It’s been mentioned by offhand wits that one’s younger days get hipper the more one speaks of them, an understandable response to a friend or stranger’s...
Recently I was requisitioned to serve as host/announcer at two separate quasi-beauty pageants. The contestants were happily of the female gender. (Thank you, God.) My anticipation...
Douglas is the new EP from Blaze Eisner, who created some waves with his last release, 2012’s American Spirit, a sort of “concept EP” that earned...
Archie Thompson, San Diego jazz musician par excellence, leans back in the chair of his office in the First Presbyterian Church on downtown San Diego’s 4th...
Through the velvety dark stillness of 4am, a lone mockingbird runs through what seems to be its entire repertoire of songs, calls, and impersonations to a...
Big Sur is impossible. It should not exist. But there it is. A crazy road clinging to the cliffs between San Simeon and Carmel. Lapis lazuli...
She’s a veteran performer, a singer/songwriter who has performed extensively in Canada, the Far East, and, more recently, Baja, California. Her music is at the same...
Carlsbad’s Trouble in the Wind are alternative rock veterans with two 2014 full-length CD releases, bringing their total to four full albums. Their new release, Lefty,...
Peter Ray’s collection of songs on Americana Deluxe delights listeners through lessons learned, heartaches yearned, dangers beware, and Godspeed ahead. The Country ensemble cruises melodically through...
