Nathan Hubbard is a composer, percussionist, and a leader of several musical ensembles over the years. Since 2014, his ensembles and his work have received a number of top honors...
There’s a particular kind of quiet that only exists out on the backroads of East County—somewhere between Julian and nowhere—where the air cools just enough at...
ZB Savoy’s Dear World is an album steeped in honesty, doubt, and grace—a sober, unflinching examination of life’s beauty and struggle. Across ten tracks, Savoy navigates...
When it comes to biting social satire, So Cal singer-songwriter Spud Davenport doesn’t peer in from the outside. Instead, he plants himself knee deep in the...
Local songwriter and singer Tim Edwards has carved out a nice little reputation as a member of Farm Truck, a rootsy country combo whose music resides...
Blame Betty’s Who’s to Blame? feels like pulling a worn-out leather jacket from the back of a black ’69 Mustang. It’s scuffed and smells familiar but...
We start out with the title track “Apricot Moon.” A bare-bones, classic Mark Montijo song. The thing about Mark’s songs is that you want to listen...
We think of music as a youth fascination. Dance tunes and songs of love motivated teenagers on American Bandstand. All those moves on Soul Train were...
When your loyal correspondent was in third grade, the Beatles announced they were breaking up. My teacher was in her first year out of college, in...
