There are albums you admire from a distance. Then there are albums that invite you to take your shoes off. Anna Ballew’s debut album, Bloom, belongs firmly in the second...
One unquestioned benefit to the transition from music being released on vinyl records distributed by large corporations via retail shops to what we have now—where music...
For more than three decades, Lisa Sanders has quietly built one of San Diego’s most enduring musical careers, blending country, folk, blues, gospel, and soul into...
A delightfully accessible four-song EP from Vista-based Son Terre is pure ear candy—yet coupled to thoughtful lyrics that makes this one of the more intriguing local...
Virginia James doesn’t try to fit into a single genre. Throughout Time and Time Again’s ten tracks, they seamlessly skirt between singer-songwriter, folk, blues, contemporary, and...
Released in August of last year, Brad Mehldau will be presenting this Grammy-nominated album live in concert on August 27 at the Balboa Theatre. Hearing Brad...
Local singer-songwriter Bonnie Nicholls has a new seven-track album out that defies categorization. It crosses stylistic boundaries the way a stray cat crosses property lines—more out...
The Blue Note debut from Escondido native and Joshua Redman protegé Gabrielle Cavassa is definitely good, but could it be magic? On the verge of her...
Recorded by Peter Sprague, who also sits in on guitar, the second album released by former local Josh Ottum is a companion to Ottum’s One Note...
