When I’m driving the car with family and friends, I like to let everyone be the DJ. Someone will play a song that will prompt another...
This month we look back at 2022, with a list of San Diego RIAA gold and platinum disc recipients, as well as an In Memoriam section,...
Everything’s riding on this. —David Crosby I say it all the time backstage, before the show starts. It helps to loosen folks up and get a...
INTRODUCTION Are you in a band or thinking about starting one? Consider formalizing the arrangement with your fellow musicians by creating a band member agreement. WHAT’S...
As impressive as the Beatles run on the charts over the past 60 years is, it’s doubly so when you consider their side career as songwriters...
Our esteemed Troubadour editor, Liz Abbott, asked me to devote my current column to revisiting a past exhibition topic. I mounted the exhibit, with a festival...
In 2008, I was approaching my 800th recording project as a producer. As I often did at that time, I booked a small, “in between” session...
The Great 48 The New Year is set to start with a bluegrass bang in Bakersfield, California over the weekend of January 5-8, 2023. There will...
Terry Allen has a varied artistic career across many disciplines. Readers of the Troubadour certainly know of Terry Allen as the lead vocalist of his very...