Aloha Guitar is the new CD by San Diego acoustic guitarist Jim Earp and, cutting to the chase, it is a masterpiece of the form. Earp...
Fourteen Stories is the debut by Red Lotus Revue, a San Diego blues outfit built around the Chicago-style harp playing and vocals of Karl Cabbage, drummer...
North County alternative rockers Trouble in the Wind have released two EPs, including 2010’s Gone and Done It, both with flashes of promise in the midst...
Many songwriters in country and roots music tend to sing their own material, and this often yields fine results. Not always, though: there are plenty of...
With 13 original compositions and covers on his new CD, Zerofrets, local bassist Greg Gohde calls out to the world to witness the awesome power of...
You gotta hear this!” I said this to my wife when I put Soul Tonic, the new CD by local singer Whitney Shay, into the disk...
Rockabilly veteran Rosie Flores’ latest album, Working Girl’s Guitar, shows her extraordinary versatility: as producer (for the first time in 14 recordings), guitar slinger (she is...
With the weather turning weird and the weird turning pro I am happy to inform you of an alternative to soaring in a hot air balloon...
It should be no surprise that the Black Market III has exploded onto the local blues scene. “Mad Dog” Scottie Blinn has fronted the Mississippi Mudsharks,...
