Under normal conditions, Patrick Yandall would one of those jazz-inflected guitarists I would go nuts over. The San Diego-based musician is a veteran of the scene,...
Ocean Beach native Aaron Markland got his musical start with a hardcore punk band in high school, and after a solo project joined with his brother...
The last time I caught up with Jack Tempchin, he was going solo, leaving the band at home to explore the singer-songwriter inside the singer-songwriter. Now...
Yael Gmach and Vlady Yarovinsky, a North County duo performing and recording under the rubric Big Boss Bubeleh, are a flavor quite apart from what one...
Tom Brousseau finished a trilogy of recordings last year with North Dakota Impressions, playing his stark, original folk songs. He has released over a dozen discs...
Now that pianist Joshua White has released his first album on the Spanish record label Fresh Sound New Talent, the world at large is about to...
The music being played by Forkroot on their debut Between Two Cities was a pleasing mishmash of folk and bluegrass that drew from both the old...
Chickenbone Slim is the alter ego of long time San Diego bluesman Larry Teves, bassist, vocalist, and songwriter who many remember as the leader of the...
A true San Diego original, Bart Mendoza has been a linchpin in the local roots music scene for what seems like forever, as a journalist–for the...