Studying music and advancing as an artist has always been my goal. Through this journey I’ve realized that I want to create and provide a platform...
Barry Alfonso and I interviewed Tom Waits in the lobby of the Little American Westgate back in the ’70s; he was wearing a ratty bathrobe, slippers...
Gayle Skidmore is a whirlwind. Tall and blonde, like some kind of Norse goddess who ditched the mountaintop for a folk club, she walks into a...
If Marcelo Radulovich is simply too mainstream for your musical tastes, if former UCSD professor Jason Robinson’s avant-garde jazz seems too safe, if your quest for...
The Troubadour lost our friend Larry Murray in May. Most people around here remember Larry from the Scottsville Squirrel Barkers, led by Ed Douglas. We got...
The ten tracks on A Buffalo Trace run just shy of 35 minutes, but are so full of thoughtful, poignant self-reflection and philosophy, the album plays...
Eight singer-songwriters are invited each month to share their music at a song circle hosted by Barry Hill and Bonnie Nicholls at the Ould Sod in...
Captain’s Log: Day Two in Costa Rica. I woke up this morning in Costa Rica—day two of what will be more than a month away from...
This month we take get details on two amazing festivals happening in San Diego this August, Tiki Oasis and International Pop Overthrow, plus a new edition...