Such a good love I got such a good love that is why I’ve got such a good life. — from “Life Is So Good” by...
The life of an independent musician can be limiting, an all-consuming pursuit of what ultimately registers as a paradoxically avaricious dream with few if any tangible...
As a founding member of the Zeros, San Diego’s punk rock pioneers, Hector Penalosa got an early taste of success while still in high school. Zeros...
A Traveler’s Guide to Burnt Boats and Fresher Tomatoes While Redefining What a Life in the Music Business Can Be Through Irresponsible Living The phone...
In 2001, a three-pronged attack on the East Coast — unprecedented in its scope — numbed the nation and the world. Also in that year, Bob...
“You’re going to make a record with me!” These were the words that Jeffrey Joe Morin heard coming from a very enthusiastic and determined Steph Johnson...
“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs....
John Mailander is a fiddler with a fantastic future ahead of him. The young musician, who has just completed his second year at the prestigious Berklee...
Elizabeth Schwartz, a uniquely talented vocalist and singer with the klezmer band Hot Pstromi, seemed familiar to me even before we ever met. Sometimes you just...
