I’m Not Givin’ Up is the latest CD drop from veteran singer/songwriter John Batdorf. All five tracks are short and sweet three-minute-plus pop-flavored original tunes with...
Since I already bamboozled you last month with Songwriter Sanctuary’s holiday shenanigans, I thought I’d close out the year with something a little different. It’s no...
Happy holidays! I write to you now from the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday. A troublesome term to say the least. For me, it’s always been...
One word: Wow. Not in the best way. Yeah, I know that I’m “the recording guy” columnist and others write the reviews, but in this case...
The White Elephant Gift Exchange is my favorite part of the holidays. I played for the first time in the 80’s during a holiday luncheon when...
Having been assigned the task of writing my first cover story about a topic so long-standing and deep was excitingly daunting, and it was an interview...
Some know him as the man with the handlebar mustache, others as the rippin’ blues guitarist or the Western Troubadour. Dana Duplan wears many hats in...
Silk Ensemble’s American Railroad comes to the Balboa Theater this month, featuring award-winning Americana artistic director, Rhiannon Giddens. The performance will highlight the stories of people...
As a guitar teacher and performer back on the East Coast in the late 1960s and early 1970s, my drumming buddies would talk about their instructor...
