Once upon a time, two young men were playing music with their friends in their respective garages, 135 miles apart, in Southern California. They were playing a lot. Hey, the...
Throughout his celebrated career, trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and arranger Wynton Marsalis, currently director of the Lincoln Center jazz program and leader of its orchestra, has embraced...
The Book of John Maybe you remember back when John Katchur was the cream of the scene here in San Diego, winning a 1993 San Diego...
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...
Now in its 22nd year, Gator by the Bay Festival, happening May 8-11 at San Diego’s Spanish Landing Park, is once again bringing together a phenomenal...
Kyler Jakubowski plays like someone twice his age—an “old man trapped in a young body” as his bandmate Jesse Perez puts it. The 30-year-old North Carolina-born...
Mary Gauthier, the writer of one of the best songs released in this century, tells her story of abandonment, awakening, redemption, and renewal as she brings...
I didn’t realize that a Beethoven Symphony could sound so new. This comment is often heard in concert venues after a performance by the Bach Collegium...
Those who attend the John Jorgenson Quintet’s April 6 show in Fallbrook will hear some wonderful, world-class Gypsy jazz. They won’t hear any bluegrass, country-rock, classical,...
