My BFF Steve Morton and I used to play a lot of music together. After one sparsely attended coffeehouse gig many years ago a guy in...
Hello Troubadourians! I recently had an email conversation with a reader — I’ll call him “Adam” — answering his questions about signal chain order and advising...
It doesn’t matter what the brand name is, the revival/retro look and sound of Bart Mendoza’s Secret Society continues unabated, as it pretty much has done...
“I’m good at what I do.” Sitting outside the Kensington library one recent morning, Gabriel Sundy said this in an unguarded moment as he was trying...
The press materials for AnDa Union, a Mongolian folk group coming to UCSD on October 27, contain the following legend about the origin of the two-stringed...
Maybe I should start a self-contained gripe-of-the-month section in “Hosing Down,” stick it at the very beginning, and have done with it, making it easier for...
Look at the numbers, that’s all I ask Who’s at the head of every class? Do you really think they’re smarter than you are? They just...
Want a good roots band? Start with a great singer who can write memorable tunes, add a bunch of ace side musicians, then road test —...
On October 9 it is the 73rd anniversary of John Winston Ono Lennon’s birth. At this point in history the cultural significance of Mister Lennon and...
