The Brothers Larson were previously billed as the Larson Brothers and are a working alt-country band from the Long Beach area. The name change is likely...
Hello Troubadourians! I have devoted the last few columns to encouraging everyone to play and practice as much and as often as possible. Also, I urged...
When Brenda Xu recorded her debut EP It’s True in 2007, her sound was interesting, stripped-down pop blending her arresting, mixed-hot voice with various clever guitar...
The story is, by now, a worn-out cliché. It even shows up on network television shows like Nashville: the influential elder statesman who helped establish a...
San Diego’s music community has seen many talented musicians emerge over the past few years, but nothing compares to what’s going on with 16-year-old Cody Lovaas....
If there is a feature of Zydeco music that sets this hybrid of blues apart, it may be the relentlessly upbeat, let’s-party vibe that permeates so...
How wistfully I recall the furor during my high school years as the school administration squared off against the insidious threat of what it called “Public...
“You look familiar.” Jeff Pekarek is examining me with one of those, “I think we went to high school together,” expressions. Beatriz Basile, his wife, looks...
That, at first glance, may strike you as an odd question, but think about it. The bluegrass repertoire includes songs about coal mining, labor unions, strikes,...