With Tiki Oasis fast approaching, one question remains surprisingly difficult to answer: “What is tiki?” It means different things to different people. It can be a cocktail vibe, a design...
Released in August of last year, Brad Mehldau will be presenting his Grammy-nominated Ride into the Sun live in concert on August 27 at the Balboa...
I’m always curious about how songs evolve, and I guess there’s no better documentation of that than by listening to recordings. Take Hank Williams’ “Lovesick Blues,”...
“Music is more than just hearing.” This quote by an American Sign Language (ASL) music interpreter has been rolling around my brain. Like many hearing people,...
The Bayou Brothers’ Ric Lee became a drummer in 1962 at the age of ten when he rode his red Schwinn Stingray down D Avenue to...
I “came of age” in a weird time for women, which most women can justifiably say at most times. This particular era (it was the ninetiiiiiiieeeees)...
Philosopher Eric Hoffer wrote that for any place to be a creative paradise, it had to be an easy place to live in, without turmoil, bad...
Lou Curtiss is, of course, no stranger to the San Diego Troubadour as well as all things related to folk and roots music in San Diego...
Saxophonist and flutist Mark Lessman grew up in the midst of San Diego jazz aristocracy, even if none of them realized it at the time. If...
