Mackenzie Leighton Handles the Bass-ics
Carrie Zavala: Livin’ the Dream
Gayle Skidmore: Hummingbird in a Whirlwind
The Beard and the Bird: Jon and Cat Curry Hasz
Doug Walker: Left-Handed Bass Wizard
Patsy Montana, the Cowboy’s Sweetheart with a Heart of her Own
Aly Rowell Is an American Dream
John McCutcheon: An Icon Who Listens
Bruce Cameron: The Lost Interview
Join Us for the San Diego-Tijuana International Jazz Festival
San Diego Is (Almost) Famous Again: Cameron Crowe Brings his Movie to the Old Globe Stage
The End of the Line for Mad, the Magazine That Was Satirical, Silly, and Serious
THE HOSPICE BUBBLE and Other Devastating Affirmations: Poems by Lizzie Wann
You’ll Get Pie in the Sky When You Die
LENNY BRUCE: Word Blower Supremo (and the brother that you never had)
Call It R&B, Call It Doo-Wop, Call It Fun!
Arlo Guthrie and Richie Furay Release New Songs of Pandemic and Patriotism
John Prine: An Appreciation
Remembering a Gentle Soul: David Olney
Ray Bonneville Brings His Musical Masala to San Diego
Examining Bob Dylan’s Love Sick Blues
John Densmore: An Invitation to Dance on Fire
A Father’s Day Story: The Courtship of Harry Nilsson’s Son, Zak
Jazz 88 Keeps Pumping Out the Tunes: Station persists despite numerous challenges over the years, including Coronavirus
Me and Ronnie Earl
It’s Time to Read Some Banned Books and Listen to Forbidden Music!
Erin O’Brien: New Drummer on the Go!
On Strike!
Black History: Celebrating Juneteenth
May 20 Is World Bee Day!
A Peek at Ocean Beach Venues
All Along the Avenue
All the World’s a Stage …
All the World’s a Stage
How Do I Get Better?
Heroes
Without a Net…
Things I “Still” Don’t Do…
What If… an Update
How to Successfully Join a Bluegrass Jam
Summergrass 2025 Report
Summergrass Bluegrass Festival Is Happening this Month!
How the Bluegrass Music Festival Season Saved Bluegrass Music
Summer Is the Time for Bluegrass Festivals
For Your Information: August Edition
Strange Stage Stories
The 34th Annual San Diego Music Awards
34th Annual San Diego Music Awards
In Memoriam 2024
No More Prophesies and Promises
It’s a Small World
Songs in the Trees
Just Over Here Building Sh!t
The Art of Making Do and the Audacity to Begin
Chick Camp – Fashion, Friends, Fun!
The Acoustic Alliance comes to Ramona!
Dan Gindling, Dusty Recor and The Acoustic Alliance at The Dell
Calamity in July!
Liz Shipton – rockin’ the boat
Legal Aspects of Music and Arts Festivals
Who Owns Your Voice? AI, Deepfakes, and the Musician’s Right of Publicity
It’s GRAMMY Season! A Behind-the-Scenes Look into the Awards Process
Looking to Buy an In-Demand Concert Ticket? Be Swift or Rich!
Live Performance Agreements
Gone in 48 Hours
Led Zeppelin
The Police, Part 4
The Police, Part 3
The Police, Part Two
The Police, Part One
A Little History of the San Diego Folk Festival and How It Got Started
Some Folks I Know Whose Music Is Special
How I Got into Radio
When Hank Williams Came to Town
The Beat Movement and Coffeehouses
Fuck Censorship
Seasons
The Audience
Be Still my Heart
Paleoverb Project, Part Two
Women in Blues and Jazz: Ruth Brown, Blanche Calloway, Vi Redd
Women in Blues and Jazz: Tracy Nelson • the Sweet Inspirations • Toshiko Akiyoshi
Women in Blues and Jazz: Lil Hardin Armstrong, Gladys Bentley, Sweet Emma Barrett
Women in Jazz and Blues: Joanne Brackeen, Doreen Ketchens, Carolyn Wonderland
Women in Blues and Jazz: The Boswell Sisters • Katie Webster • Victoria Spivey
This Machine Kills Fascists, Part 1
It’s an Honor Just to Be
If It Will Ever Get Better…
Songwriter Sanctuary Announces 2025 Season Lineup
Au Revoir, Mes Amies
Memories and Music
A Dead Room
Musical Happy Accidents
Into the World
The Pocket
My September 11 Story
Underthinking
It Was a Horse (It Was a Mule)
Resurrection
Any Change Is a Big Change
outro:
Give It Away
Oh Hey, Whoa Dolly!
The Gandhi Fold
Ed Croft, Part III
TAMAR BERK: ocd
VICTOR BAKER: As the Crow Flies
IRVING FLORES: Armando Mi Conga
PETER HOLSAPPLE: The Face of 68
IRA B. LISS BIG BAND JAZZ MACHINE: Unexpected Guests
Lady Brain Presents “Home is Where the Art is” Holiday Party and Clothing Drive
How Did You Get Here?
Aging Rockers and Fixed Incomes
Doors of Change: An Environment of Trust
Notes from Desert Trip
Full Circle
The Value of Things
ALTRUISM
For the Record
The Final Cut
Nifty Nasties
Paul and Me (and Ocean Beach)
A Child’s Garden of Vinyl
This Is No Parasite
A Look Back at the Year That Wasn’t
Viva Troubadour!
I’ll Be Doggone
Nothing Spells Success Like Failure
Let’s Face It
Notes on On the Beach by Neil Young
Beehives and Hand Claps: The Enduring Quality of Girl Groups
Wow by Moby Grape
Odyssey & Oracle in Wax (or how I found my groove)
School Girl Crush
The Last One
The Mothers of God
A Light in the Dark
The Open Heart
Art and Memory
The Starving Musicians: Where to Eat in this Town
Where to Eat in This Town
The Starving Musicians: Where to Eat in This Town
Testing, 1, 2, 3… Is this thing on? Let’s hope so. I’m grateful to be back with the Troub and to kick off this new column....
