A New Day, the latest CD drop from harpist Tasha Smith Godinez, features nine tracks of original compositions. Her accompanying musicians are Domenico Hueso on viola...
Outlandos d’Amour is deceptive at first blush. The listener is initially assaulted in the debut album’s leadoff track–“Next to You”–by an uptempo barrage of rapid-fire Copeland...
The La Jolla Music Society is presenting an impressive season for 2024-2025, with stellar music programs of classical, jazz, worldbeat, and more. “The La Jolla Music...
Some musicians migrate from one style to another as they grow up, or at least older. Many jazz musicians, for instance, start out playing classical or...
While “smooth jazz” is most commonly used as a pejorative these days, there was a time in the early 1980s when the intersection of fusion and...
“I’ve known Danny Green since he was 17 years old. At the time he was talented and played primarily guitar and some piano. He has since...
I’m just going to state the fact that it takes a lot to stir my songwriter soul, lyrically speaking. I suppose you can take it up...
Hello Troubadourians! This column will cover a lot of individual topics, but they all relate to each other and to being prepared for “things to happen….”...
Singer/songwriter, Fernando Perdomo, makes no bones about his latest album drop, Self, as he describes that “it’s not just an album, it is a definition of...
