The first question any worthy Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers fan may ask about the new release, Mudcrutch 2–as well as the first 2007 eponymous album–is...
DakhaBrakha is an avant garde folk music quartet from the Ukraine that is making its San Diego debut as part of ArtPower’s “Global” series at UCSD....
How do we say goodbye to our legends in American music? It’s a hard thing that fate asks for us to do. Especially when it’s an...
Part Two In last month’s issue–the tenth anniversary of Buddy Blue’s death–we looked at Buddy’s growth as a songwriter and his time with the Rockin’ Roulettes...
A few steps into Action Andy Rasmussen’s Spring Valley home, his back patio room is a treasury of vinyl. A few LP covers of albums he...
At La Jolla’s old Chuck’s Steak House, in a cramped jazz lounge off to the side of the main dining room that seemed no bigger than...
Opportunities to see and hear a legend don’t come along all that often. On April 16, San Diego area folk music fans will get a chance...
When Declan Patrick MacManus was born in a London hospital in 1954, he was welcomed into the cradle of great musical traditions and pathways. It would...
It is unfortunate that far too many people in this world recognize the Sir Douglas Quintet only from the 1965 hit “She’s About a Mover.” That...
