In 1935, when country music was in its infancy, the novelty of the music and its artists had just begun to spread throughout the country, thanks to radio and the...
Mission Bay is the kind of place that tricks you into believing in peace. The water is calm, kids are biking in circles, the trees are...
Every singer-songwriter needs to like the sound of their own voice—literally and figuratively. It’s imperative. You can’t spend countless hours writing, recording, performing, and self-promoting if...
Remembering San Diego’s Live Music Heyday Bruce Cameron passed away from cancer on July 1, as reported in San Diego Troubadour’s September issue. The following is...
I have to begin this piece with some personal history. When I started the Athenaeum’s jazz program back in 1989, an organization called San Diego Jazz...
Sacha Boutros has travel plans, musical travel plans, that is. The singer is preparing for the inaugural concert “Paris After Dark” in her Music Without Borders...
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...
When Darius Degher texted me that he has a new album coming out, I cringed. I’ve really gotten into this true-crime podcast, and I knew that...
