San Diego is blessed with many talented acoustic and roots musicians. Some are fairly high profile, are bandleaders, or otherwise manage to find the limelight they...
Sharon Whyte is a quiet force on stage. She seems satisfied to not be in the spotlight, but when given a solo or a lead vocal,...
He lives it. Breathes it. Needs it. He walks the walk while talking the talk. Music, apart from family, is everything. It’s a 24-hour-a-day thing. No...
Ten years ago a handful of prominent local musicians and volunteers sat down over coffee to discuss the bluegrass topic of the day: Why is it...
What exactly is a songwriter? (Yep, I’m beginning this article with a good old-fashioned definition intro. Bear with me, I promise I’m going somewhere.) At first...
In his landmark documentary series of the ’70s, America, British journalist Alistair Cooke made the astute observation that had Thomas Jefferson not sold the French on...
Sitting in his well-appointed Tierrasanta living room, the versatile guitarist Fred Benedetti seems content with where his life’s journey has taken him — as well he...
In a world full of cookie cutter singer-songwriters, it’s safe to say Miss Erika Davies stands alone. Ostensively a jazz singer, there is much more to...
You might say that Leonard Patton was destined to become a singer. His father sang gospel; he also managed a gospel group. When Patton was 11...
