A control room chat mediated by Chuck Schiele. Introduction by Paul Abbott If you know anything about the indie music scene (in any town), you’ve realized...
He and the King of Western Swing searched for the “rose of San Antone.” He and Wanda Jackson raised the roof at a television party. As...
The first artist colonies did not start in America. Yet, by concept, they are quintessentially American. Instead of communities built upon history, geography, and blood ties,...
Life is not very exciting if you have only two choices. Just imagine if the world had no Baskin and Robbins, no Haagen Dazs, and the...
Dave Stamey represents a rare breed. Some think, like the genre of cowboy music itself, it’s a dying breed. He’s a singer-songwriter who also happens to...
Great bands often come from great cities and great eras of musical history. L.A., San Diego, New York City, and San Francisco have seen their share...
Back in 1786 Daniel Shay and a few other ne’er do wells in central Massachusetts caused a ruckus. Shay, along with many of his countrymen, had...
Although it’s not unusual for a local musician to hit the charts these days, for the first 40 years of the rock ‘n’ roll era —...
It’s been said that if you look hard enough you can find just about anything at the San Diego Comic Con. While I’ve never intentionally put...
