Embrace your love for poetry! You are all troubadours! Troubadours share poetic stories through song. Most are in the position to accompany themselves musically. The original...
If you’re a blues fan and I know that you are, lady luck is shining on San Diego next month. Lurrie Bell and Jason Ricci are...
No matter how prepared a musician is, sometimes things don’t go as planned at showtime! This month we ask Riston Diggs, Alicia Previn, Joel Kmak, Sidney...
I’d only been in San Diego about a week. It was September and it was hot. My uncle Tony called them Santa Ana winds. They sure...
Musicians as superheroes? Spud Davenport’s latest album, Songs for the Cynical, features comic book-styled graphics, complete with photos of him in costume. While his credentials as...
Living in Southern California has its advantages. One of the most important—at least for music fans—is the incredible assortment of bars, clubs, and concert venues spread...
There’s good music medicine brewing in the slack-rock energy of Hurry Light, the third official release by the Drabs. The cadence and echoes of Lou Reed...
Bluegrass Day at the Fair is Back! Mark your calendars for Sunday June 11 from noon to 5 pm. The popular Bluegrass Day at the Fair...
I first wrote the article below nine years ago. At the time, we were six years into the great mortgage crash of 2008. I was tending...