I don’t think there’s a need to explain that title to Troubadour readers, but just in case you wandered over to this online roots music publication...
This month we are running Richard Burkett’s slightly modified article from the SDBS Newsletter about Black history and bluegrass. “The question shouldn’t be how do we...
This month’s spotlight includes three musicians who were essentially driven out of the country, either by racism and/or politics. This period includes the ’20s, ’30s, ’40s,...
I’ve always thought of myself as an extrovert. For years, I thrived on the energy of performing, traveling, collaborating—just being around people. I chased momentum, always...
This month we take a look at the upcoming San Diego Music Awards, with nominees Daniel Nielsen and Dave Preston, and Quotables with fascinating interview outtakes...
Now in its 22nd year, Gator by the Bay Festival, happening May 8-11 at San Diego’s Spanish Landing Park, is once again bringing together a phenomenal...
MohaviSoul is out with its seventh bluegrass album, titled Encore. The recording is well done, showing off the skills of band members Randy Hanson on vocals...
Kyler Jakubowski plays like someone twice his age—an “old man trapped in a young body” as his bandmate Jesse Perez puts it. The 30-year-old North Carolina-born...
Mary Gauthier, the writer of one of the best songs released in this century, tells her story of abandonment, awakening, redemption, and renewal as she brings...
