Melba Liston (1926-1999) For many years, the only female trombone player I had ever heard of was Melba Liston. That was true until I began playing with trombone player April...
Boogie woogie is a style of piano that, at one time during the 20th century, was a required part of every piano player’s repertoire, no matter...
Sue Palmer is on vacation this month. See you in September!
Because of the current political scene now and the chaos, hatred, division, and pain it is causing all over the world, I want to cross genres...
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...
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...
Laura Chavez 1982- We are very lucky in San Diego to have a plethora of great musicians in all kinds of styles, whether homegrown or transplants,...
I have always been interested in periods of time when artistic inspirations and geography seem to coalesce into what, a few years later, would be called...
This month marks the second year of my engagement as a columnist for the San Diego Troubadour! I have been grateful to share just some of...
