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...
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...
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...
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...
His new recording finds local guitarist Peter Sprague in what is likely his musical happy place: surrounded by friends and family, playing his beloved Brazilian bossa...
Push on Through is Rich Wiley’s first album with his hometown power trio Do Right Louie. There’s one problem with the ten-song collection: it is way...
