When I was in sixth grade, my family moved from San Diego’s suburbs into the untamed wilds of East County (specifically, Spring Valley). It was my...
Although it’s not unusual for a local musician to hit the charts these days, for the first 40 years of the rock ‘n’ roll era —...
Traditional folk (or “old-time”) music is an important part of our American culture and history. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, the explorers, fur traders,...
Up until 1966 my connections with old time blues had been mostly in collecting blues records and going to concerts and festivals. In the ’50s and...
Rancho Santa Fe musician / songwriter David Gates may be best known as the frontman for seventies superstars, Bread, but his songs have had an even...
Perhaps the most exotic Christmas album in my collection is a CD titled Christmas in Calcutta, a sitar-enhanced album given to me by an Indian musician...
While San Diego has a long and storied history of supporting and offering more bluegrass music than one might expect from a West Coast corner of...
Greetings, my folkie/roots friends. Allow me once again to guide you through the impacted bowels of popular culture, a place where attention to craft and creativity...
Ellis Paul holds a unique place in the world of folk music. He brings the relevance, immediacy, and importance of a current topical singer with a...
