Last heard a year ago with the country-rock combo Desert Crossing and their album Divergency, Michael J. Dwyer is back with a new release under his own name. This outing...
Following the stripped-down acoustic traditionalism of his previous release, Way Out West, Dave Preston has issued Hooker Street, a country- and soul-tinged bit of rock. Not...
John Batdorf has always known how to write a song that sticks with you. As a Las Vegas Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famer, he is...
Mining some of the same conceptual territory as Tom Russell’s The Man from Who Knows Where and last year’s Way Out West by San Diego’s own...
Alternative folk musician Mike Kosec’s has a new CD out, in which are each song is very personal; it’s endearing that he shares them with all...
Putumayo World Music is to international music what Alligator is to blues or Blue Note to jazz: The gold standard. With their brightly colored album covers...
Both musically and spiritually, powerhouse R&B outfit Southern Avenue is descended from the Pointer Sisters. More blues-oriented than the Pointers’ late-in-career hits, the Memphis-based Southern Avenue...
Poncho Sanchez was born in Texas to a family of Mexican heritage yet has made his career turning out some of the best Cuban-style jazz dance...
This review marks the twentieth I have written for the San Diego Troubadour, and this one, in particular, has been difficult. The album hit me profoundly...
