Hello Troubadourians! How many of you use effects pedals with your instruments? One of the first columns I wrote for the Troubadour was about effects pedals....
It seems in most cultures and tribes throughout history the communal circle is something regarded as holy. It eventually leads to rhythm, dance, and stories. Then...
Perhaps oversimplifying, jamgrass is the hybrid genre made up of bluegrass players who want to play country rock or even jazz on their wood instruments. Or,...
Socrates said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” Buddha likened our normal, everyday awareness to being asleep. Vedanta teaches that the world presented to us...
It’s not often that you hear a modern-day revival jug band that has a sound you can only hear on a 1920s or ’30s 78 rpm...
As Ian Fleming was writing his first James Bond novel, I, too, was gestating — in the womb of my mother. So, in that sense the...
As I was enjoying my daily dose of coffee at my local Starbucks in Solana Beach about five years ago, a new barista and I started...
With their second CD release, Kochi, the San Diego Jewish Men’s Choir offers a unique take on traditional Jewish music. Blending Sephardic songs, Israeli folk songs,...