One of the most talented singers here in San Diego is Lisa Hightower. Versatile, she has sung in quiet settings with Peter Sprague and performed with...
He’s in the process of putting together a full-length CD, after his debut EP Columbus Day, and Mike Bowman is keeping busy. Red and Yellow: Stuck...
Chris Hassett has just released Just in Time, his third CD. If you like the old standards, or if you simply like to hear a great...
San Diego’s Mohavisoul had a winning bluegrass formula on their last EP, Every Second. Mark Miller and Randy Hansen’s band stick to an old-school approach on...
Lately, many big-time male country music singers often seem to be more and more an interchangeable group of hat-wearing hunks whose music is too often a...
When it comes to jazz singers, Nina Simone and Abbey Lincoln are often given short shrift. Both women, born in the 1930s, matured into their professional...
The jazz piano trio has been one of the great mainstays of jazz performance for decades. The first formation goes back to the mid-thirties, when pianist...
Reviewing a CD by Steam Powered Giraffe is a challenge. The 2009 debut disc Album One from the mime/steampunk/comedy/music group was a delightfully quirky mix of...
When a veteran singer/songwriter like Bill Hartwell records a CD of his own music, the best description for the songs is probably “comfortable.” He has sung...
