Guitarist Peter Sprague is a musician I’ve been listening to since my undergraduate days at UCSD. Sprague caught my ear because, though a young man, he...
Upon the release of her seventh independent CD, Back to Ten, Astra Kelly has come full circle from her days in Chicago when she recorded her...
Something of a Swiss Army knife of popular music, Archie Thompson has been swinging, jazzing, bluesing, and rocking around Southern California for over two decades. A...
Music best described as novelty rock or even oddball pop has its patron saints, a few of the best being 10cc, Harry Nilsson, and Joe Walsh....
When Pamela Reinagel released her debut EP In the Shadow of the Mountain in late 2013, it stood out: traditional American ballads sung solo, a cappella....
Not many pop singers break into the business and win accolades while still in their teen years, but Raelee Nikole has done just that. She started...
Girl in the Middle plays a blend of classic rock with “an Americana twist.” A guitar-driven power quartet centered on the vocals of Carol Rider, their...
Tom Cunningham’s solo bluegrass Gospel album, If I Could Hear From Heaven, features the local jack-of-all-instruments playing and singing ten acoustic songs. He has been a...
…And now for something completely different: an instrumental soul/funk band that records its songs on seven-inch, 45 RPM vinyl — and makes music that more than...
