Southern California’s premier bluegrass festival, Summergrass, has completed another great year. Top national stage acts, local and regional bands, vendors, camping, great food, Kids Music Camp,...
Hello Troubadourians! This column is sort of a continuation of last month’s column. I’ve been asked many times about how to get a good tone without...
Rob Shinno, a ball of energy wrapped in a rainbow cape, stands on the stage at CityFest 2022. As members of his band, Hemisphere, launch into...
A Chat with Albert Cummings Albert Cummings kicked off 2022 like a man who had been in solitary confinement for two years. He dropped his tenth...
This time out we have Five Questions for Timothy Joseph; a spotlight on Hemisphere’s October 22 album release; a new edition of Strange Stage Stories with...
In Das Kapital, as well as his other published works, Karl Marx explained that greed is an artifact of capitalism, that it isn’t true to our...
Notice of Bob Black’s biography of Roland White, Mandolin Man, the Bluegrass Life of Roland White, came by email back in February. I bought it right...
Sadie is a collection of highly visual songs that set me up, if not to play the lead character, at least to watch the movie. Craig...
Meet Farm Truck, a Ramona, California-based country-rock outfit that is drawing much attention around San Diego County and beyond. The band has gone through a number...
