For those that like their bluegrass with plenty of energy and flair, the Show Ponies are a good option, but they are more than that. The...
Every Monday evening, Scott Mathiasen can be found perched behind his drum kit at the On The Rocks Bar, situated in a strip mall between a...
At first glance of singer-songwriter Michael Crossman’s album cover, set on horseback in front of the majestic Tetons, one might not guess he was raised in...
The eloquent words in the liner notes by the host of the “Jazz Ride Home” on KSDS 88.3FM, Claudia Russell aptly describes the live audience setting...
Tenor saxophonist Archie Thompson leads a cracker jack ensemble called the ArchTones and with this record release, Jazz Vespers, Vol. 3, he and his troupe offer...
Yale Strom is a musician, documentarian, author, and ethnographer that I had the privilege of profiling in last month’s Troubadour. His latest disk, Yale Strom and...
In the 1970s and early ’80s I worked at the Summer House Inn in La Jolla as a combination desk clerk, switchboard operator, bell man, reservationist,...
It took James Lee Stanley 20 years to put the finishing touches on his musical, Straight From the Heart, a story whose central theme details the...
One sentence in the liner notes adequately depicts the audio flavor of this nostalgic release: “This 19-song soundtrack CD recreates the sounds of the ’60s and...