opens MutMuz Gallery to the public

1 month ago | latimes.com | Katherine Turman

Mark Mothersbaugh wears many hats: He’s a prolific composer for film and TV, including the animated Nickelodeon juggernaut “Rugrats”; he’s scored four Wes Anderson films and Marvel’s “Thor: Ragnarock” and is currently working with Pixar. Toddlers who spot the coolly bespectacled, gray-haired septuagenarian at an airport point and gurgle, “Yo Gabba Gabba!” thanks to Mothersbaugh’s painting segment called “Mark’s Magic Pictures” on the wildly popular kids show.
Egged on by his family, Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh finally opens MutMuz Gallery to the public

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Katherine Turman

Katherine TurmanFri, April 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM UTC8 min readMark Mothersbaugh wears many hats: He’s a prolific composer for film and TV, including the animated Nickelodeon juggernaut "Rugrats"; he’s scored four Wes Anderson films and Marvel’s "Thor: Ragnarock" and is currently working with Pixar.
Jerry Cantrell taps into the zeitgeist on new solo album 'I Want Blood'

2 months ago | latimes.com | Katherine Turman

Jerry Cantrell, best known as the guitarist for ‘90s grung gods Alice in Chains, performs his solo material from ‘I Want Blood’ Tuesday night at Kia Forum. Jerry Cantrell’s signature stylings consistently land him near the top of “best guitarist” polls. His heavy, nuanced songs and personal lyrics — from Alice in Chains’ “Rooster” to “Cut You in” and his four solo records — are multilayered, often willfully opaque and always powerful.
Jerry Cantrell taps into the zeitgeist on new solo album 'I Want Blood'

2 months ago | aol.com | Katherine Turman

Jerry Cantrell’s signature stylings consistently land him near the top of “best guitarist” polls. His heavy, nuanced songs and personal lyrics — from Alice in Chains’ “Rooster” to “Cut You in” and his four solo records — are multilayered, often willfully opaque and always powerful. Yet he sometimes finds that only a German word gets the point across.
Jerry Cantrell taps into the zeitgeist on new solo album 'I Want Blood'

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Katherine Turman

Jerry Cantrell’s signature stylings consistently land him near the top of “best guitarist” polls. His heavy, nuanced songs and personal lyrics — from Alice in Chains’ “Rooster” to “Cut You in” and his four solo records — are multilayered, often willfully opaque and always powerful. Yet he sometimes finds that only a German word gets the point across.
Rocking the House for Tibet House - The Village Voice

2 months ago | villagevoice.com | Michael Cobb |Mary Lyn Maiscott |Katherine Turman |R.C. Baker

Laurie Anderson is worried. The revered multidisciplinary artist has recently returned from her first, “sort of spur-of-the-moment” trip to India, and it’s not the alarming (if anticipated) poverty in that country that has her so dismayed, it’s the state of our United States. “I’m just so distracted these days,” she tells me over the phone from her New York City residence. “I’m really very worried about what’s going on.
At The GRAMMY Museum's 'Sonic Playground,' Art Becomes Interactive

2 months ago | grammy.com | Katherine Turman

Preview a new permanent exhibit designed as a hands-on adventure where youth can make musical memories. |GRAMMYs/Feb 19, 2025 - 07:22 pmKids are often "shushed" at museums, instructed to quietly observe the exhibits and appreciate creations from a distance. They’re certainly never — ever — permitted to touch a piece of art.