Probably the most common instrument for girls and women to take up is still the piano. It certainly has been true for hundreds of years in many societies, but it...
Hello Troubadourians! I missed you in May. It’s good to be back. In my last column I wrote about what I need to play live gigs...
Have you ever wondered why there is so much bluegrass music, so many bluegrass bands, so many jam sessions, concerts, and festivals in the San Diego...
I am writing this on my father’s birthday, 27 years since his last one alive. Both kids are here—my son home from college, my daughter in...
Hey, nice to see y’all! How are you? I truly hope everyone is great. It’s not easy out there at the moment. Hang in there. Let’s...
As per usual, I waited a week past my editor’s deadline to write this article. I am so lucky that she is patient with me. Because...
June’s Listen Local Show is now playing and you’re going to love it! Dang, Cassie B is the coolest. She just won BEST POP ARTIST at...
Well, yes and no. “Yes,” in that many great bluegrass songs address issues involving the human experience, including concerns about individual and group struggles. Less so,...
May’s Cinco de Mayo holiday is the celebration of the unlikely victory, in 1862, of the small Mexican army against the French forces in the Battle...
