Hello Troubadourians! Last month we started a conversation about how well your guitar plays and what might be the “ideal” neck shape/width for you. I also...
Harold Darling opened the Sign of the Sun bookstore at Adams and College Ave. in San Diego sometime around 1960, catering to the students of San...
What makes a tune or a song “bluegrass”? Well, ask five bluegrass players and you will probably get five different answers, reflecting the fact that defining...
David Bowie, one of pop music’s most notable stylistic chameleons, was once quoted as saying: “Once you’ve heard something new, it’s already out of fashion.” I...
Hello Troubadourians! I received the following email the other day and I wasn’t sure if I should respond or not. Check it out… Hello, Â Â Â Thank...
I love walking my golden lab, Max. Not just for the fresh air, sunshine, and chance to stretch one’s perpetually studio-bent legs, although those are obvious...
James King is coming to San Diego, courtesy of the San Diego Bluegrass Society, for a concert on Sunday, March 25, at the First Baptist Church...
It’s always seemed to me that certain musicians who never seem to play together ought to. I can think of hundreds of instances where opportunities should...
While most songwriters I’m covering here have written numerous songs for others, for Greg Douglass it’s not a matter of how many songs he’s written, but...