In the funkiest part of San Francisco, across the street from City Lights bookstore, perches a kaleidoscope of a café called Vesuvio. Crammed full of character...
Jeannie Cheatham has been, if you ask her, a working professional musician for 90 years… 91 this Aug. 14, when she turns 95. As she told...
Meet Zack Caplinger, one of the finest young jazz guitar players in Southern California. It’s true, although Zack would never describe himself that way because his...
As any musician or live music fan will tell you, the past few years have almost seemed like an eternity. And now that live music has...
Aaaaah, the singing saw. With the delicate tone of an angel’s cry, the saw has been enchanting unsuspecting audiences for generations. Similar to the sound of...
Book Review It is sometimes difficult to place popular musicians in a larger cultural context, and this was not the goal of Marc Eliot’s The Hag,...
Considering all the systematic imbalances within our culture it surely isn’t much of a stretch relating to that great philosopher Randy Newman when he spits out...
“I wanted to do something different.” With those words musician Tom Griesgraber describes his instrument, his music… And, for that matter, Tom Griesgraber describes his life....
One of the best things about early summer in San Diego has been the San Diego International Fringe Festival. Music acts, theatrical groups, stand-up comics, and...
