A San Diego mainstay for more than 45 years, Ira B. Liss and his Big Band Jazz Machine’s seventh album is definitely their most ambitious, unquestionably...
What if a song that sounds exactly like you—your voice, your phrasing, your inflection—went viral overnight… but you never recorded it? With the rise of AI-generated...
It was early October 1984—Friday, October 5th to be exact. The evening before I had gone to see Gene Clark, founding member of the Byrds and...
A discussion about music (and jazz in particular) in San Diego over the last five decades would be insubstantial if it failed to reference the contributions...
Look, I’ve been around for a while. I’m not ancient or anything, but I have reached a certain age of enlightenment. I’ve seen some things. Not...
Over the past month, I found myself far from the familiar grounds of Melody Ranch, exploring the lush landscapes of Costa Rica and the vibrant energy...
TRACY NELSON 1944- Called “a bad white girl” by Etta James, Tracy Nelson came into my radar in the early ’70s, when I heard a duet...
Garrison Bailey may be the most under-the-radar singer you’ve never heard of. Her album, Into the Mirror I Sing, Chapter 1, features her soulful voice in...
August was a key month for bluegrass music in San Diego as once again it brought us the Summergrass Bluegrass Festival in Vista. Back in 2003...
