At last, Summergrass has arrived! Summergrass is one of the West Coast’s premiere outdoor bluegrass festivals, celebrating its ninth year in 2011. If you have never...
Trails & Rails’ new CD reminds me of what happens at the end a long trail ride. After driving cattle to the rail head and stockyard...
I first met Hank Bradley in Fresno, or maybe it was at the Sweets Mill Folk Festival, or maybe it was the Cabale Creamery in Berkeley....
“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs....
Though many locals take it for granted, San Diego’s vibrant music scene continues to draw international media attention. As the global media profile increases, so too...
If I’m not mistaken, this month wraps up ten solid/liquid/gaseous years of this column. For ten years (taking time out for meals) I have given freely...
Chris Sullivan has reason to gloat these days. This month, two of his bands are up for San Diego Music Awards. His hard rockin’ Farmers are...
Water permeates and shapes everything it touches. It carves mountains into sand and swells seeds to fruition. It grows forests and destroys cities. It fills our...
Bluegrass music covers the fields and landscapes of America in some very unsuspecting places. At times the salt-of-the-earth music reaches out from beyond itself into the...
