In 1996, I was determined to do whatever I could to get out of a gig. Specifically, it was a concert at LA’s Museum of Tolerance,...
Judy Forman hurries from table to table, checking on the breakfasts of the outdoors diners. It’s Sunday, and the Big Kitchen is packed. She pauses ever...
The acoustic bass guitar bears a shape that hints back to the early Hofner model played by Paul McCartney when the Beatles hit it big. A...
As an amateur musician, I got a call several years ago for an afternoon gig. A party, a wedding, I really can’t remember what the event...
It’s tough growing up Finnish-American. When the other kids had relatives named John and Jane and Fred and Nancy, mine had names like Kirsikka and Minttu...
Dave Sawyer– given the musical moniker “Doktor” by no less than [the late] Hot Rod Harris–is leaving San Diego for the sometimes greener, sometimes whiter, and...
Any musicians out there looking to hone their craft will want to check out Guitar Workshop Plus, taking place on the campus of California State University...
Perhaps the most accurate word of San Diego’s ongoing fling with all things Louisianan is “growth.” Spring is in the air; time for baseball, blooming flowers...
The first time I jammed with the Echo Mountain String Band, I left with a fat lip. It was the annual Santa Barbara Old-Time Fiddler’s Convention...
