I am writing this on Easter Sunday. I don’t celebrate this holiday, or any religious observance, but the spirit of the day has me thinking about...
A few weeks ago, I finally released my first poetry book. I’d been sitting on piles of hand-written drafts for years—pieces written in the cracks of...
A comment from a small press publisher alerted me to a new, nationwide problem, faced by creatives of every kind in the US since Donald Trump...
Hello Troubadourians! In my February column, I told the story of my friend Mark and how he was dealing with having suffered a stroke. That was...
This month’s LISTEN LOCAL SHOW is guest hosted by San Diego legend JOHN KATCHUR and features songs by some new to us artists from all over...
Ben Powell has traveled many roads as a bluesman. A native Californian, he would spend a portion of his early life in the rural community of...
Hello Troubadourians! A couple of years ago I had the honor of playing a gig with my friend Sven, which was a retrospective of his career...
This review marks the twentieth I have written for the San Diego Troubadour, and this one, in particular, has been difficult. The album hit me profoundly...
His new recording finds local guitarist Peter Sprague in what is likely his musical happy place: surrounded by friends and family, playing his beloved Brazilian bossa...
