The roots of acoustic blues guitar come from the river valleys of America’s heartland, where even earlier forms from Africa found their voice with the field...
It is at times like these that I’m extremely glad that I did not follow the advice of Ms. Kemmer, my high school guidance counselor, that...
Christina Friis is from Denmark by way of New Orleans, and her debut album is The Quiet of Knowing: Joni Mitchell Unknown. Friis writes her own...
Matthew Haynie hasn’t much of a local footprint, but he has been appearing with various outfits in North County (and as afar as Northern Arizona) for...
Give San Diego vocalist Sharon DuBois substantial credit for Into Light, her latest self-released effort, which features superb production values from John Staten and a cast...
Mike Rybak is a roots singer/songwriter whose songs vary from soft and personal acoustic folk pieces built upon his eloquent guitar playing to soft rock and...
In early 2017 Todd E Nicol released a full-length CD, Late Some Nights. The local singer/songwriter had beefed up his sound with the addition of guitar...
Picus Maximus is Rick Sparhawk and Jim Soldi, who have played together since 1973 in Montezuma’s Revenge and in numerous other bands and projects since. Sparhawk’s...
Chemistry 101 is the debut album by John January and Linda Berry, two local blues-rock veterans whose past work has mostly been as members of groups...
