Local songwriter and singer Tim Edwards has carved out a nice little reputation as a member of Farm Truck, a rootsy country combo whose music resides somewhere between Buck Owens,...
Blame Betty’s Who’s to Blame? feels like pulling a worn-out leather jacket from the back of a black ’69 Mustang. It’s scuffed and smells familiar but...
We start out with the title track “Apricot Moon.” A bare-bones, classic Mark Montijo song. The thing about Mark’s songs is that you want to listen...
We think of music as a youth fascination. Dance tunes and songs of love motivated teenagers on American Bandstand. All those moves on Soul Train were...
When your loyal correspondent was in third grade, the Beatles announced they were breaking up. My teacher was in her first year out of college, in...
A beguiling stew of old-timey jazz, Polynesian, vaudeville, 1970s California country rock, contemporary folk, and likely a few other threads your loyal correspondent missed, San Diego...
He’s back! Steve’s got a new album, JoyRide, which dropped on January 30. He’s also got a new home in San Diego after almost 10 years...
The Tipsy Riders’ debut EP, Rolling Stoned, feels like the soundtrack to a road trip that never quite goes where you expect—but you’re glad you went...
Sue Palmer and her Motel Swing Orchestra played their first concerts and club dates back when Tony Soprano ruled his criminal empire with his bada-bing, and...