Several years ago my wife was trying to think of something to get me for my birthday and, apparently, I wasn’t cooperating with timely suggestions. After...
How does a teenage guitarist playing in punk rock bands in Houston become a sought after classical, jazz, and Brazilian guitarist in San Diego a few...
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed individuals can change the world. In fact, it’s the only thing that ever has. —Margaret Mead At...
It’s difficult to imagine this town without Dean Hickman. An instrumental music teacher in the San Diego Unified School District for 33 years, Mr. Hickman shared...
I can’t imagine that anyone will argue with me that in 2024, post the Thousand Day Pause of the worst of the pandemic, it’s even harder...
A Boise, Idaho native, 43-year-old Aaron Lind’s circuitous journey to San Diego has been a long and winding road of music, yoga, acrobatics, and world travel....
On that infamous day in September when the planes hit the towers, Josh Weinstein’s entire life changed irrevocably as the World Trade Center fell around him....
How traditional Jewish music came to America and where it found new generations of listeners. Whenever the [evil] spirit of God came upon Saul, David would...
It’s a crisp December evening and we’re at a Christmas party. Rachel Hall and I are in deep discussion in the backyard of our friend’s house,...
