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...
Local fans of gypsy punk music are likely already familiar with Quel Bordel!, if their gig schedule is any indication. The quintet plays music not unlike...
If an artist’s soul can be reflected in their work whatever the medium, the act of songwriting can be a daunting and at times scary, intimate...
The Playground Slap was one of the most delightful bands to come out of San Diego’s resurgent music scene in the 1980s: Immensely talented, they were...
Playing boogie-rock guitar is fun, and it is a mistake to take it too seriously. Strapping on a Strat or a Les Paul, turning up the...
