For those of us fortunate enough to have followed popular music over the past several decades, certain voices become so familiar, so unmistakable, that they seem to reverberate with a...
“I’d say my career always feels a bit like a carousel. It’s a little absurd, occasionally a bit of a blur, but always colourful.” Those are...
Dear Readers: The Troubadour lost an important contributor, who wrote for this publication for many years. Steve Thorn passed away on October 15, following a long...
The Joshua Redman Quartet opens the fall 2026 season of the Dan Atkinson-curated Athenaeum Jazz Series on November 3, at the Scripps Research Auditorium in La...
Despite the imposition of an international border more than 170 years ago, San Diego and Tijuana have continued to share a musical heritage, including jazz. The...
A pivotal moment for me came after the Cedar Fire in 2003, when I attended a Synergy Arts Foundation benefit for artists who had lost everything....
Bonnie Raitt is a legacy artist. That is not a term used lightly for any living roots music performer, nor is it simply a euphemism for...
I recently visited a new coffeehouse in North Park and talked with owner Nancy Porter while it was still under construction. The coffeehouse is scheduled to...
Rising prices. A man-made ecological crisis. Predatory lenders. A surge in the homeless population. Tariffs and retaliatory tariffs. Mass deportations. A wildly unpopular president. Welcome to...
