As an amateur musician, I got a call several years ago for an afternoon gig. A party, a wedding, I really can’t remember what the event...
June 1967. That month, half a century ago, decided it was time to kick some ass and show the world how things should be done. It...
For the songwriters of the great American Songbook–among them Lerner and Lowe, Rogers and Hart, Irving Berlin, and particularly in the case of brothers George and...
It’s an often told tale that young Gregory Page, having no interest in academics or a future in business, developed a fascination with his grandfather’s 78...
June is a great month for bluegrass music in San Diego. Here are some tasty, top notch opportunities to enjoy bluegrass this month. Bluegrass Day at...
It’s tough growing up Finnish-American. When the other kids had relatives named John and Jane and Fred and Nancy, mine had names like Kirsikka and Minttu...
Hello Troubadourians! This column is sort of a continuation of last month’s column. Sort of, inasmuch as I’m going to share some of the things I’ve...
Time sure flies. Clear evidence: Lisa Sanders, one the treasures of San Diego’s roots music scene, has released a CD to mark 20 years since her...
Dave Sawyer– given the musical moniker “Doktor” by no less than [the late] Hot Rod Harris–is leaving San Diego for the sometimes greener, sometimes whiter, and...
