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 her early 20s. I...
A beguiling stew of old-timey jazz, Polynesian, vaudeville, 1970s California country rock, contemporary folk, and likely a few other threads your loyal correspondent missed, San Diego...
He’s back! Steve’s got a new album, JoyRide, which dropped on January 30. He’s also got a new home in San Diego after almost 10 years...
The Tipsy Riders’ debut EP, Rolling Stoned, feels like the soundtrack to a road trip that never quite goes where you expect—but you’re glad you went...
Sue Palmer and her Motel Swing Orchestra played their first concerts and club dates back when Tony Soprano ruled his criminal empire with his bada-bing, and...
Whiskey & Burlap’s Milkman sounds like it crawled out of a forgotten roadside juke joint somewhere off old Highway 61—sung straight into an oil can, sun-baked,...
Local songwriter Darius Degher’s slice-of-life compositions have always been elevated by his raspy vocal delivery. As the years have turned into decades, his writing has only...
With a driving drum beat and catchy melodies, Incantations, Daniel Ezra’s latest release, is a journey through self-assessment and insight. Dark folk that blends ethereal themes...
Hailing from Fallbrook, California, and being a lifelong resident of Southern California, Nathan James is probably best known across the globe as one of the greatest...