Patty Griffin is on a mission. It is not personal–in fact, it’s public. Actually, she has been on a mission since she first arrived on the...
Inconceivable, shocking, unimaginable, tragic. These were the sentiments running through the music community when news hit that Nicki Carano had been crushed by a falling tree...
It was the summer of 2015 when music promoter Ken Rexrode invited me to play a few tunes on my guitar at his open mic night...
There is an unbroken line that runs through the Deep South like a river. It can be traced throughout history, through the anguished soul of the...
Rhea Makiaris has always seen possibilities. For the San Diego-based singer a sense of adventure and trust in what life might offer have taken her from...
Fans of Hollywood movies concerning the trials and troublesome turns in the lives of gifted musicians, real and imagined, will doubtlessly note a curious habit among...
It has already been a year of passages. 2016 has begun with a reminder of all things temporal. It is a time for changes as the...
After a week and five inches of rain, only a few puddles remain, full of leaves, in front of the Poway Branch Library. Off to one...
He’s a great force of nature. John sounds like a big train coming. He chops them all down. – Tom Waits By the time he was...
