KATYA MEZHOVA realized she was an artist by the age of 12, when her drawings made a splash among her family and her school instructors. Born...
Music is an art form, an experience, and a culture; it’s also a community. I feel more connected to all those things after watching a pre-release...
Twenty-five years since its opening, Bob Stane, one of the founding Godfathers of the American Folk Music Movement, has decided to close his signature venue, Tthe...
Author’s Note: I’ve taught music in San Diego-area schools since 2010. In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week (May 8–12, 2023), I interviewed a colleague whom I...
It was a desire to change things up that led to Allison Adams Tucker’s latest release. Her RETRO Trilogy album is different stylistically and conceptually, even...
EARLY MUSICAL BEGINNINGS An East San Diego County girl and El Cajon Valley High graduate, Garrison Bailey cut her musical teeth in her high school marching...
Ballet: dancers on the tips of their toes, wearing tights and tutus Swing music: Drums, bass, and brass, with a beat that has you tapping your...
In September of 2013, Liz Abbott, the publisher of the San Diego Troubadour magazine, requested that I compose a profile on a local musician with the...
Julian is one of San Diego’s crown jewels A year ago the vacant lot on the corner of Highway 78 and Main Street in Julian began...