This assured and rocking sophomore effort from San Diego’s Sea Monks shows just how far the family band has progressed since their first release, Gasoline, in...
A. J. Croce, who will turn 50 this year, has been performing since the age of 12. He has also been releasing music for a long...
In Troubadourland it’s an open secret that many of the CDs I review are made by folks I’ve had some association or friendship with, sometimes for...
The newest album by Sometimes Julie is Where Are You? The band is built around the impressive vocals of Monica Sorenson and the songwriting of Sorenson...
End State is the debut by local alternative rockers Be Mine Phantom Valentine. The nine-track project was put together by Dean and Wes Primicias, who wrote...
Those familiar with world music are likely familiar with the Gipsy Kings, cofounded by members of the Baliardo and Reyes families in France in the late...
The American singer-songwriter can be a singularly isolated figure along the historical musical landscape. The songwriters who don’t achieve stardom or some measure of commercial success...
Martin Stamper performs as Fast Heart Mart, whose nickname comes from his history of heartbeat irregularities treated with an internal defibrillator (an experience shared by this...
Simeon Flick is a San Diego guitarist and multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire who comes to the world with his ninth studio album, Gung Ho Hum, a heady and...
